Japanese Forest Walk (1)
(Published on 10. November 2025, 00:32 by KNT)
Draw a loop network that travels orthogonally from cell center to cell center in some cells of the grid. On cells with a number, the network must turn or go straight. On cells without a number, the network must form a three way junction.
A green cell must not be empty, and must be visited by the network. The number placed in a green cell indicates how many cells make up the continuous non-empty section of the network that the number is on. On any such section (that may or may not have a green cell), numbers must not repeat.
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Solution code: Columns 6 and 8, X for an empty cell, L for a left facing T, R for a right facing T, U for an up facing T, D for a down facing T, otherwise the number.
Comments
on 24. November 2025, 20:04 by akodi
Really nice.
I got the "facing" part wrong on my first try, though :D
on 11. November 2025, 05:39 by Playmaker6174
Cool concept and a particularly engaging solve till the very end! I'm still pretty scared of the upcoming #2 though xD
on 11. November 2025, 02:04 by KNT
@Piatato, maybe it isn't totally intuitive, haha. "Facing" is the direction that the half-segment is pointing.
on 11. November 2025, 02:02 by Agent
Neat!
on 10. November 2025, 22:25 by Piatato
Very nice, fun puzzle, but what a confusing code, haha! How does one know that an upsidedown T is the up facing one?
on 10. November 2025, 09:57 by Christounet
Lovely intro! Looking forward to #2. Thanks :)
on 10. November 2025, 09:44 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice, fun and fresh!
on 10. November 2025, 03:58 by cyddrdrd
Cool and smooth!
on 10. November 2025, 02:28 by sfushidahardy
Super cool! Took some time to digest the rules, but then it was very smooth and fun
on 10. November 2025, 00:32 by KNT
Here are the rules of a standard Forest Walk puzzle: https://pzprxs.vercel.app/rules.html?forestwalk
