Thursday, 14 November 2024

Menderbug

Landvermessung (also known as Land Survey or Land Measurement) was added to Kudamono this week, which is a great excuse to revisit this wonderful genre.

It has appeared once before on GAPP, by Tyrgannus: Archive: Friday, 30 December 2022

Rules: Shade some cells such that no closed loops exist among the shaded cells (not even a 2x2). A clue indicates the number of cells in the shortest path of shaded cells that visits all of those touched by the clue.

A little GAPP 101 which you probably only need if you can't find a start at all: Clues greater than 3 must always be surrounded by a checkerboard, with the two shaded cells connected by a path of the indicated length.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Surveying Surfbird 🐦!

Example (Penpa+) by Tyrg: https://tinyurl.com/4mv8224s
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2bzrtzv6