Monday, 19 August 2024

Lavaloid

Congratulations to Stef, Shogia, kinoseidon, MikoKisai, Malrog, AkashG23 ♛, dangernoodle for guessing today's Paoland! Also, Puzzle GP Round 8 has started, and you can get an additional otter if you participate in the contest: https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/puzzle-gp 🦦

Previous Paoland by bakpao (+genre lore): Archive: Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Rules:
- Place exactly one black or white circle into some cells to form orthogonally connected groups of non-empty cells (i.e. hexagons or circles), which we will call a "network". Some circles may already be given. There must be at least one empty cell in every 2x2 area in the grid.
- Each network must contain exactly one orthogonally connected group of only white circles, and exactly one of only black circles. The two groups may only meet up at a given edge.
- A hexagon must be adjacent to exactly one circle, and a network must have exactly two hexagons. The path (or paths) between two hexagons in a network must cross a given edge.
- Each network must contain at least twice as many black circles as it does white circles.
- Outside clues indicate the number of black and white circles in that row or column.

Interface note: You can use Shading to mark cells that are empty. Also, check the rules in the Penpa+ links for a thematic version of the rules!

Finish the puzzle in 3:30 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 7:10 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for an upside-down egg from an unknown bird ❓

Example (Penpa+) by bakpao: https://tinyurl.com/24xw4ggs
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/24yeye2x