Tapa-Like Loop by Emin Erzurumluoğlu
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s on edges)
Theme: Triangles
Author/Opus: This is the 1st puzzle from guest contributor Emin Erzurumluoğlu.
Rules: Variation of Tapa: Form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid represent the number of neighboring cells visited by the loop; if there is more than one number in a cell, each number should be represented with a separate loop segment. There is no 2×2 rule of Tapa in this puzzle.
See also this example:
Difficulty: 2 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:15, Master = 2:15, Expert = 4:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for other Tapa-Like Loop puzzles. More Tapa-Like Loop puzzles can be found in the Tapa-Like Loop Collection by Prasanna Seshadri.
2:45 nice one
It’s funny, I really like to use “Surface” mode for coloring in many genres, but for Tapa-Like Loop, it’s somehow quite distracting for me.
2.52 mins to solve this puzzle.