Mama Python 5 (Thermo Snake Sudoku)
(Published on 5. May 2021, 22:59 by peterchayward)
Standard sudoku rules apply.
Additionally, the grid is completely filled with snakes: a Mama snake, 1 Snakelet, and 9 Hatchlings. Mama snake is a palindrome.
The Snakelets are each 9 cells long. The digit on each end of each Snakelet indicates how many of the 8 surrounding cells are part of Mama.
The Hatchlings are the given thermos. Digits increase along Hatchlings from the bulb to the end. Mama snake diagonally or orthogonally touches the bulb end of each Hatchling.
Each non- Hatchling snake is 1 cell wide and may not touch itself orthogonally. Snakes do not overlap each other. There are no other restrictions on snakes touching other snakes.
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Solution code: Middle column, top to bottom
Comments
on 15. August 2021, 11:59 by uvo_mod
Labels angepasst.
on 6. May 2021, 22:58 by peterchayward
Corrected number of snakes
on 6. May 2021, 18:37 by juhish
Thanks, really fun!
on 6. May 2021, 12:01 by marcmees
nice. Easy to find mamasnake and the snakelet. Tough Palindrome however. thanks
on 6. May 2021, 03:35 by henrypijames
The (plaintext) rules are wrong! They say 2 snakelets, whereas the embedded rules says 1. Of course, 2 doesn't work because the palindrome mama would be even-length, making the orthogonally connected two middle cells identical.
I was going a bit crazy when I thought to check the other text.
I also think the rules should state clearly that the mama and the snakelets mustn't move diagonally like the hatchlings do. Someone new to the series could plausibly assume that they could (and then 2 snakelets would work here).
