Friday, 29 November 2024

Menderbug

My latest genre to obsess over is Shakashaka. I solved a few hundred on Puzzle Square over the last couple of weeks or so, but I had never tried constructing one myself. Until now!

Shaka is one of our most often featured genres, but I don't think we ever compiled a list of them, so here:
- Archive: Monday, 8 November 2021 by Jovi
- Archive: Saturday, 25 December 2021 (part of the first Christmas pack) by Freddie
- Archive: Tuesday, 4 January 2022 by Philip
- Archive: Saturday, 14 May 2022 (supersized) by Jovi
- Archive: Sunday, 29 January 2023 (strange-shaped...ish) by Jovi
- Archive: Saturday, 1 April 2023 (part of supersized April fools set) by Jovi
- Archive: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 by Lavaloid
- Archive: Thursday, 15 February 2024 by shye

Rules: Shade a right triangle in some empty cells, each of which occupies exactly half the cell it’s in. Each unshaded area must be rectangular in shape. A number in a cell represents how many of the (up to) four cells orthogonally adjacent to the clue contain triangles

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:30 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Shaka Shama 🐦!

Example (pzprxs) by Jovi: https://tinyurl.com/etyn2yx5
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/5nscm44v