Thursday, 25 May 2023

bakpao

Welcome back to another installment of me covering an old Nikoli genre only because it caught my attention after being recently implemented on cross+a! This one is from Puzzle Communication vol. 161.

Today's GAPP is a Sashikazune!

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must be an L shape with a width of one cell. A number indicates how many cells are between itself and the cell where the region bends, including both the cell with the clue itself and the cell with the bend in the count. Regions cannot contain more than 3 number clues.

Some notes:
- Unclued regions are allowed.
- You can place auxiliary marks (like in the example solution) by dragging from one cell's center to a neighboring cell's center.
- Answer check ignores lines drawn on the edge of the grid.

Example (penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2m89nhr8
Puzzle (penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2qyaathl

For a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve in 3:00 or less!
For a Quick Crab 🦀 solve in 6:00 or less!
And all who finish get a Bendy Bullfinch 🐦!