Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Puzzles #603 & #604 - Primordial Ooze (Nibunnogo)

Before WPC 2023, I ran a Puzzle Getchu!, a contest themed on Ape Escape. I had intended to queue these puzzles for posting before WPC, but didn't have the time. Better late than never!

The second level is Primordial Ooze, which is a fairly evocative name on its own. I wanted to pick a genre that would force a "blobby" solution layout, and recalled Nibunnogo from some old @pzosdc (account no longer exists) puzzles as a good Nikoli genre to go with. While the example puzzle was quite painless to make due to using 0 and 4, the 5 point contest puzzle was very tough to finagle without circumventing the intended break-in.


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