Connon
(Published on 4. July 2021, 11:06 by PrimeWeasel)
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply.
Some cells have been marked with a circle or square; the digit in each such cell indicates the number of consecutive (square) or non-consecutive (circle) digits which are orthogonally and diagonally adjacent to that specific cell. All possible squares and circles have been given.
Here's an example of a 5 in a square with 5 consecutive digits in it's vicinity
Connon
Solution code: Row 2, column 3
Comments
on 25. February 2024, 23:38 by Krokant
Challenging, but not too hard. Great puzzle. :)
on 17. February 2022, 19:46 by pin7guin
Eine schöne Herausforderung!
~Danke für die lösung!
on 22. December 2021, 16:51 by Andrewsarchus
Very Nice!
on 16. November 2021, 18:29 by Richard
Very nice and interesting new logic in here!
Thx!
~Thanx Richard!
on 23. September 2021, 21:05 by Rollo
Toll!
Thanks!
on 16. September 2021, 14:05 by Rollo
Is a digit consecutive to itself?
~ No, it's not
on 8. August 2021, 13:02 by filuta
this one was far more intricate, but still not too hard, I really liked it a lot, thanks.
~ No, thank you! I'm glad the easier one lead you to solve this one. I'll have a look at your puzzles when I've got time!
on 7. August 2021, 21:28 by marcmees
Nice. good you published a second one. thanks.
on 3. August 2021, 16:40 by PrimeWeasel
Updated difficulty
on 11. July 2021, 22:42 by grkles
What an interesting ruleset! Took me a sec to get my mind around it, but then it worked well. Excellent puzzle!
on 8. July 2021, 17:39 by PrimeWeasel
Added an example in order to avoid confusion
on 5. July 2021, 17:47 by Sktx
Great variation on the consecutive constraint ! Plus, the concept in itself could be applied to consecutiveness, but potentially to a lot of other local relations between cells, or digit properties (prime to the central cell, parity to the central cell, superior or inferior to the central cell, etc). This has great potential as a variant, and the solve path is clever up till the last steps. Thanks for the puzzle !
on 4. July 2021, 23:59 by Mad-Tyas
Nice implementation of an interesting variant. Definitely deserves more solves!
on 4. July 2021, 21:02 by henrypijames
@philb: "Consecutive" is always in regard to the *central* digit in circle or square (or neither), not among the surrounding digits themselves. But I do agree an example, preferably graphical, would be good.
on 4. July 2021, 18:38 by philb
Clarification please - how are the digits counted? If a cell on the grid edge is surrounded by (in any order) 15679 is that 3 consecutive and 2 non-consecutive? Is 12378 3 consecutive or 2, or either, or indeed 5?
on 4. July 2021, 13:22 by henrypijames
To be clear: no cell is simultaneously marked with circle and square, even though the rules would allow some to be, correct?
- That is correct
