Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Lavaloid

I originally wanted to post a different genre today, but it turns out the genre is pretty hard to turn into a GAPP. If you could guess successfully this genre, you can have an otter 🦦. But for now, enjoy this completely normal Look-Air with no funny shenanigans going on. Also, be sure to read the GAPP 101, it's pretty important!

Rules: Shade some cells such that all connected regions of shaded cells form perfect squares. Two squares of the same size may not have a direct view of one another (i.e. have a straight line of unshaded cells in between them) but may be in the same row or column. A number in the grid represents the number of shaded cells that share at least one edge with it (including itself).

GAPP 101: Every 2 must NOT be shaded! This is because if a 2 were shaded, either the shaded cell forms a 1x1 square (in which case the 2 clue is a 1), or it forms a 2x2 square or lager (in which case the 2 clue is 3 or greater).

Finish the puzzle in 2:30 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 5:00 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for an Unassuming Ural Owl 🐦!

Example (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/34svtfkz
Puzzle (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/epyzkbn8