Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Tyrgannus

So, as many of you know, I'm a big fan of squiggly regions. A lion's share of the odd shaped regions in GAPP were by me. They speak to me on a personal level. But today I'm going to throw you a bit of a curve ball. I'm going to have a main genre that ALWAYS has funny regions, but with a variant that makes it so that you don't have to use squiggly regions. I took the squiggle out of a squiggly genre!

Today's GAPP is a Star Battle (Gaps)!

Rules: Place stars into some cells such that each row, column, and outlined region contains exactly 2 stars. Stars may not touch one another, not even diagonally. A clue outside the grid indicates the number of empty cells located between the two stars in the corresponding row or column.

I'm a purist myself, so default setting is on star battle mode. However, it was brought to my attention that surface might be more accessible on mobile. As such, answer check should work if you place stars or if you place grey shades.

Here's a link to the example puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/exym2znv

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish in 3:30 or under
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish in 7:30 or under
Finish with anytime at all for a Parsec Parakeet🐦

Here's a link to the main puzzle https://tinyurl.com/5km3kfbx