A Trick or Treat Forest
(Published on 30. October 2020, 01:10 by Djmelee3000)
Here's a Halloween themed puzzle I made for the monthly prompt in the CTC discord server. Huge shoutout to Strosahl and RockyRoer for inspiration and PixelPlucker for testing.
You have lost your friends in a mysterious forest and need to escape! To make it out, you must defeat all the monsters (tricks) and find the intricate path. Each monster acts as a different killer, using their talents against you. The mischievous goblins steal things you drop, the sneaky ghosts have hidden your arrows, and the nocturnal vampires will attack between dusk and dawn. To help you on your path, your friends have given you some clues (treats)!
Rules:
-Normal sudoku rules apply.
-Every monster is only one of three options: a goblin, ghost, or vampire.
-A goblin cage is RockyRoer's dropsies idea (where the cage is missing one cell around it that it must "pick up" to complete the total, but it can’t take from another cage).
-A ghost cage is Strosahl's hidden arrow idea (where the one-cell wide cage has an arrow inside of it that runs from one side to the other. One end acts as the circle (1-2 digit arrow total) and the rest of the cage are the digits along the arrow adding to the circle).
-A vampire cage is my between idea (where the ends of a one-cell wide, >2 length cage act as circles on a between line. So, the numbers in the middle are between the end values).
-Three treats have been given so you have the motivation to persevere :). These delicious treats are normal killer cages, where the digits inside add up to the total, that cannot be any monster. These cages are colored and shown in the pic below.
-Good luck escaping the forest!
F-puzzles link
Dropsies Example
Hidden Arrows Example
Between Example
You have lost your friends in a mysterious forest and need to escape! To make it out, you must defeat all the monsters (tricks) and find the intricate path. Each monster acts as a different killer, using their talents against you. The mischievous goblins steal things you drop, the sneaky ghosts have hidden your arrows, and the nocturnal vampires will attack between dusk and dawn. To help you on your path, your friends have given you some clues (treats)!
Rules:
-Normal sudoku rules apply.
-Every monster is only one of three options: a goblin, ghost, or vampire.
-A goblin cage is RockyRoer's dropsies idea (where the cage is missing one cell around it that it must "pick up" to complete the total, but it can’t take from another cage).
-A ghost cage is Strosahl's hidden arrow idea (where the one-cell wide cage has an arrow inside of it that runs from one side to the other. One end acts as the circle (1-2 digit arrow total) and the rest of the cage are the digits along the arrow adding to the circle).
-A vampire cage is my between idea (where the ends of a one-cell wide, >2 length cage act as circles on a between line. So, the numbers in the middle are between the end values).
-Three treats have been given so you have the motivation to persevere :). These delicious treats are normal killer cages, where the digits inside add up to the total, that cannot be any monster. These cages are colored and shown in the pic below.
-Good luck escaping the forest!
F-puzzles link
Dropsies Example
Hidden Arrows Example
Between Example
Solution code: Rows 2 and 9.
Solved by PixelPlucker, ThrowngNinja, Mark Sweep, bosjo, dandbdi, NikolaZ, GreenMan18, zorant
Comments
on 23. November 2020, 04:30 by GreenMan18
What a great combination! Lots of fun, thanks!
