Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Menderbug

Orbital was added to pzprxs a couple of days ago. It's a Nikoli genre from 2021 which adds an interesting new clue type to the rectangular loop structure familiar from Ring-Ring or Nagenawa.

Rules:
1. Draw lines through the centres of some cells to form rectangular loops, called orbits.
2. Orbits may cross each other, but may not overlap or share a corner.
3. Each white circle must be visited by an orbit. Black circles cannot be visited by an orbit.
4. Each black circle must be contained in exactly one orbit. Each orbit can contain at most one black circle.
5. If a black circle contains a number, it indicates how many white circles its orbit visits.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 2:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of an Orbital Tailorbird 🐦!

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/3mu22ycb
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/8vh733yc