Monday, 25 March 2024

Menderbug

Walkthrough for yesterday's Canal View (Hexagonal): https://youtu.be/OP18XCsRAB4

Since the last time we featured Isowatari it has been added to Kudamono, so it's time for a revisit. That said, I find the shading on Penpa more readable for this genre, so as usual I've included links to both. Also, the genre feels quite different if you change the group size parameter, so this time we're shading dominoes instead of trominoes.

Previous appearance:
- Archive: Friday, 10 November 2023 by Walker

Rules: Shade some cells so that all unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely unshaded. Black circles must be shaded and white circles must be unshaded. All orthogonally connected groups of shaded cells must be the size indicated above the grid.

Today's puzzle is built around a specific (and generally useful) deduction that is worth discovering for yourself, but in case you're completely stumped the following GAPP 101 gives it away: When you have one shaded cell that can only extend in two directions which are 90 degrees apart, the diagonal neighbour between those two directions must be unshaded.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 2:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Steppe-ing Stone Eagle 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2csr7un9
Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/4vvsk9c4