Keep Talking [And No One Explodes]
(Published on 27. December 2021, 20:54 by zetamath)
Don't panic. There are several bombs hidden throughout the grid, but if you just follow these simple not at all convoluted directions you can disarm the bombs and save everyone.
The bombs take the form of three regular sudoku digits which you must determine. All instances of each of those digits in the grid are bombs.
Normal irregular sudoku rules apply, except that you must determine the regions. Regions are orthogonally connected.
The arrows point at a bomb within the same region. The digit on the arrow tells you how many cells to travel to reach that bomb. For example, if r6c2 is 3, that would tell you that r3c2 is a bomb digit in the same region as r6c2. Not all arrows are necessarily given.
The black dots in the grid separate digits with a ratio of one to two which are in different regions. All such black dots are given. [Digits with a ratio of one to two that are in the same region are not marked.]
[Note that if you have issues with the arrows displaying properly in f-puzzles, they should display properly in penpa]
Have fun, leave a comment if you enjoy the puzzle!
Solution code: The contents of the region containing r4c6 left to right top to bottom, followed by the contents of the region containing r5c6 left to right top to bottom.
Comments
on 21. December 2023, 19:53 by Bankey
Delightfully challenging and fun. Thanks, @ zetamath:).
on 27. September 2023, 14:47 by zetamath
The Old link stopped working, so I changed to a new link
on 5. December 2022, 17:52 by peacherwu2
Very beautiful endgame!
on 21. October 2022, 15:40 by PrimeWeasel
Smooth sailing until the aforementioned last step. Lovely solve up until there.
on 23. March 2022, 10:04 by Christounet
Wow, very nice ! First broke it around the end a few days ago, picked it up this morning and managed to finish it ! Thanks for your wonderful puzzles Zetamath !
on 2. January 2022, 09:39 by henrypijames
Surprisingly smooth solve for me, only 3⅔ stars difficulty.
on 31. December 2021, 04:43 by twototenth
Amazing puzzle. Sadly, the bomb has exploded (and by the bomb, I mean my brain).
on 30. December 2021, 20:11 by zetamath
(Added a tag for Chaos Construction)
on 29. December 2021, 20:15 by thoughtbyte
Absolutely beautiful and a ton of fun! Thanks!
on 29. December 2021, 15:36 by Krokant
What a lovely puzzle. Disarming this bombs was a ton of fun.
on 29. December 2021, 05:38 by DiMono
Excellent puzzle! I agree with others that Chaos Construction is an appropriate tag.
Note to solvers: the solution check won't pop unless you draw all the region edges. If you solve by drawing the regions based on surface colour, as I do, then you'll have to add the edges in afterwards to get the solution check to work.
on 28. December 2021, 21:11 by Niverio
Wonderful puzzle! Loved every step of it, except that one small step in the ending. Still a masterpiece!
on 28. December 2021, 14:06 by polar
Loved it - thank you so much!
Chaos construction tag seems appropriate to me? Definitely one of my favourites for finding great puzzles :)
on 28. December 2021, 03:53 by filuta
Very nice idea and the setting too. The last step was (probably by far) the hardest part of the puzzle for me too. Thanks for making it.
on 28. December 2021, 02:14 by marcmees
Got some hassle to find the last regions but very nice puzzle. thanks.
on 28. December 2021, 00:24 by MagnusJosefsson
Wonderful puzzle! Interesting and challenging throughout. I especially enjoyed the initial stages with the arrow logic.
on 27. December 2021, 23:49 by Steven R
A zetamathterpiece! Loved it.
