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Chillaxing Penguins

(Published on 4. March 2022, 01:43 by Thorsby)

If you are unfamilar with the penguin rules, I have also made a Penguins for Beginners
puzzle.

Rules:

Normal 6x6 sudoku rules apply.

There are penguins running around in this sudoku. Each penguin has a corresponding number outside the grid next to the square they start in. The number is how many squares the penguins will visit, including the starting square.

A penguin will always move into another square if it is able to. It can only enter a square that is orthogonally connected to the square it is in. (So it never moves diagonally.) A penguin will never enter a square it has already been to. (A penguin will not stop walking simply because it has used up the steps in its clue, it has to be because it has no valid square to enter.)

When choosing between possible squares it can move to, the penguin will choose the square with the smallest number (Because penguins like it cold.) If there are two possible squares with the same smallest number, the penguin prefers moving horizontally (left or right) instead of vertically (up or down).

Example:

The penguin’s path is marked with red.

The puzzle:

solving online with Cracking the Cryptic App: LINK

solving online at F-puzzles: LINK

solving online at Penpa: LINK

Solution code: Column 5, then column 6. Top to bottom, no gaps between numbers.

Last changed on on 7. March 2022, 05:14

Solved by Steven R, kolot, filuta, SquaringSquirrel
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Comments

on 7. March 2022, 17:31 by filuta
it was actually quite thrilling, whether the final clue will work out. nice puzzle.

on 7. March 2022, 05:14 by Thorsby
Removed superfluous clue, probably made the puzzle easier.

on 5. March 2022, 15:43 by kolot
I enjoyed this journey with the penguins. It was fun!

on 5. March 2022, 13:17 by Steven R
Had fun chipping away at this, thanks Thorsby!

Difficulty:3
Rating:N/A
Solved:4 times
Observed:7 times
ID:00099N

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