Thursday, 22 May 2025

bakpao

Heading out early today, so gotta keep it short!

Today's GAPP is a Waypoints! This is another genre that I got introduced to through the Japanese puzzle book Selected Puzlova.

Rules: Connect pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a non-intersecting loop which visits all dots exactly once. For clues with an equals sign (=), the loop segments up to the previous visited clue and up to the next visited clue must have equal total length. For clues with a not-equal sign (≠), the loop segments up to the previous visited clue and up to the next visited clue must not have equal total length.

See the extra image for an example of how the clues work. Note that there is no restriction on individual line segments on opposite sides of a clue, only on the total length of all segments.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:30 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Westward Waxwing 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yqhp3n8q
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/ytmzev86