Thursday, 6 March 2025

Walker

Sometimes, when I don’t know what to write, I find a genre on Eric’s rules doc that looks interesting. To find Zoetrope, you need to scroll all the way to the bottom!

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.
Additionally, shade some cells such that each row and column contains exactly one shaded cell, and each number from 1 to N is shaded once. A clue outside the grid indicates the sum of the numbers in the cells up to and including the shaded cell in the corresponding row or column from the direction of the clue.

Here’s a GAPP 101 to get started: A maximal clue (15 in 5x5 grid, 21 in 6x6 grid) allows you to place the shaded cell in its row / column.

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/25wo95a7

Solve in 2:30 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 4:45 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Masked Lark in Motion! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/25on65uv