Saturday, 2 August 2025

Freddie Hand

Sorry, no 🦦 bonus otters 🦦 today. Keep the guesses coming!

Today's puzzle is a supersized Rectangle Slider (or Rectslider). Those of you who have solved some on puzzlink might be familiar with a certain 30x30 "anime girl" Rectslider. Unfortunately I am within the constraints of GAPP so I can't make one for you today. Akari might be viable...

Rules: Move some black squares (1x1's, and not necessarily all of them) so that each group of orthogonally adjacent squares is rectangular in shape, and no square is left isolated as a 1x1. A square may only move in one straight line vertically or horizontally. Squares’ paths may not cross each other, other squares, or other squares’ starting points. Squares containing clues must be moved exactly the indicated number of cells.

Tip: The interface allows you to mark cells with O's or X's, indicating whether they are occupied or empty in the final solution - these may be useful for solving. It is also strongly recommended to select the "Display as object moving" option.

Here's the last Rectangle Slider in GAPP, by me: Archive: Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 8:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Slippery Slender-tailed Woodstar 🐦

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/y2nd58fr
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/ym8bhn8p