Friday, 6 September 2024

Freddie Hand

Hi it's me again, with a Hideout Fences. It's only one letter away from a Hideous Fences, but fortunately this one is beautiful. If you want to make it even more beautiful I recommend colouring each number in a different hue. Still does not hold a candle to Ugly Tapa. Sorry to all hideout fences fans out there.

Usually this genre would have negative numbers, but for the purposes of GAPP, I've only made use of non-negative ones. This is a terrible and cursed idea that no-one should think about or try.

Rules: Draw a closed loop along the dotted lines that uses each grid point at most once. The numbers outside the grid indicate the sum of the numbers directly behind loop edges in the respective row or column.

Note: There's some colouring in the example solution to indicate which cells are "hidden" in each of the coloured rows.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 4:45 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Concealed Congo Martin 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/27d9rt4b
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2xkl3wss