Sunday, 13 April 2025

Menderbug

Happy Strange-Shaped Sunday! Here's a Triangular Shikaku. Much like for my previous triangular Choco Banana, I've generalised the rectangles in the Shikaku rules to convex regions.

Rules: Divide the grid into convex regions. Each region must contain exactly one circle. A number in a circle represents how many cells are in the region the circle belongs to. (A shape is convex if all of its internal angles are less than 180°, and concave otherwise.)

Since it might be a little tricky to imagine what convex shapes are possible, I'm including a diagram in a spoiler below that shows some typical possibilities.
GAPP 101: Since regions have a lot more flexibility in which shapes they can take on this grid, focus on finding cells that can only be reached by a single clue.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 6:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Nacho Nightjar 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/235zthsr
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2dy4lh6y

Spoiler