Mind Your Step
(Published on 1. April 2022, 01:04 by Lizzy01)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Every pair of orthogonally adjacent cells that adds to five has been marked with a V,
every pair of orthogonally adjacent cells that adds to ten has been marked with an X,
every pair of orthogonally adjacent cells that are consecutive has been marked with a white dot,
and every pair of orthogonally adjacent cells that are in a ratio of 1:2 has been marked with a black dot.
Additionally, cells a chess kings move apart cannot contain the same digit.
Something you might like to check out: https://tinyurl.com/yaubm5o8
Hints:
hint 2: the center is much more important than it looks.
hint 3: do the rules say anything about pairs of cells that do not sum to 5 or ten/ are not consecutive/in a ratio of 1:2 ?
cryptic hint: I've set a lot of puzzles, but most puzzles have not been set by me.
Solution code: row 9, column 9
Comments
on 7. December 2024, 22:49 by aholst
Wow, this one was great. Suitable name! Progressed in small steps all till the end
--Thanks!
on 16. November 2024, 05:28 by Richard
There is indeed a completely logical solve path! Once you find the break in, the puzzle unfolds step by step until the last digits.
Well done!
--Thanks!
The break in was inspired by a puzzle I saw on CTC, I don't remember what it was called tho. The rest I came up with myself, because I saw normal kropki/xv rules genuinely being phrased like this and I noticed it wasn't technically saying what they meant, so I made an April fools puzzle out of it.
on 15. November 2024, 14:14 by Lizzy01
Added hint.
on 24. October 2023, 07:57 by wullemuus
Totally unusual setting! Thinking out of the box (especially the breakin) was very satifying. The solving path felt like walking on a frozen lake never knowing if it breaks ... . Made for those who love to rely on intuition.
--Thanks for trying it! There is an entirely logical path through if you correctly understand the rules... which is indeed a big part of the puzzle ;)
on 2. April 2023, 19:12 by Lizzy01
You might also like to check out this one:
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000DC5
on 21. May 2022, 17:52 by Lizzy01
Added hint
on 3. April 2022, 02:16 by ibag
Die Regeln waren mir direkt klar, aber danach hatte das Rätsel es noch ganz schön in sich. - Sehr schöne Idee!
--Danke!
on 2. April 2022, 15:55 by Dandelo
Ich kann nur noch einmal bestätigen, dass es sich wirklich lohnt, sich da rein zu beißen.
on 2. April 2022, 15:54 by Dandelo
Very nice.
--Thank you!
on 1. April 2022, 21:19 by Jesper
Nicely done! Even after understanding it, quite a challenging workout.
--Thank you!
on 1. April 2022, 18:17 by Dandelo
Ok, ich habe es verstanden! Jetzt muss ich nur noch Zeit fürs Rätseln haben ...
Aber ich kann schon mal bestätigen, dass die Regeln völlig korrekt sind.
on 1. April 2022, 13:40 by Lizzy01
Read the rules. Very carefully.
