Snake Egg Sudoku
(Published on 31. May 2020, 00:19 by Phistomefel)
The usual sudoku rules apply. Additionally, a snake has to be drawn into the grid. Head and tail of the snake are in the two cells with the gray circles. The snake may not touch itself orthogonally, but it can touch itself diagonally. The rest of the cells without the snake form exactly eight orthogonally connected areas, one of each size from 1 to 8. These areas may not touch each other orthogonally, but they can touch diagonally. Such an area of size n contains each digit from 1 to n exactly once.
Here is an example on a 6x6 grid for illustration, where the rest of the cells form five areas of size 1 to 5.
But now for the real puzzle. It is also available online via Penpa-Edit. Have fun solving!
Solution code: 7th row and 2nd column
Comments
on 30. September 2024, 21:25 by DeceitfulCake
snake egg was fun. The finish was tedious
on 27. May 2024, 06:54 by KNT
enjoyed this one a lot, thx!
on 16. September 2023, 01:30 by CrazyCrypticC
Very impressive setting.
on 10. August 2023, 22:42 by Krokant
Super gut! Ich bin ja nicht der größte Fan von Schlangen (und bin im Händeln selbiger auch nicht sehr gut), aber das hier hat mir wahnsinnig viel Spaß gemacht. :)
on 27. June 2022, 09:16 by Phistomefel
Thank you for the nice feedback, filuta! I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle. :)
on 27. June 2022, 08:01 by filuta
thanks henrypijames for letting me know about this puzzle, it really is wonderful and fun (and funny, esp how the last box resolved). thanks a lot!
on 8. November 2021, 12:30 by dissonance
Very nice puzzle, thanks for sharing.
on 21. August 2021, 18:48 by Phistomefel
Added tag "Online solving tool".
on 12. February 2021, 13:52 by Statistica
Da hat ja noch eine richtige Perle auf mich gewartet!
on 22. June 2020, 20:38 by MatthewDonovan
Wonderful logic!
on 5. June 2020, 18:55 by zhergan
Great! Thanks..
on 4. June 2020, 00:09 by dm_litv
Nice logic!
on 3. June 2020, 10:55 by Phistomefel
@marcmees: Thanks! :)
on 2. June 2020, 23:29 by marcmees
wonderful ... Impressed by its logic
on 2. June 2020, 10:25 by Phistomefel
Clarified rules.
on 2. June 2020, 08:05 by Phistomefel
Thank you for the positive feedback!
@Circleconstant314: The simplicity of a question depends on the viewpoint. After you found them they are more likely to seem simple. ;-)
@cmusson32: This is indeed a rough start into the world of snake egg puzzles, as this particular one functions quite different due to the additional sudoku constraints.
on 2. June 2020, 06:05 by cmusson32
Very fun, that was my first attempt at ever solving a snake egg puzzle and it seems like it was a rough introduction! 1 hour 47 minutes of entertainment though, thanks phistomefel
on 2. June 2020, 00:22 by Circleconstant314
As usual Phistomefel, every one of your puzzles makes me feel like a total moron because I never ask myself the most simple of questions, yet they are the only questions that lead to the answer. This was an ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT PUZZLE!
on 1. June 2020, 19:52 by Phistomefel
@ProwlingTiger: Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)
on 1. June 2020, 09:38 by ProwlingTiger
Wonderful! Very enjoyable.
on 31. May 2020, 16:13 by Phistomefel
Rechtschreibfehler.
