Parity Balance
(Published on 12. October 2021, 04:51 by zegres)
I would highly appreciate any feedback on difficulty and enjoyment.
Rules
- Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
- Digits in the grey circles are odd
- Digits in the grey squares are even
- In cages:
The sum of the even digits equals
The sum of the odd digits
Digits do not repeat
This Puzzle Was Featured on Cracking the Cryptic!
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Solution code: Row 8 + Row 9 (18 Digits)
Comments
on 9. November 2021, 10:03 by Mr.Menace
Very interesting puzzle, perfect application of the parity logic! Fantastic!
on 9. November 2021, 04:03 by zegres
Added CTC Video Link!
on 28. October 2021, 18:40 by DiMono
Tricky. Some really nice deductions to be had here, that require thinking about everything you know about the cages. Very fun puzzle.
on 22. October 2021, 11:50 by kolot
I have constructed a puzzle with this rule set a few days ago. Then, before posting the puzzle I wanted to search whether this rule set has ever been used before or not, and I found this puzzle. This puzzle is brilliantly constructed with a clever break-in. The rule set is very well executed. My puzzle makes use of some similar ideas but it is different in many senses than this one. I will post it in a few days. Thank you for this great puzzle!
Reply: Awesome, thanks kolot. I will definitely give yours a try.
Also: Since posting this I have learned that this variant is called Equal Sudoku.
Reply: Oh, I didn’t know that. I searched “Equal Sudoku” in google and saw that Simon has actually featured a puzzle with this rule set on CTC. (There are 5 puzzles called Equal Sudoku with this rule set in this website.)
Reply: The ones on LMD are mostly from Richard Stolk and they are fantastic. FYI I set a second Equal Sudoku called Ex Nihilo, but I think this one is better. By the way hit me up on CTC Discord, I am zegres on there too.
Reply: That’s nice. I was planning to post my puzzle on Monday. So, I will wait two more days.
on 13. October 2021, 16:42 by zegres
Really appreciate the feedback Elliott810. Glad you liked it.
on 13. October 2021, 10:41 by Elliott810
What a beautiful puzzle! Very nice break-in and a strictly logical solving path. What more could one want? Thx:)
on 12. October 2021, 20:39 by zegres
Thanks OutOfMyMindBRB, glad you liked it
on 12. October 2021, 19:48 by OutOfMyMindBRB
Very enjoyable - i like the tule set.
Nice logical flow and i love how set & parity worked together :-)
I would agree with "hard". Thanks for this puzzle :-)
on 12. October 2021, 17:42 by zegres
Thanks for the solve and the comment Knitabit.
I loved this break in so much that I took a while to build a puzzle that matched it's quality.
on 12. October 2021, 16:22 by Knitabit
Nice puzzle! And if you see the settric( I'm still proud that i do) it's very rewarding. Thank you.
on 12. October 2021, 07:52 by zegres
Added: digits don't repeat in cages rule
