Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Walker

Today’s GAPP is a Maze! Or maybe, more accurately, a Labyrinth, given that there is only a single path to the center, with no branches or dead ends. Historically, labyrinths appear across many cultures and in many contexts; and they’re still used today as a form of meditation! Though, sometimes it’s fun to go more quickly; for a bonus otter 🦦 , can you trace the path from the start to finish within 0:18? You can try the puzzle below…

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Where did the walls go?

Well… here’s a backup. Maybe with these number clues, you can Build a Maze! And then try to solve it quickly afterwards for the otter 😄

Rules: Place some walls in the grid, creating a path going from one grey cell to another and visiting every cell exactly once. The path must go through every edge that does not have a wall. Walls are horizontal or vertical lines going along grid lines with their ends at grid nodes.

Digits outside the grid show the lengths of all wall segments in corresponding direction in order. There should be an empty space between two segments.

Here's a GAPP 101: The path through the maze behaves like a loop / path puzzle! Look for cells that the path has to visit, or cells where the path already has two entrances and you can draw edges on the other sides.

Interface Note: Answer check accepts either all the edges or the path through the maze drawn in Line mode.

Example (Penpa): http://tinyurl.com/297qnvpn

Solve in 3:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 6:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Construction Crow! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): http://tinyurl.com/227d3o3s