Sunday, 5 November 2023

Walker

"What do you think Usowan meant with the Full Masyu? I thought we'd get a clearer answer..." I ask. "I'm not sure..." Shye glances at Alcazar, and looks back at me. "Let's talk about it back at the headquarters."

GAPP HQ looks much calmer than we left it. In the foyer, Bobbins the cat is pruning a large bonsai tree, and meows kindly as we walk by. I head to the computers and pull up the baklog. It looks like the corruption is fixed, and the puzzles are back to normal!

"Alcazar, do you need a place to stay?" Shye asks. "You could stay in Jovi's room while she's away." We look inside. The walls are a comfy shade of pink, decorated with pictures of bunnies resting in meadows or playing in cardboard boxes. "I... think I'd prefer to stay in the guest room, if you have one."

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After all these hybrids and variants, it’s time to relax with a normal Pyramid Climbers. What do you mean, "strange-shaped"? This genre is always presented on a triangle grid. Oh, and no hidden messages to search for here. Just a grid of arbitrary letters…

Rules: Draw N paths through the centers of adjacent cells, each containing a different number of cells between 1 and N, where N is given outside the grid. Each path begins at one of the bottom N cells of the grid. Paths only travel diagonally upwards, not directly left or right. Letters cannot repeat along a path.

Here's a GAPP 101: It's often easier to think downwards, because every cell needs to connect to one beneath! If a cell connects down-left, all the cells to its left must also connect down-left.

Interface Note: You don't need to mark any path segments for the path of length 1.

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/yry6jtfw

Solve in 3:30 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 7:30 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a High-Altitude Rüppell’s Vulture! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/ykwqyb8v