Six Arrows for the Devil's Quiver
(Published on 11. February 2021, 19:00 by Panthera)
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Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Cells that share an edge cannot contain consecutive digits.
Digits along an arrow must sum to the number in its circle; these digits can repeat when otherwise permitted.
Solve it on f-puzzles here!
Solution code: Row 1 and Column 9
Comments
on 7. June 2021, 21:27 by Vebby
Brilliant construction! Another gem, Panthera. Amazing to see the minimalist design lead to such a good logical solve path.
on 17. May 2021, 19:50 by Playmaker6174
Incredible puzzle! With such simple constraints it surprisingly leads to fascinating logics and almost has me on the edge of my seat :}
on 13. February 2021, 01:08 by Panthera
@titus: I'm (weirdly?) delighted to hear that was your first thought, 'cause it was sort of the point of keeping the arrows nice and short - I got a kick out of realising how little I needed to force a unique solution, and I wanted solvers to feel something rather similar! Glad to hear you loved it!
@bigger: hah, poor corners - turns out I needed all the neighbours I could get for my inter-cell logics, so everything wound up happening in the middle of the grid. And yeah, I didn't want to make something too tricky out of this ruleset, because that almost seemed like the easy way out? Like, the particular constraints lend themselves well to convoluted configurations, so I thought it was rather more fun to try and keep things minimal.
@marcmees: ...and I hope you were happy too!
@Phistomefel: *incoherent gleeful babbling*
...or, to put it more eloquently: you were the one person I'd most hoped to please, given that this was your challenge and all, so frankly I'm tickled pink. Thank you greatly for both the opportunity and the positivity... and a smiley face to boot!
on 13. February 2021, 00:17 by Phistomefel
Very nice! This had some cool logic in it. :)
on 12. February 2021, 10:25 by marcmees
the devil must be happy
on 12. February 2021, 02:22 by bigger
Just when I was about to be fed up with all the challenge puzzle, you post one. I just want to check the corners, and that might be the easiest corners I have ever seen. Good job.
on 12. February 2021, 00:16 by titus
Well that was lovely! Thought this was impossible when I first saw it (given how short the arrows were), but there's a really nice flow throughout. Loved it!
