Dig(it)!
(Published on 9. October 2021, 22:03 by PrimeWeasel)
You are a mole. You are blind and hungry. You want to eat worms in this patch of soil, but you have to avoid the traps that have been set to kill you.
You start in the top left corner and you dig as many cells orthogonally as the digit tells you. Whenever you face a wall, sense a trap (8s) or when you reach a new digit, you can change direction.
You will have to eat all the worms (5s) without visiting the same cell twice. Once you've eaten all nine worms, you can go to sleep peacefully.
The soil
Here's an example:
Many thanks to Sktx and PixelPlucker and my sincere apologies to all the paper solvers
Solution code: The succession of digits you stumble upon to aid you in digging your path through the grid (like the green highlighted digits in the example)
Solved by CJK, rimodech, Raistlen, Dandelo, FryTheGuy, Sktx, Zombie Hunter, CHalb, marsigel, Nusi, BenceJoful, ropeko, moss, Mark Sweep, qiuyanzhe, saskia-daniela, ildiko, Vebby
Comments
on 18. October 2021, 21:28 by BenceJoful
To clarify, "face a wall" refers to the edge of the grid, not the borders between 3x3 regions. I recommend using Penpa+, like this: https://git.io/JKAJD
on 11. October 2021, 23:12 by Zombie Hunter
Next on Cracking the Cryptic; a Sudoku with 81 given digits. Very fun puzzle.
on 9. October 2021, 22:03 by PrimeWeasel
Although I'm using a Sudoku grid, this is not a Sudoku I'd argue.
