Wednesday, 14 February 2024

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's Akari (Knapp Daneben): https://youtu.be/EbPMpFw2ctA

I found this moon phase chart, but the phases look a bit off. I suppose we'll need a few extra stars to explain these light patterns. And then some... Borg cubes?... to block the light from other moons. Today's genre is an old Inaba genre called Moonlight. Constructing this in Penpa was a bit of a pain due to certain limitations. The keen-eyed among you might spot a suspicious common feature of the example and main puzzle.

Rules: Place some stars and some blocks into empty cells of the grid such that each row and column contains one star and one block. Each cell may contain at most one object. Stars illuminate all cells seen in a straight line horizontally or vertically, not obstructed by a block or moon. The light displayed on the moons indicates the directions from which they’re illuminated.

⚠️ Interface notes: ⚠️ For answer check, use the white stars from the Shapes mode and the black Battleships squares via the Composite mode.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Lunulated Antbird 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/2yrh4yeg
Puzzle (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/2arftm9w