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Slitherlom

(Published on 26. October 2022, 18:44 by PulverizingPancake)

Draw a single non-intersecting loop that consists of only horizontal and vertical edges between dots in the grid. The white circle is considered the start of the loop, and the number in the circle indicates how many dotted gates that the loop passes through. The loop must pass through the gates in sequence according to numbers in black cells, where a number indicates the corresponding gate's position in this sequence. Each gate may only be passed through once.

Numbers in white cells (other than the white circle) indicate how many of that cell's edges are part of the loop. Black cells are to be treated as 0 clues.

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This is a puzzle I made for BenceJoful as part of last year's CTC Secret Santa, and I have obtained their permission to post this puzzle here. It is a hybrid of the Slitherlink and Slalom genres, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Solution code: For each row, the longest run of cells inside the loop, not including black cells


Solved by ksun48, Vebby, apiad, Jesper, Dandelo, h5663454, BenceJoful, Wessel Strijkstra, moss, muhorka, misko, saskia-daniela, Raistlen, CJK, jessica6, r45, Statistica, moeve, WallE-93, nuxa17, NinaS, ... ns08, Mark Sweep, Gliperal, CHalb, ffricke, Uhu, ManuH, lupo, data, Polyprism, AstralSky, SPREVVIE, szabog, jkuo7, Hasheasy, hopppe, MrQubo, ALC_Scotch, little_arturo, Gniffel, bereolosp, Tug
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on 29. April 2023, 15:59 by Hasheasy
One of the first slither link variation i solved. Had a great time

on 10. April 2023, 18:12 by szabog
Very fun solving. Thank you :)

on 12. February 2023, 15:16 by AstralSky
I misinterpreted the solution code---I think black cells don`t stop a continuous run, just not being counted but it stops the continuous cells count.
Puzzle wise is fun.

on 31. December 2022, 13:09 by rubbeng
I hate solution code

on 23. November 2022, 13:35 by Dandelo
Gemeint war "the longest run of white cells inside the loop". Also bei WWWSWWWW wäre es 4.

on 23. November 2022, 12:45 by CHalb
I think I have the solution, I see two possibilities to interpret the solution code, but both codes don't work.

Shall I only consider inside blocks without any black cells at all or shall I omit the black cells in counting in all inside blocks?

on 27. October 2022, 09:49 by BenceJoful
Again, I hadn't played either of these genres much, but the mix was very nice, leading me through the solve with a particularly memorable 'aha' moment. And after that, still quite interesting to work out the remainder.

on 26. October 2022, 23:04 by Jesper
Fun hybrid, thanks!

Difficulty:2
Rating:93 %
Solved:45 times
Observed:5 times
ID:000BSY

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