Serial Killers/Serielle Killer
(Published on 22. January 2022, 19:31 by Ryx)
Normal Sudoku rules apply
* Digits cannot repeat in a Killer Cage and must sum to the cage's total, which is not given and left to the solver to discover.
* All cage totals are unique and form two orthogonally connected paths: one path of all even cages, the other path with all odd cages. One path is in entirely in the shaded area, the other is completely outside the shaded area.
* Cage totals along their paths are sequential within their series (2, 4, 6, etc. and 3, 5, 7, etc.)
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I was going to call this puzzle "Silent Serial Killers", but it was solvable without the addition of the planned German Whispers lines. If you want to check that out that easier version, it is here: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=y8fwg3tv
Solution code: Digits from row 5 then column 9
Comments
on 6. April 2023, 02:49 by bodemeister
Fun break-in and enjoyable solve. Took me longer than it probably should have.
@ bodemeister - Glad you enjoyed it. I've had my share of "that took me way longer" solves. There was a 1 star puzzle I spent several days on, before I realized what I was getting wrong ;-)
on 31. March 2023, 03:29 by bodemeister
I'm mid-solve right now and have a question. Do sequential cage totals necessarily have a difference of 2 along the path, or does it only mean the totals are increasing? Thanks!
@ bodemeister - yes, within each sequence (odd cages or even cages) the difference is always 2. In that aspect, they are sequential or "serial".
on 26. January 2022, 12:49 by abed hawila
Wonderful construction! Thanks Ryx!
@abed hawila
Thank you! This one, for some reason, seemed much hard to set than my previous one, with similar constraints. I think I will do another Kropki Circles puzzle next. That one is my personal favorite, because of the (I think) unique break in.
on 22. January 2022, 23:56 by ScatterBrain
First to solve! Hey, this puzzle is not too hard. A bit of counting for each cage and a bit of logic does it. Thanks for the idea!
@ScatterBrain
Glad you liked it. I did a similar one a while back that was really popular, so figured it was time for another ;-)
