Feeding Friendsy - Fintastic Voyage
(Published on 30. September 2026, 00:07 by ChinStrap)
After being roped in later than most others towards the end of this epic project that VikingPrime organized for Marty Sears' birthday, I felt intimidated, but given everything Marty had done to teach and mentor me as a setter I definitely wanted to rise to the challenge. When I was assigned a dolphin, I thought about the old Ecco the Dolphin video game and wanted to do something side on instead of traditional top down. Extra thanks to VikingPrime who helped out some with the cosmetics, especially the nice coral bits. I hope you all enjoy!
Solution code: Box 9 in left to right reading order (9 digits)
Comments
yesterday, 01:03 by dr.Bunsen
Fish eaten: 1
Very nice and very hard puzzle. For me, much harder than the robot lines. It was a long journey...
on 4. October 2026, 06:27 by alconja
I (almost) agree with GrouseHound below... Maybe not quite as hard as the robots, but I still found it much harder than the 2 others are rating it. More like 3.5 for me.
on 3. October 2026, 08:18 by AryaSV
Absolutely gorgeous puzzle. I kept on getting the rules wrong and hence completed puzzle twice erroneously. But eventually got through it. Beautiful <3
on 2. October 2026, 19:40 by GrouseHound
Loved it! Although strangely, I found it harder than the robot puzzle which I think puts me in the far FAR minority
on 2. October 2026, 00:26 by Thanos13
A very beautiful looking and fun puzzle! I love the small details in this one like the small sun in r1c1. In the end everything somehow came together like magic! Thank you, ChinStrap!
on 2. October 2026, 00:26 by kasperd
I had been told the puzzles in this series had been ordered by difficulty. So after the previous puzzle I was expecting the rest of the series to be too hard for me to stand a chance.
But this one was clearly much easier than the previous puzzle. This one was still a nice challenge, not too trivial.
on 1. October 2026, 21:08 by The Pi Guy
I love dolphins so I was hoping this one would be good and it did not disappoint. Breathtakingly clever (yep, pun fully intended). :)
on 1. October 2026, 12:55 by ChinStrap
bad link
on 30. September 2026, 23:07 by heliopolix
Splish! Splash!
Fishy fun for all!
on 30. September 2026, 22:30 by vukkarak
Orders of magnitude better than the previous one. The graphics is also nice!
on 30. September 2026, 21:01 by KelleyCook
Thank you. It was significantly easier than the last one, which I still haven't solved, despite doing the other three robot scans puzzles
on 30. September 2026, 19:55 by LunchEntity
A nicely immersive puzzle (as it were)
on 30. September 2026, 17:15 by SennyK
Lovely! :-)
on 30. September 2026, 16:11 by amirs
Beautiful puzzle! And the visuals really made me feel like I'm joining FinStrap on his ocean journey
on 30. September 2026, 14:59 by Qwik
Very enjoyable. As mentioned it was a much needed breath of fresh air (on porpoise?) To me this felt exactly like I was expecting this series to feel like, which gave me the warm Fuzzy's!
on 30. September 2026, 11:02 by BG03
My dive into this puzzle was nearly as beautiful as FinStrap's!
~30 min solve. Rated 2* for difficulty. Welcome ramp down from the escalating difficulty of the preceding puzzles.
Thank you!
on 30. September 2026, 09:57 by Snookerfan
Very nice! I was glad to read FinStrap found oxygen after reaching the fish, it made me anxious at the end of the solve. Thanks
on 30. September 2026, 08:23 by mscha
Dolphin dive!
This was really fun, and not as difficult as the previous couple of puzzles in the series. Loved it!
on 30. September 2026, 07:41 by AaronH
At one point I said out loud "I know this is a -REDACTED- if you are funny, are you funny ChinStrap?". I am pleased to report you have a good sense of humour. Cheers for a fun puzzle
on 30. September 2026, 05:09 by antiknight
Had some cool steps! Nice puzzle
on 30. September 2026, 04:54 by Saltensity
I really love this puzzle, both for the Dolphin theme (I love dolphins!) and the flow of the solve. After the beefy entries in Feeding Friendsy, I was expecting a super difficult one (thankfully not as difficult as expected). Thank you for setting this, ChinStrap! OwO
on 30. September 2026, 01:04 by marty_sears
I realllly loved this one! The line constraint immediately felt inuitive and thematically made sense. It reminded me of the old Sonic The Hedgehog levels which involved water. Whether by VKP or ChinStrap or a combination of both, the visuals on this are sublime! So much attention to detail on the coral and seaweed. I don't remember a massive amount about the solve path except that I had fun every step of the way.
on 30. September 2026, 00:42 by ViKingPrime
Dare I say, a breath of fresh air? I could finally breathe sigh of relief; given the challenge level of some of the recent entries, it was like I was waiting to exhale...
...and thankfully, we still have quite a few puzzles to come that will also take your breath away.
on 30. September 2026, 00:35 by blackjackfitz
Huzzah!
on 30. September 2026, 00:25 by Christounet
A welcome breath of oxygen after the workout of the last puzzles in the serie, which left me happy but a tiny bit asphyxiated ;)
Quite approchable really (closer to 3 stars for me) and super enjoyable, both logically and thematically. Loved it! Thanks :)
on 30. September 2026, 00:09 by sujoyku
Wonderful puzzle! Not only does it look incredible, but it solves just as beautifully. Thank you, ChinStrap!
