Wednesday, 4 September 2024

bakpao

Now that August is over, I can finally return to my favorite type of puzzle to feature in GAPP - Nikoli Omopa genres. Today's genre is from Nikoli's quarterly Puzzle Communication magazine (a few editions ago) and was conveniently implemented in pzprxs last month as well.

Today's puzzle is a Fake Arrow!

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting directed loop through the centers of some cells. The loop must pass straight through arrow cells, in the direction the arrow points at. However, in each outlined region, exactly one arrow is lying (which means the loop doesn't pass through the arrow, turns on that cell, or goes straight in the wrong direction). Lying arrows may not be horizontally or vertically adjacent.

Interface note: Marking all the liars is required for the answer check to work in this implementation. Click on an arrow to shade it, indicating it is a liar. I've added 9 seconds to the benchmark times to make up for it.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:39 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 7:09 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Phony Phalarope 🐦!

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/nhc8yp2d
Main puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/mr3dsy64