Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Lavaloid

Oh no! I already prepared a Heyawake for today, but I tripped in a hurry and all of the numbers fell off! Good thing I remembered that every region had an asymmetrical pattern of shaded cells, which is why today's GAPP is an Ayeheyan't.

Now you might be thinking, isn't that a weirdly specific thing to remember about this puzzle? Good question, but fortunately for us, verisimilitude isn't of much concern in GAPP intros. By the way, "verisimilitude" is a cool word, isn't it? I just remembered this word existed and had the opportunity to use it in this intro. But now I've gone off topic several times, including another one in this sentence so I should probably stop before I do it ag

Previous standard Heyawake by shye: Archive: Saturday, 13 December 2025

Rules: Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Numbered regions must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. A line of consecutive unshaded cells may not cross more than one bold border. Every region must NOT have a rotationally symmetric pattern of shaded cells.

We have two GAPP 101s:
1. All regions must have at least one shaded cell.
2. 1x3 regions cannot have its middle cell be shaded.

Interface note: For pzprxs, you will need to verify by yourself that each region is asymmetrical.

Finish the puzzle in 2:00 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 5:00 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for an Asymmetrical ashy minivet 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/54spfyzj
Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/33u2v6b5
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/4y52fswb
Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/yte8djaf