Continuing on our 24HPC trek, we have Build a Maze. I've done a loop version of Nonograms before, but this type is slightly different. Like Hurdle and Remaze, the use of walls rather than a line creates an interesting feel that isn't seen in many other puzzle genres.
Rules: Place some walls in the grid, creating a path from one gray circle to another which visits every cell exactly once. Walls are horizontal or vertical lines along grid lines with their ends at grid nodes. Numbers outside the grid show the lengths of all wall segments in the corresponding direction, in order from left to right or top to bottom. Question marks denote borders of unknown nonzero length.
Question marks were not in the original ruleset, but complete information about rows and columns of the grid sometimes felt too strong. Asterisk clues from Cross the Streams would probably also fit nicely.
The first puzzle is an introduction to the type, with generally large clues that quickly constrain the path.
The second puzzle is harder and showcases some more subtle quirks of the clues.
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