Parity Party I
(Published on 11. April 2020, 00:31 by glum_hippo)
Bemerkung am 26.9.2021: while this puzzle is a fine introduction to the Parity Party genre, it is also my very first sudoku. At the time I was not fully aware of the conventions of Sudoku (note especially the confusing misuse of black dots). A better impression of what is possible with Parity Party can be found in Parity Party III, XI, or later puzzles by Realshaggy and PixelPlucker. Enjoy!
Parity Party I
Normal Sudoku rules apply. White circle indicates consecutive, black circle nonconsecutive numbers in the neighboring cells.
Special rules of Parity Party: In addition, a number at the edge of the grid indicates the sum of cells encountered when moving through the grid from that vantage point, UP TO AND INCLUDING the first odd or first even digit. For example, a 15 at the bottom of a column could indicate something like 7-8, 8-7, 1-3-5-6 or 2-6-4-3 (among others) when reading up that column... but not 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-6-3-4 etc. That is, the parity of the farthest digit must deviate from that of the others.
Note: If the clue is less than 10, it might simply indicate the value of the first cell. That is to say, you could be adding up zero odd and one even number, or vice versa.
Solution code: Enter the 2nd and 9th rows, without commas or spaces.
Comments
on 26. September 2021, 17:13 by glum_hippo
Nachbemerkung
on 11. April 2020, 11:00 by cdwg2000
@glum_hippo
I also noticed symmetry. Compared to symmetry, I prefer to remove the black dots to make the modification rules more streamlined, and it does not affect the overall integrity of the question.I agree Dandelo's opinions. @Dandelo
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on 11. April 2020, 08:56 by Dandelo
Gute Idee, schönes Rätsel.
Mich stört es nicht so sehr, wenn da nicht nur eine Zusatzregel verwendet wird, solange es nicht zu unübersichtlich wird. Die paar Punkte sind für mich ok, auch wenn es ohne etwas runder wirkte.
Aber benötigt man die wirklich alle? Wegen des Fehlers im Lösungscode ist es jetzt schon ein paar Stunden später, aber ich hatte nach dem Lösen das Gefühl, die schwarzen Punkte nie benutzt zu haben, obwohl ich einen logischen Lösungsweg ohne T&E genommen habe.
— ja, ich hatte in diesem Fall die Symmetrie höher gewertet als die Minimalistik, war eine Geschmackssache. Schönen Dank fürs Feedback g_h
Dandelo: Ok, die Symmetrie wäre mir gar nicht aufgefallen.
