Friday, 10 February 2023

Freddie Hand

Another variant of this genre from me - a Vertex Slitherlink. They just seem to multiply like the heads of a hydra. But not to worry, this is the last Slitherlink variant with puzz.link support.

And anyway it pales in comparison to the number of Tapa variants (we don't talk about sudoku in this channel) - see https://logicmastersindia.com/lmitests/dl.asp?attachmentid=240&view=1&v5. Perhaps the most disappointing thing of all is that Ugly Tapa has not yet caught on.

Rules: Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop. A clue represents the number of vertices around the clue that the loop visits.

Example (Puzz.link, adapted): https://tinyurl.com/42rtacs6

Interface Note: You can click on vertices to mark them as used by the loop (circle) / not used by the loop (cross). This is likely to be useful!

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 8:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Dotty Diamond Dove 🐦

Puzzle (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/ms39jsrn