Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's Tapa: https://youtu.be/dx3HlPnlnvs

I've got another new puzz.link addition for you today: Mannequin Gate. This genre is a bit weird, which is great because apparently I like genres that are a bit weird.

Rules: Shade exactly two cells in each region such that the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Each region has a number which is the minimum number of unshaded cells that need to be crossed to move from one of its shaded cells to other, moving between orthogonally adjacent cells within the region. Two regions which share an edge may not have the same number. A clue in a region indicates that region’s number.

Puzz.link notation tip: you can switch to number mode to notate the possible (or actual) distances within each region.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 4:30 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Mannequin Quail 🐦!

Example (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/y9rhnv7v
Puzzle (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/bdmv3yxc