Thursday, 20 July 2023

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's Fortress: https://youtu.be/5BVOSGvGBm0

What's this? A triangular grid and it's not even Sunday? That's because this is a perfectly normal-shaped grid for this genre. Leaf Vein was originally designed for the triangular grid, and while the rules work just fine on a square grid, the triangular structures do make it look a lot more thematic. This genre was created for the first issue of the Japanese Toketa of puzzle books.

This genre takes some getting used to, so I recommend taking a good look at the example to make sure you understand how the clues work, and I'm including a diagram showing some valid and invalid clue examples, as well as two GAPP 101s.

Rules: Trace some gridlines to draw a single connected network containing no loops. Each endpoint is marked with a shape and each shape marks an endpoint. The straight line segment extending from a circle must not branch off (even at its opposite end) or intersect another line. The straight line segment extending from a square must (potentially at its opposite end). A number in a shape indicates the length of the straight line segment extending from it.

GAPP 101: The entire network must be connected, and connections can never pass through clues, as they mark dead ends.
GAPP 102: Circled clues are very restrictive for connectivity. Make sure you never connect them directly, since there would be nowhere to branch off and connect them to the rest of the network.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 7:30 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Vain Leaflove 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2m4g3kjm
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2quq76wb