Sunday, 31 December 2023

Lavaloid

Walkthrough for yesterday's Kaisu: https://youtu.be/HzgxsEBAsow

Today's ✨ Strange-Shaped Sunday ✨ is the last GAPP of 2023, and for it we're featuring a Slitherlink (Irregular)! Despite the very wacky appearance, the rules to this puzzle are exactly the same as a normal Slitherlink. I have nothing else to say, so happy new year!

Rules: Draw a loop over dotted lines which does not branch or intersect itself. Number clues show how many cell edges are used by the loop.

Interface note:
- Use Edge > Free to draw your answer. For answer checking to work, line segments must be drawn between the given points, without stopping between the points. If there are three gridpoints passed in a straight line, then the line must first be drawn between Point 1 and 2, then between Point 2 and 3.
- To help with scanning, you can use Edge > Free > R (Red) or Edge > Free > Fat dots to mark edges that cannot be used.

Finish the puzzle in 3:30 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 7:00 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for a New Year's Emu 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/yrp6ko38
Puzzle (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/yu4vzl27