Monday, 12 June 2023

Walker

Here’s a walkthrough for yesterday’s Simple Loop (Truncated Square) by Freddie: https://youtu.be/Tl2OKgfp2G4

Hi everyone! I’m honored to be joining the GAPP team as the new puzzle setter, taking over for Eric Fox. I admire the GAPP setters’ ability to write consistently approachable puzzles, especially across uncommon genres. I’m thankful that they’ve asked me to join, and hope that I can keep up this legacy!

Today’s puzzle is a Water Walk, a variant on Ice Walk created by Menderbug. You’ll need to cross the lake to reach the island in the center of the grid!

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centres of some cells which passes through each numbered cell. The loop may not travel through more than two water cells in a row. A number indicates how many cells make up the continuous non-water section of the loop that the number is on. (Note: The loop can't cross itself anywhere, including on water cells.)

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/287lye2l

Solve in 3:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 6:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Walking Water Rail! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2yyo9xzl