Sunday, 1 February 2026

bakpao

My previous strange shaped GAPP was a Circles and Squares on a Tetrakis Square grid. Combining this grid type with genres with rectangles kind of feels like an instant-inspiration cheat code for strange shaped puzzles. Here's a third feature (the other instance being, of course, Menderbug's Chocolate Banana)!

Today's GAPP is a Scrin on a Tetrakis Square grid!

Rules: Shade some cells so that each orthogonally connected area of shaded cells is in the shape of a rectangle. The shaded rectangles must all form a single loop through corner-to-corner connections, with no branches. All cells with circles must be shaded and must belong to different shaded rectangles. If a circle contains a number, its shaded rectangle must contain the indicated number of cells.

Interface note: Answer check expects the rectangles to be shaded (see example solution), which may feel a little unnatural if you're used to puzz.link's Scrin interface.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 3:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 7:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Slanted Shikra 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yc2ntduh
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/56dnyszt