Saturday, 16 September 2023

jovi_al

Walkthrough of yesterday's L-Labels, as explained by Walker: https://youtu.be/VCyn_Cpf3-s

Hi everyone! Surrounding circumstances dictate that you'll have to wait until Shye's puzzle tomorrow to get more revealed in the story! Stick around to the end for a few tips!

I think I'll take today to express my heartfelt appreciation for all of you who solve our puzzles! From the infrequent solvers to the daily ones, from the silent solvers to the ones who interact in #daily-pencil-puzzle-discussion and make me smile daily, thank you!

Today's Supersized Saturday puzzle is a Haisu!

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting path that moves orthogonally through the centers of all cells, starting from the S (start) and finishing at the G (goal). Each clued cell must be traveled through on the path’s Nth visit to the region the clue lies within, where N is the value of the clue.

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached with the image of today's puzzle. Solve the example here, if you wish (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/ymsah3hw

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve today's puzzle in 10:00 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve today's puzzle in 25:00 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of a Weeping Weebill 🐦!

Solve today's puzzle here (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/yh2c9s2n

Tip #1: If a region is visited N times, the total of the entrances and exits is N*2 (unless the region contains one of S and G, in which case it's (N*2)-1).
Tip #2: All like numbers within a region must be connected in a single visit (e.g. if there are two 3s in a region, they must have an orthogonal path between them that doesn't leave the region).

jovi_al

While I have your attention, I'd like to mention that I am leaving GAPP. You have three puzzles left from me (not including this one), and then I'm done with the project, permanently. It's been an honor to make puzzles for you all for almost two years! I have learned so much, made so many friends, and found so much joy in this nerdy art form we all adore. From the bottom of my heart, it means the world to me that I've had the opportunity to be one of your guides through this beautiful world for the last two years. I'm going to miss it, and I'm going to miss you. It's kind of hard to type while crying.

Three to go.