GAPP is nearing its two year birthday, kinda crazy to think I've been a part of it for that long! If you haven't seen these before, they're puzzles designed to be "Genuinely Approachable", meaning even a newcomer should hopefully be able to work them out. We post them daily on the CTC Discord server (linked below), "we" being myself, Mender, Freddie, Walker, and Lavaloid. And then later on I collect my latest bunch of puzzles for monthly-ish posts like this. The best experience is on the discord server though, posts are complete with example puzzle links, video walkthroughs for the previous puzzle, and introductory flavor text which in recent months has become a light fantasy story that I'm working on :3
CTC community: https://discord.gg/BbN89j5
Puzzle 1 - Uso-One Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clued cells cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells in the (up to) four cells surrounding the clue. However, exactly one clue in each region is incorrect Solve on Puzz.Link
Puzzle 2 - Ring-Ring Draw rectangular loops through the centers of empty cells so that every empty cell gets used. The sides of different rectangles may intersect each other, but not turn at their intersection or otherwise overlap Solve on Puzz.Link
Puzzle 3 - Aquapelago Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. No 2x2 area may be entirely unshaded. Clued cells must be shaded, and indicate the number of shaded cells in the diagonally connected group they belong to Solve on Puzz.Link
Puzzle 4 - Portal Loop Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells. When the loop enters a portal with a number, it must teleport to the corresponding portal and continue in the same direction Solve on Penpa+
Puzzle 5 - Sashigane Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must be an L shape with a width of one cell. Arrows must lie at one end of an L and point toward the bend. Circles must lie at the bend of an L, and if one contains a number, the L it’s inside must contain the indicated amount of cells Solve on Puzz.Link
