Monday, December 1, 2025

Genre Spotlight 69: Key West (Puzzles 356 and 357)

Only two more left!  Not sure what I'll do for the last one; probably nothing special, to be honest.  Also, if you're thinking "wait, wasn't dj close to 400 puzzles before?", I realized yesterday that the numbering has been wildly off since May!  Whoops.

For today's genre, we've got a type that is hot off the pzprxs presses!  This type is Key West, first appearing way back in Puzzle Communication Nikoli 53.  Upon reading the rules, your first impression may be "wow this is very similar to Sukoro".  Indeed, the two genres share many common structures.  But the ruleset here is different enough to provide an alternate feel.

Rules: Place a number between 0 and 4 in every island, and draw orthogonal bridges connecting them. Orthogonally adjacent islands cannot have the same number. Numbers indicate how many bridges are connected to this island. All islands with a number above 0 must be connected into a single network.