Monday, 27 May 2024

Menderbug

Today we celebrate 500 days since GAPP #444 with the 4th Chained Block to grace this series.

Rules: Shade some cells such that each connected group of shaded cells contains exactly one clue. Clues must be shaded, and indicate the size of their group of shaded cells. Each group of shaded cells must be connected by a corner to at least one other, forming networks. Two shaded groups belonging to the same network may not have the same shape and size, counting rotations and reflections as the same.

A small GAPP 101 that you probably don't need if you solved some of the puzzles last week: There are only five different tetrominoes (shaded groups of size 4) up to rotation and reflection. Scroll through the last few puzzles if you need a reminder as to what they look like.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of an Forty-four-spotted Pardalote 🐦!

Example (puzz.link) by Shye: https://tinyurl.com/yc75rdf3
Puzzle (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/yc5wnthk