Saturday, 18 January 2025

Menderbug

The time has come for The Puzzle That Was Promised: the supersized Kropki you've all been waiting for.

Though I am now doubting how supersized this puzzle really is: after I sent it to the GAPP team for testing, bakpao posted a photo of a 29x29 Kropki he had recently solved. (emoji) :clodworry:


Kropki has previously appeared once, on day #9 of the GAPP series: Archive: Thursday, 4 November 2021 (by Tyrgannus)

Oh, I almost forgot:
🚨BEE🚨DOO🚨BEE🚨DOO🚨 NEGATIVE CONSTRAINT ALERT 🚨BEE🚨DOO🚨BEE🚨DOO🚨

Rules: Place a number from 1 to N into each cell so that each row and column contains every number from that range with no repeats, where N is the side length of the grid. All pairs of orthogonally adjacent cells containing numbers with a 1:2 ratio are marked with a black dot. All pairs of orthogonally adjacent cells containing consecutive numbers are marked with a white dot. A 1 next to a 2 may be marked with either dot.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 10:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Outkrop Kingfisher 🐦!

Example by Tyrgannus:
https://tinyurl.com/wz8ypubx (pzprxs)
https://tinyurl.com/2brczso4 (Penpa+)
https://sudokupad.app/3qd7ukrd9s (SudokuPad)
Puzzle:
https://tinyurl.com/39bdv3es (pzprxs)
https://tinyurl.com/23ujlj6q (Penpa+)
https://sudokupad.app/733hu83pb8 (SudokuPad)