Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Lavaloid

Today's GAPP is Dungeon Map. I made the main puzzle one month ago, but couldn't get an example that requires the 2x2 rule, then procrastinated on the example for an entire month before finally making one that works. The ruleset can be kind of tricky to get used to, so the time standards will be pretty lenient.

Rules:
- Shade some cells such that no 2x2 squares are entirely shaded or entirely unshaded. Both shaded cells and unshaded cells must form a single orthogonally connected region.
- A straight line of multiple cells of the same color is called a "corridor". All shaded corridors must be odd in length. All unshaded corridors must be even in length.
- A checkerboard cell is both shaded and unshaded at the same time.

Finish the puzzle in 3:45 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 7:30 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for an Schrödinger's Catbird 🐦!

Example (Kudamono): https://tinyurl.com/3za6mz6k
Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/ymk6kgok
Puzzle (Kudamono): https://tinyurl.com/2p9tuvhv
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/236osz5b