Monday, 1 May 2023

Tyrgannus

Today marks a new month and a familiar genre (don't worry, it's not Tapa 😉 ). This is the puzzle type that essentially got me into pencil puzzles, but today has a twist! We've already had a few heyawake's in the channel before, but this time we can't have large unshaded areas!

Today's GAPP is a Heyawake (No 2x2's)!

Rules: Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Numbered regions must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. A line of consecutive unshaded cells may not cross more than one bold border.

VARIANT: No 2x2 can be entirely unshaded.

GAPP 101: If you only have one shade in a 2x3 region, you can safely unshade the cells on the long ends of the 2x3 because putting a shade there would always create an unshaded 2x2. Might be helpful if you get stuck 🙂

Here's a link to the example puzzle https://tinyurl.com/yc6hz8ar

For a Speedy Sloth🦥 , finish in 2:22 or under
For a Quick Crab🦀 , finish in 5:22 or under
Finish with anytime at all for a Dense-packed Dartford Warbler🐦

Here's a link to today's main GAPP https://tinyurl.com/9uk2e6eu