Friendly Minesweeper
(Published on 24. November 2021, 08:36 by starwarigami)
Just like the classic Windows game, your task is to identify the location of all the mines within the sudoku grid
- A cell contains a mine if it contains a "friendly" digit, i.e. one that matches its row, column, or box number.
- Digits in circles are the number of mines in the 8 surrounding cells.
- Cells with circles may also contain a mine, but it will not be included in that circle's count.
- Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in the connected circle.
- All valid circles are given, but not all mines are necessarily seen.
f-puzzles link
Solution code: Row 8 (left to right) - 9 digits, no spaces
Comments
on 2. March 2024, 01:09 by starwarigami
Updated link to add solution check
on 8. January 2022, 19:33 by Bankey
Very nice puzzle, but looking at the tricky rules and the need to be very vigilant all thru, the difficulty rating is at least a 4, at least for me.
Thanks for these puzzles, @starwarigami :)
on 3. December 2021, 18:21 by StefanSch
@Doziam: The first part is correct. But then you are hard to understand. Which cells you mean with "two cells to the right": R6C8 and R6C9? Where do you use the negative constraint? Check your conclusion for the position of the 9!
@Prutsbeest: If you switch it, the circle-condition for R3C3 isn't fullfilled.
on 26. November 2021, 05:48 by manushand
I really love this variant; both puzzles are great. As someone who sets puzzles that are somewhat similar in terms of digit-trimming-over-here-affecting-squares-over-there, this is right in my wheelhouse, but I still find the variant challenging and (of course) very enjoyable. Big-time kudos.
@manushand Thanks for the kind words!
on 25. November 2021, 22:16 by Bootenks
Nice puzzle. The rule set isn't too complicated. Ty4creating & sharing
on 25. November 2021, 21:51 by starwarigami
Updated links
on 25. November 2021, 21:18 by starwarigami
Rules clarification
on 24. November 2021, 19:54 by kolot
Lovely puzzle! I had a lot of fun with this.
on 24. November 2021, 17:44 by mathpesto
Really lovely puzzle! I enjoyed the interaction between the minesweeper clues and the arrows. Was stuck for a while towards the end until I decided to reread the rules more carefully :-)
on 24. November 2021, 10:47 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice, thank you for the puzzle.
