Sunday, 25 February 2024

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's supersized Tetrochain: https://youtu.be/15b8iKs6E9o

It's been a while since we've featured Guide Arrow and what a wonderful Sunday to try out the genre on a different grid, a Triangular one in this case.

I don't have enough characters left to include all previous appearances, but we've featured the genre many times and you can search for in:#daily-pencil-puzzles guide arrow to remind yourself how the logic works in a regular setting.

Rules: Shade some empty cells so that no two shaded cells share an edge and the remaining unshaded cells form one edge-connected area. No complete loop of cells may be unshaded (including small hexagons of 6 cells). An arrow indicates the only direction in which one could begin a path to the star without going through a shaded cell or backtracking.

A couple of reminders of what the arrow rule implies. I will spoiler these for people who want to go in completely blind, but I wouldn't even consider them GAPP 101s and more just clarifications, so feel free to read them before solving:
- You can never connect any side of an arrow other than its tip to the star.
- You can never connect two non-tip sides of an arrow to each other (otherwise one would point in the wrong direction, or you'd end up with a loop).

And one quick interface note, the diagonal arrows in the Penpa link look a bit off but they still point at the side you'd expect.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 6:30 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Triangular Honeyguide 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/23smnlye
Puzzle (Penpa+): http://tinyurl.com/23sphpew

Lavaloid

Mind the GAPP vol. 27


It's quite late, but Mind the GAPP vol. 27 is now here! This time, there are five bonus puzzles and one bonus bonus puzzle. Bon appétit :D