Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Menderbug

Hi! I have the incredible honour of replacing Tyrgannus on the GAPP team. They've set the bar very high, and I'll do my best to meet those expectations. A big thank you to the team for putting their trust in me. @Rubrica and @TwoHoleStraw have earned a Bonus Otter 🦦 for guessing correctly!

I want to start by introducing you to one of my favourite genres, Remembered Length. It's a notoriously tricky genre (and I'm being told previous attempts to make it suitable for GAPP have failed), but I've tried hard to keep the puzzle very gentle.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centres of all cells and define its direction of travel. Each time the loop exits a region containing a number, its visit to the next region must consist of exactly that number of cells. (Unclued regions don't affect the loop when it visits the next region.)

Interface note: You can click on edges to notate the direction of the loop, see the example image.

GAPP 101: If you get stuck, don't forget to also consider where a region can be entered without violating any clues.

You can solve the example puzzle here (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/y53mbtx8

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 7:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Memorable Martin 🐦!

Solve today's puzzle here (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/92a688hz