Saturday, 25 January 2025

Walker

Here's a Supersized Golem Grad! The genre is named after the island Golem Grad, also called Snake Island, referring to the combination of snake-like paths and Nurikabe-like islands! 🐍 🏝️

Rules: Draw paths through the centers of cells connecting each circle to exactly one other. Paths may not cross each other, themselves, or through cells containing numbers. All cells used by paths (including the cells with circles) must form one orthogonally connected area. No 2x2 region may be entirely used by paths. Each number represents the size of the area of cells not used by paths that the number is in. An area contains at most one number.

To clarify: Each area of unshaded cells contains either 0 or 1 numbers. If an area contains a number, it’s the number of cells in the area.

Interface Note: The provided input is Yajilin, which can mark shaded cells/dots and draw paths. You might prefer Composite > Loop > Line/OX, which provides O and X for marking paths / areas.

Try the first GAPP Golem Grad:
Walker: Archive: Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/2xs8nozn

Solve in 10:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 20:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Pelican Island Pelican! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/25lh5kz6