Happy Birthday To Me
(Published on 6. May 2022, 11:16 by Malrog)
I made this puzzle on my birthday, as a gift to the community, and it turned out rather good. The variants interact to produce a nice logical and smooth solve path (at least I think so!). Enjoy!
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Killer Cages: The digits in a cage must sum to the number printed in its corner. Digits may not repeat within a cage. Cage colours are just for aesthetics.
Extra Region: The grey squares are an extra region, and digits may not repeat within this.
Odd Digit: The grey circle indicates an odd digit.
Kropki Dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with the given ratio (2 if not specified). A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.
Renban Lines: Digits along each purple renban line must be a set of consecutive digits in any order, and must not repeat.
German Whispers Lines: Adjacent digits along each green german whisper line must have a difference of at least 5.
Solution code: Column 1 then Column 9, top to bottom. (18 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 7. May 2022, 22:07 by sacklunch
Really enjoyed this one! What a clever design and tough solve (for me at least). Happy birthday!
on 6. May 2022, 23:02 by ValeMK
Happy 42nd. Really liked the logic on this one
on 6. May 2022, 16:36 by Chelo
Happy Birthday @Malrog, it should be the opposite and you should receive gifts today.. Thank you for setting this nice puzzle, fully logical solving paths are my favorite ones.
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Thank you for your kind words. I actually prefer it this way, if everyone in the community gave me a sudoku I think I would struggle a lot! :D
on 6. May 2022, 15:08 by Dandelo
Happy birthday.
My first impulse was to write a 6 under the 4, too.
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Thank you! Must be those whisper lines making you forget the 5!
on 6. May 2022, 14:03 by horseradish1
Other than the fact that I'm an idiot and spent the first twenty minutes trying to solve a puzzle where I believed 6 was consecutive with 4, which caused all sorts of trouble, I loved this solve path. Fantastic!
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Haha, yes that would make things difficult! I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle. Thank you for trying it.
on 6. May 2022, 12:58 by Sartograph
Happy Birthday! Nice puzzle. I had to look a bit around to find the next deduction, but managed it well. :)
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Good job, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
on 6. May 2022, 12:26 by ScatterBrain
Happy Birthday Malrog!
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Thank you!
