Build Your Own Aquarium
(Published on 5. February 2022, 16:54 by wooferzfg)
This puzzle was created by Jakhob and wooferzfg, and it combines a Chaos Construction Sudoku with an Aquarium.
Normal Irregular Sudoku rules apply, but the regions must be determined by the solver. All regions are orthogonally connected groups of 9 cells.
Each region is also an aquarium, and the cells must be colored green (air) or blue (water). Any cells in the region that are in the same row must be the same color. When a row of cells within a region is filled with water, all cells below that row in the region must be filled with water as well. Regions may be entirely air or entirely water.
In each region, the digits in water cells must all be larger than the digits in air cells.
A number in a circle indicates the number of cells in the region that are the same color (air or water), including itself. Not all circles are necessarily given.
A gold diamond must separate an air cell and a water cell. Not all diamonds are necessarily given.
Numbers outside the grid indicate the sum of the digits in water cells in the row or column.
Solution code: Row 1 followed by Row 9
Comments
on 9. May 2023, 19:51 by GabeSzeto
Amazing puzzle! I loved the logic, thanks so much for making this!
on 16. February 2023, 21:12 by StephenR
What a peach of a puzzle. Fittingly, perhaps, it may have had a soggifying effect on my brain as I kept inventing my own rules or misremembering the rules and hence I broke it twice. But once I'd demisted my goggles I enjoyed this hugely, thanks.
on 13. September 2022, 08:18 by KNT
Amazing!!!
this one has been on my radar for a long time, glad I finally twigged it
on 30. March 2022, 14:35 by thefallenrat
Blub Blub Blub I'm drowning in amazement after completing your puzzle! Truly a masterpiece construction with a clear logical path from start to finish. Well done on making this! Please make more chaos construction type puzzles!
on 9. February 2022, 23:52 by hepcecob
This was amazing. The puzzle in nice all the way through. Great logic!
on 9. February 2022, 00:03 by Steven R
Very nicely constructed :)
on 7. February 2022, 15:32 by marcmees
challenging till the end. great construction. thanks.
on 5. February 2022, 19:57 by harrison
This was very tricky, but flowed nicely!
