Wednesday, 7 June 2023

Eric Fox

❕ I have an announcement! ❕
This is going to be my last contribution to the GAPP series. It's been a wonderful privilege to be a part of this group for over a year and a half.
We've selected someone to replace me, and that person will take over my spot in the GAPP constructor rotation, so you have about 5 days to guess who it is!

In other news, just a few days ago, my collection of pencil puzzle rulesets (found at https://tinyurl.com/puzzlerules/) reached 1000 entries! The 1000th ruleset to be added was Numbered Snake, so in celebration, my final GAPP will be a puzzle of that genre.

(Solution video to Freddie’s Maxi Loop from yesterday: https://youtu.be/GPfUlGMMmXU)

Rules: Place numbers into some empty cells such that all numbers form a path counting from 1 to X, X being the length of the path, which does not touch itself, not even diagonally. A number outside the grid represents how many cells in the corresponding row or column are numbered.

Try the example here: https://tinyurl.com/2ov8kqzj

Solve the puzzle in 2:10 or under for a Speedy Sloth 🦥
Complete it in 4:40 or faster for a Quick Crab 🦀
All successful solvers earn a Goodbye Goldeneye 🐦

Solve the puzzle here: https://tinyurl.com/2l94ej4b