Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Freddie Hand

Walkthrough for yesterday's Nurisquare: https://youtu.be/ibgHrxMQR3M

Puzzles are full of edge cases. A minesweeper puzzle without any mines is called a sunglasses. A Kurodoko puzzle without any shaded cells in the solution is called a Kuroga arimasen. A Kropki puzzle with single dot is just a Kropka. And a Kropki puzzle with no dots is a

Here's a Kropki Loop.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells that passes through every circle. The number of cells up to and including the first turn in one direction from a black circle must have a 1:2 ratio with the number of cells up to and including the first turn in the other direction. The number of cells up to and including the first turn in one direction from a white circle must be consecutive with the number of cells up to and including the first turn in the other direction.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 7:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Taijitu Taliabu Myzomela 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yw4jfgfs
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yu2bv3g4