Wednesday, 5 August 2026

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Congratulations to @blotwell and @Calesch for correctly predicting today's genre and earning a bonus otter 🦦🦦! Lots of close guesses... are you all on to something 👀? Keep them coming, you might just be next winner!

Today's GAPP is a Viewpaint! This type was created by the author wormsofcan in 2019 but only just made its debut, in the recent GP round. It's pretty cool!

Rules: Shade some cells such that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected network with no 2x2 of cells entirely shaded. Every region must contain at least one shaded cell. Shaded cells within a region must all be orthogonally connected, and are called a "group". Clues cannot be shaded and indicate the size of the first group seen by the clue in the direction of the arrow.

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 Cheerful Robin 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/y9xrvxj8
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/522387uc