Sunday, 13 August 2023

shyeheya

Walkthrough for yesterdays Supersized Russian Loop, explained by Jovi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M40xfyI6qk
Unfortunately no otter winners today, try to guess tomorrows genre for a chance to win one!

Room One: Patrol
A voice cuts in through the overhead speaker above me, "Hello Shyeheya, and welcome to The Den. Before you can talk to our leader we need to perform an evaluation. Each room has a logic puzzle you will need to complete in order to pass through. You may not ask any questions, and if you attempt to cheat, we will know. Please collect a pencil from your left make your way to the table."
I take a couple nervous, but curious steps around the room. Puzzles huh? Pssssh, bet they don't even know all the work I've done for GAPP. This'll be a piece of cake! As I sit down though, the ruleset in front of me doesn't quite look familiar, its not even a shading type!!
The voice returns, "Your first task is to recall the shape of the circular patrol path that Martha took around the fortress during your time there. Start your timer and reveal the puzzle when ready". The announcer can be heard getting up out of their chair before cutting off again. Whew, ok lets do this, loop puzzle, not shading, loop, LOOP, ok I got this. Do I got this?

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells which passes through every white circle and no black circles. No 2x2 area of the grid may be entirely used or unused by the loop
Example Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2dxvsfzy

Solve tip! A two cell wide nook in most loop genres is easy to get into, but doing so in Patrol will violate the 2x2 rule! With this in mind, think about how to enter and exit a three cell wide nook

Solve the puzzle in 2:00 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥
Solve the puzzle in 5:00 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀
And all other correct solves earn a Patrolling Petrel 🐦

Solve on Penpa+: https://tinyurl.com/28pn97s6