Thursday, 20 August 2026

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Congratulations to @Calesch for being the only one to correctly predict today's genre and earning another bonus otter 🦦! Still plenty of time to earn your bonus otters - keep the guesses coming 🦦👀!

Today's GAPP is a Nori Chain! It's one of the types featured in this year's final GP round, authored by none other than @Prasanna16391 . The contest starts tomorrow and runs until next Wednesday. Do give it a try - I'm sure it's going to be a good one!

Rules: Shade some dominoes of cells such that all dominoes of shaded cells are diagonally connected. Shaded dominoes may not touch orthogonally. Clued cells cannot be shaded, and contain arrows indicating ALL of the orthogonal directions which tie for having a shaded cell appearing closest to the clued cell. At least one shaded cell must appear in the direction of an arrow.

Note that ⚠️🚨 this puzzle has a negative constraint! 🚨⚠️

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 1:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 3:30 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Loaded Jewelfront 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/bdh3zs9p
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/3p3thka8