From the Foxger’s Den #28: Slitherlink
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in edgex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s)
Theme: Deja Vu?
Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the internal loop segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:10, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00
Solution: PDF
What is the theme referring to? If it’s an old puzzle on this site I don’t remember which one. Anyways, is anyone else having problems accessing this site lately? It has been rather unstable for me.
Look at different sections of this puzzle. Do you see anything repeating?
I’m aware of various server problems and have been trying to fix them for over a week while on the road which hasn’t been easy.
I’m impressed that the two sides give such different layouts even though they use the same numbers! I’d love a harder one on this theme! 1:15
It took me a while to notice the extent of the Deja Vu, great idea.
02:18. I need to devise a faster way to mark things in Slitherlink.
Very nice theme. 🙂 Initially I thought of some kind of rotational symmetry of numbers. Apparently rotational symmetry of givens plus translational symmetry of numbers 😀 Must be pretty difficult to pull off?
My guess is that the density of givens on the borders helped pull it off. Until I try to write one myself, I’m not sure what the limitations will be.
Normally with loop puzzles I use GIMP’s align to grid function to keep the loop neat. This time I couldn’t get the grid to align to the puzzle at all. I ended up converting it to a specific puzzle string for SGT’s loopy and solving it there.
If anyone wants it the string I used to specify this puzzle in loopy is:
10x10t0:33a202232aa1g2d32d1g1aa202332a2233a202232aa1g2d32d1g1aa202332a22
– Neelix