Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's Guide Arrow: https://youtu.be/yyUA_jT3wUE

My previous GAPP was my seventh, which means I've covered every weekday and also tried to cover every major type of genre: loop, region division, dynasty shading, object placement, number letter placement, wall shading, and network (there's also movement/sliding puzzles, but all the genres currently implemented on puzz.link had already been done). With that out of the way, expect nothing but loop puzzles from me now let's revisit the loop category with a genre originally created by @Kam for a speed setting competition in this very server. The presentation has since been tweaked and the genre named LUZ Loop.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centres of some cells that passes through every circle. The loop must turn on circles containing an L, and must pass straight through circles containing a U or Z. The nearest turn on each side of the loop from a U must be in the same direction (forming a U shape). Those from a Z must be in opposite directions (forming a Z shape).

You can solve the example puzzle here (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/273wl4bs

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Luzon Flameback 🐦!

Solve today's puzzle here (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/22t26dqs