Saturday, 13 July 2024

Walker

At the puzzle observatory, scientists and astronomers look to the sky, to learn more about spiral galaxies, suns and moons, and battling stars. 🌌 🔭 Today, they take a closer look at the Supersized Symmetry Area cluster, a dense collection of galaxies whose sizes have been determined and labeled. Does this patch of sky hold the answer to the ultimate question of everything?

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. All regions must have 180° rotational symmetry. Two regions of the same size may not share an edge. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of cells.

Interface Note: You can drag between cells to indicate that the cells are in the same region.

Here’s a GAPP 101 for a core idea in this puzzle: If a region section without a number isn’t symmetric, it must continue to extend through more cells until it’s symmetric.

Try previous classic Symmetry Areas:

Menderbug: Archive: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Freddie: Archive: Monday, 16 May 2022

Example (puzzlink), by Freddie: https://tinyurl.com/4f2e8wvn

Solve in 5:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 9:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Hubble Skymap Starling! 🐦

Puzzle (puzzlink): https://tinyurl.com/27b4cuy2