Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Menderbug

San Juan
San Marino
San Anko

Rules: In some empty cells, place a number from 1-3 such that numbered cells come in orthogonally connected groups of three cells. Each cell within a group must contain the same number. A clue indicates the sum of the numbers placed orthogonally adjacent to it.

Interface notes: The pzprxs implementation of the genre comes with some useful extra features.
- You can right-click a cell once or twice to place a cross (indicating that there's no number in the cell) or circle (indicating that there's a number of unknown value in the cell). On mobile, just use the corresponding buttons on the number panel.
- You probably won't need this, but you can also add pencil marks. Either click/tap the corner of an already selected cell to enter a number there, or on PC you can press shift to cycle through the pencil mark slots.
- You can click/tap and drag to copy cell contents (this works for digits, aux and pencil marks, and even empty cells).

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:45 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 3:30 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a San Andres Vireo 🐦!

Example (pzprxs) by Eric: https://tinyurl.com/mvjfnxht
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/2axeu4ej