I found today's genre on janko.at one point and thought it was an interesting idea. Miti is a genre by Nishiyama Yukari, a vintage puzzle constructor from Japan. Like Hurdle, it rephrases a full loop into a one-cell-wide path, which creates an interesting feel. More detailed thoughts about this genre may be spoiler-y, so I've opted to wait until after the puzzles to discuss them.
Rules: Draw segments on the dotted lines to create a loop one cell wide which passes through all squares. Black circles indicate all vertices, including those on the edge, where exactly three lines meet at a point. There may be no vertices where four lines meet.
Both puzzles today are on the easier side, especially if you're familiar with full loops.
As promised, here are extended comments about this genre (ROT13): Gb or ubarfg, V nz cerggl zvkrq ba guvf glcr. Vg qbrf tvir n qvssrerag srry guna hfhny ybbc chmmyrf, naq V qb nccerpvngr gur jnlf va juvpu gur pvepyrf (naq ynpx gurerbs) pbzr gbtrgure. Zl znva pevgvpvfz, gubhtu, vf gung gur artngvir pbafgenvag vf fbzrgvzrf gbb fgebat. Vs lbh'er abg pnershy jura pbafgehpgvat, gur chmmyr bsgra fbyirf vgfrys, naq fb ohvyqvat qvssvphyg fgrcf vagb n chmmyr frrzf dhvgr uneq. Gung fnvq, Fvzcyr Ybbc nyfb unf guvf cebcregl (rfcrpvnyyl nsgre bar yrneaf cnevgl obhapvat!) fb znlor V whfg qb abg xabj ubj gb jevgr chmmyrf va guvf glcr. Hapyrne.
I had only looked at the rules before reading the rest of the post, which was a bit confusing because they should really say "loop" instead of "path.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, really liked the puzzles, thanks!