Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Walker

We covered today’s advent calendar genre, Spokes, just a few months ago ( Archive: Sunday, 30 June 2024). So here’s something similar: Watches, a one-off genre that’s stuck with me ever since I solved it in the 2013 LMI Puzzle Marathon.

Rules: Draw straight lines of the given lengths extending from each clue. Lines can extend orthogonally or diagonally. Lines can not touch each other or other circles. Each empty cell of the grid contains exactly one line.
Note: Lines can’t cross in an X shape (this is counted as "touching".)

Wall Logic is somewhat similar, but doesn’t allow diagonal lines and only gives the totals at each clue.
Tyrgannus: Archive: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Bakpao: Archive: Sunday, 11 December 2022

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/29c2zz5c

Solve in 2:45 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 5:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Spoke Speke’s Weaver! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2ckmpfb3