Friday, 28 October 2022

Freddie Hand

Today's genre - Pata - essentially differs from Tapa in a single word, but boy does that word make a difference! Perhaps not quite as impactful as changing "some" to "no", but then that would just be variant Shady View.

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive unshaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. Clue cells are treated as unshaded. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/48tjjwet

Attempting Pata before Tapa may bend your brain a little. As such, here are some examples of Tapa puzzles in GAPP, which you may find helpful to attempt (at least one of) first:

Me - https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/911697352769806387
Philip - https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/929023473685246003
Eric (Supersized) - https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/1010503545352630352
Shye - https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/1023444065137721385

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 6:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Inverted Indigo Flowerpiercer 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/4dma23hj