Monday, 4 November 2024

Menderbug

After all those strange shapes in the last few days, I think it's time to return to some good old tidy rectangles. Today's puzzle is a Cocktail Lamp.

Rules: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells within a region form a single orthogonally connected group. Shaded groups may not be orthogonally adjacent, but must all form a single diagonally connected network. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:45 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 3:30 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Five-Striped Sparrow 🐦!

Example (pzprxs) by Tyrg: https://tinyurl.com/mr3wdcj7
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/53d5y7e7