Arrow - Canal View
(Published on 7. January 2022, 13:06 by abed hawila)
This puzzle is a hybrid between Arrow sudoku and Canal view (you can find below an example 6x6 grid).
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Arrow: Digits on the arrows must add up to the digit in the attached circle.
Canal View: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Arrow circles are the clues for Canal View. They cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells connected in a straight line horizontally or vertically to the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.
Additionally, digits cannot repeat within unshaded regions (yellow regions in the example).
Your comments and feedback are welcomed and appreciated.
Good luck and Have fun solving! Play online:
Here is an example 6x6 puzzle: you can try the 6x6 using the following links:
Solution code: Row 5, Column 5 (18 digits, no commas or spaces)
Comments
on 15. July 2024, 17:20 by StephenR
Good interplay of rules, thanks.
on 30. April 2024, 09:27 by Piatato
Great puzzle, lovely interactions between the constraints!
on 30. April 2024, 00:21 by Agent
Very clever! The rules are nicely integrated.
on 7. April 2022, 23:27 by Christounet
Finally finished it ! I got stuck for a long while because i forgot about the 2x2 constraint... Then i came back to it, re-read the rules and made it. Very nice puzzle with beautiful logic !
on 11. January 2022, 20:11 by Phistomefel
Beautiful puzzle! Thanks, abed hawila!
on 11. January 2022, 17:18 by dlindberg3
Thanks to CTC for a few hints to get me started
on 10. January 2022, 22:58 by Jesper
Excellent! Enjoyed that a lot. Thanks :)
on 10. January 2022, 07:34 by kolot
Wonderful puzzle! I loved it.
on 9. January 2022, 21:08 by Playmaker6174
Such a brilliant construction with very smooth path and lots of elegant deductions, and the funny thing was that it didn't even feel stuck at any point too :D
on 9. January 2022, 15:55 by SudokuExplorer
Fun combination of rules and not too hard either. Thanks for making it! :-)
on 8. January 2022, 09:36 by udukos
Awesome hybrid! Very nice interactions between the two constraints. Thanks, abed!
on 8. January 2022, 02:14 by Vebby
Very nice concept and well executed!
Enjoyed meandering through the canals :)
on 7. January 2022, 21:06 by polar
Very nice! Thank you
on 7. January 2022, 16:06 by SimiC
What a puzzle and what a ride of almost 100 minutes! I broke it after an hour due to a wrong assumption at the very beginning, but it wasn't frustrating at all, i was actually happy that i could experience the break-in again! Thank you Abed
on 7. January 2022, 15:16 by Steven R
Wonderful! Solves really smoothly, I enjoyed every second of this.
on 7. January 2022, 14:07 by abed hawila
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