Wednesday, 14 June 2023

bakpao

Solution video for yesterday's Round Trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRGayvsKiOk

Great news: I'm done with my making-you-draw-borders-around-shaded-cells shenanigans for now, while I continue my search for more region division genres with shaded cells!

OK, some actual great news: Today's puzzle, GAPP #596, marks the 400th unique genre/variant we've covered! An amazing milestone that we couldn't have reached without all of you, so a huge thank you to all of you for continuing to solve our puzzles! I have a loop genre for you today - a category I haven't written a puzzle for GAPP in since I did Linesweeper back in February of this year.

Today's GAPP is a Shimenawa!

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some empty cells. A clue on the bottom of a blocked cell indicates how many cells in a straight line below it are used by the loop until the edge of the grid or another blocked cell. A clue on the right side of a blocked cell indicates how many cells in a straight line to its right are used by the loop until the edge of the grid or another blocked cell.

Example (penpa): https://tinyurl.com/26gtw5hy
Puzzle (penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2af9uzpv

For a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve in 3:30 or less!
For a Quick Crab 🦀 solve in 7:00 or less!
And all who finish get a Shiny Saltator 🐦!