[PAC] Funky Fishing Trip
(Published on 12. September 2025, 06:48 by rockratzero)
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by rockratzero
This puzzle was created for the first round of the Puzzle Agent Championship (PAC) setting tournament and qualified me for second round competition. I hope you enjoy!
Anglers (Pentomino)
Shade some pentominoes of cells so that no pentominoes touch one another, not even diagonally. No two shaded pentominoes may be the same shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same. The pentominoes to be entered into the grid will be selected from the given shape bank. A cell marked with "?" indicates a pentomino cell; a cell marked with a letter indicates a specific pentomino cell.
Additionally, from each number outside the grid, draw a path which immediately goes into the nearest cell of the grid and then travels through the centers of some cells until arriving at a fish. Paths may not cross themselves, each other, pentominoes, or fish. The number at the beginning of a path indicates how many cells in the grid the path occupies, including the cell with the fish. Every cell not used by a pentomino must be used by a path. Some path cells are given.
Every numerical value in the puzzle is Knapp Daneben (the true value is either one more or less than that given).
Click to play on Penpa+
Solution code: Row 12 contents. Use "L" for a bent line segment and "I" for a straight segment. Use "X" for a shaded cell.
Comments
yesterday, 23:32 by 99%Sneaky
Lovely puzzle, always something to work on so you never get stuck :)
yesterday, 16:30 by Piatato
Fun!
on 12. September 2025, 19:29 by yttrio
Super fun puzzle, and excellent use of Knapp Daneben logic!
on 12. September 2025, 11:00 by Agent
Awesome puzzle, a pleasant solution path with lots of cool logic!
on 12. September 2025, 10:34 by Niverio
That was such a fun puzzle!
