Thursday, 25 July 2024

Lavaloid

In the GAPP 1K puzzle, I set the Half Piece section, but it was missing the unshaded 2x2 rule, and adding it would break the puzzle. (Thanks kinoseidon for first noticing this error.) To repent for my sin, today's GAPP is a Half Piece. With the correct rules this time... I think.

Previous Half Piece: Archive: Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Rules: Shade exactly one domino (two adjacent cells) in each outlined 2x2 block such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected. Some shaded cells have been given. No 2x2 area may be entirely shaded or unshaded, even those that are offset from the gridlines.
Note on the rules: The ruleset is phrased originally (and in the first Half Piece) such that the dominoes are half-cells, and the 2x2 regions are instead 1x1.

Finish the puzzle in 2:10 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 4:32 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for an Apologetic Apolo Cotinga 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2x6drfs7
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2xntnreg