{"id":12544,"date":"2021-02-21T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=12544"},"modified":"2021-02-22T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:26:51","slug":"sunday-update-and-solutions-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/sunday-update-and-solutions-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Update and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s set of Star Battle puzzles is collected in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2021W6-StarB-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2021W6-StarB-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a>. If you enjoyed these puzzles, look for <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/search?q=star+battle>more Star Battles<\/a> in our store.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;m routinely checking all our puzzles in Penpa-Edit and playing with solving interfaces, I once again filmed my solves for all the puzzles in the week which may offer different tips on Star Battle and also show some of the custom interfaces that can be used during solving. (Getting edge\/border notation to be a default and not just a custom option is still a goal).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/15 - Star Battle by John Bulten\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYlxnO86LW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/16 - Star Battle by Murat Can Tonta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CAVHsTu7pag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/17 - Star Battle by Grant Fikes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5EFAkB6EyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/18 - Star Battle by Jonas Gleim\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwKazNbXIUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/19 - Star Battle (Builder) by Thomas Snyder\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeUJ1kmnq1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2021\/02\/20 - Star Battle by JinHoo Ahn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJjDjboxvEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This upcoming week features Balance Loop puzzles, and at the end of the week we will add a new Balance Loop e-book by Prasanna Seshadri and Murat Can Tonta to our e-store. We&#8217;ll may also have another Sunday surprise or two coming up so stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s set of Star Battle puzzles is collected in this PDF and the solutions are in this PDF. If you enjoyed these puzzles, look for more Star Battles in our store. 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