Thursday, 20 March 2025

Freddie Hand

It's been a while since we've had a Persistence of Memory - I wonder whether it has persisted in your memory? Now with a shiny (not-so-)new implementation in pzprxs.

Anyway, let's not dali on the intro any longer, time for the puzzle.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting path connecting the two circles. Cells used by the path (which are not consecutive line segments) do not touch orthogonally or diagonally. (Alternatively, no 2x2 group of cells in the grid may be entirely used by the path nor visited more than once). The path visits each shaded region at least once, and if two shaded regions are the same shape and orientation, the line segments within them (including entrances and exits) must be identical.

Here's a little GAPP 101: If a region is on the edge of the grid, this gives some cross marks that transfer to other regions of the same shape and orientation.

Here are the previous appearances of this genre in GAPP, both courtesy of jovi:
- Archive: Sunday, 1 October 2023 (Supersized)
- Archive: Tuesday, 28 December 2021 (link doesn't work, try solving it in your head!)

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Unforgettable Unicolored Antwren 🐦

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/4hdpa64j
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/yzumaj8r