Tuesday, 25 June 2024

bakpao

Today we go back in time, both in the sense that today's puzzle type was only featured once before quite long ago (in May 2022), but also because it is the genre that got me into setting puzzles! Deep in the archives of #other-testing-submissions and #discord-puzzle-archive, many puzzles of this type can be found, written by myself. The last time I wrote one was May 2021. That was only my 62nd puzzle ever, while I am now well over 1100 puzzles authored!

Today's puzzle is a Shingoki!

Rules: Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop that passes through every circle. The loop must turn on black circles and go straight through white circles. A clue in a circle represents the sum of the lengths of the two line segments coming out of it.

Previous appearance of Shingoki:
May/22 by Jovi: Archive: Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Throwback Tataupa Tinamou 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/24poc4zy
Main puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/25gael9d