Thursday, 4 July 2024

Lavaloid

Today's GAPP is ホシはお前だ (read: Hoshi wa Omae da), or You are the Star! When I first encountered this genre, I was confused about the choice to use circles to represent the stars. Then I remembered that stars are, in fact, spheres.

This genre was first published in Puzzle Communication Nikoli vol. 150. It feels like a Yaji-- LOUD SIREN NOISE

⚠️ NEGATIVE CONSTRAINT ALERT ⚠️ NEGATIVE CONSTRAINT ALERT ⚠️


Rules:
- Place stars (black circles) in some cells such that each region separated by bolded lines have exactly one star. Some stars may already be given.
- Arrows indicate ALL direction(s) in which stars are the closest to the arrow cell (top, bottom, left, and right). If there are multiple, then the distances in those directions are the same.
- However, arrow clues can be covered by stars, in which case the clue may or may not be true. In other words, covered clues are ignored.

Interface note: For the answer check, you may use Shading or Shape > Circle > M (black circle) to mark the stars. If you decide to use the Shape mode, you may use the dotted circle (4th option) for marking cells that don't have stars. Don't use the white circle, as it will interfere with the answer check!

Finish the puzzle in 3:21 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 6:54 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for a Starling 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2gfbbfyj
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2q95zphk