Thursday, 24 April 2025

Freddie Hand

I hope you're feeling all white today, because today's puzzle is a Masyu (Deformable). No idea how that black sheep snuck its way into the example, but I've let it stay because of the symmetry.

Now imagine a Rorschach test where all of the circles in the puzzle are black. What do you see? I notice absolutely no pattern, but maybe I'm not creative enough.

(Yes the pun is recycled, I don't have the wit to white out a new one...)

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells that passes through every circle. The loop must turn on black circles and travel straight through the cells on either side. The loop must go straight through white circles, and turn in at least one of the cells on either side.

Variant: White circles may be shaded to change them into black circles.

If you want to warm up with a classic Masyu, here's the last one in GAPP, by me: Archive: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
and since that one doesn't actually have any black circles, here's a more appropriate suggestion, by Lavaloid: Archive: Sunday, 18 February 2024

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:45 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 an Anomalous Anjouan Sunbird 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/26svjzm3
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/27u4jcup