Friday, 6 January 2023

bakpao

Thanks for your patience as today's puzzle is a bit later than usual. It's time for another baklog puzzle!

Today's GAPP is a variant of Snake: Sea Serpent!

Rules: Shade some cells to form a non-intersecting path which does not touch itself orthogonally. Circles mark the ends of the path. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the total number of shaded cells that appear in the indicated directions.

⚠️ Important reminders: In this variant, the snake is allowed to touch itself diagonally. Also, clues see through other clues. Note that the 6 clue in the example puzzle also sees r4c1. Lastly, shaded cells aren't necessarily required to appear in all directions a clue points towards (i.e. if a clue has an up and left arrow, it is allowed to satisfy the clue by only having shaded cells above it and none to the left).

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2o5oc3hy
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2hqqejzu

For a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve in 2:30 or less!
For a Quick Crab 🦀 solve in 5:00 or less!
And all who finish get a Daunting Darter 🐦!