Chaos Construction: Sightlines
(Published on 3. June 2022, 07:40 by KNT)
A number in a cell with arrows indicates the number of cells seen in the indicated directions combined (including itself), where region borders obstruct vision.
A 1-6 example is provided:
Solution code: Type the digits (no spaces) of the region containing R1C1 as follows: Row 1's digit in the region (left to right), Row 2's digits in the region (left to right), etc. 9 digits total.
Comments
on 11. July 2024, 16:15 by StephenR
Excellent work by KNT as usual. My sightlines were impaired at various times towards the end, but happily got there in the end.
on 8. May 2024, 02:55 by Pedro Levi
This puzzle took me like 4 tries and probably 4 hours in total. An absolutely amazing puzzle, I was just sorta dumb.
on 14. August 2023, 10:34 by toshii
I have broken this puzzle 2 times now, no color for R9C5, any hints for what i'm messing up?
on 25. July 2023, 11:52 by ibag
Thank you once more for this wonderful puzzles and all the other ones!
on 12. May 2023, 05:41 by dennischen
I managed to break this puzzle the same way 3 separate times, truly a master of solving
This puzzle unlike my solving skills is actually masterful though
on 1. May 2023, 19:24 by PrimeWeasel
Pretty unique experience, loved the starting logic, and then really got sucked into it! Highly recommended
on 15. November 2022, 21:48 by SirCharles
stays at a constant level of difficulty and includes a wide variant of different arguments - great puzzle - thx
on 2. October 2022, 04:11 by thoughtbyte
Superb! Thanks KNT.
on 29. September 2022, 02:05 by wooferzfg
Beautiful puzzle, thanks!
For anyone who wants to solve this in SudokuPad: https://tinyurl.com/4v6nmj2p
on 27. September 2022, 17:05 by Oripy
This puzzle is amazing! The quantity of logic tricks that have to be used is astounding!
on 25. September 2022, 19:51 by KNT
Added Chaos Construction Tag
on 12. September 2022, 14:59 by Piatato
Very nice and smooth one! I broke and restarted it twice, but only for a very silly reason for which I can only blame myself.
on 17. August 2022, 04:20 by peacherwu2
Broke it many times toward region completion...
on 16. August 2022, 06:11 by RandallPepperidge
Such a cracked puzzle 10/10
on 4. July 2022, 20:45 by Playmaker6174
Exceptional and masterful puzzle for such a simple looking ruleset. The bits at 3 bottom rows hurt my brain a lot but it's unfolded in a magical way and really, I enjoyed how everything works in the first half of the solve ;)
on 9. June 2022, 13:26 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle as always! Very enjoyable and challenging but never frustrating.
on 7. June 2022, 14:17 by Christounet
Another masterpiece with a very simple ruleset and powerful logic throughout the puzzle. Loved how it all started right in the middle of the puzzle (at least in my solution path), rather than in a corner or along an edge like in most chaos construction. Very enjoyable !
on 6. June 2022, 22:28 by KeenanN
WOW WOW WOW!
Definitely took me a while to wrap my head around everything but I absolutely loved it. Thanks so much KNT! I hope Simon gets this one just so you can get all the due praise!
on 4. June 2022, 21:49 by wenchang
Very enjoyable!
https://youtu.be/G3bAIyn3F14
on 4. June 2022, 20:38 by udukos
Beautiful puzzle! Thanks, KNT!
on 4. June 2022, 20:26 by henrypijames
Very nice - especially the break-in, but only 3⅔ stars for me (without investigating the example puzzle) - perhaps because I've spent quite a bit of time setting Riverbank Sentinels which have similar logic:
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0009YK
on 4. June 2022, 01:11 by KNT
Thank you all for the nice comments :)
on 4. June 2022, 00:30 by Niverio
A very daring solution code there, KNT. Gives the entire secrets of the puzzle away! :P
on 3. June 2022, 23:13 by laregioncentrale
Even the example puzzle was a 5/5 in terms of entertainment. Looking forward to attempting the real one!
on 3. June 2022, 22:36 by marcmees
very nice. Thanks.
on 3. June 2022, 21:21 by the_cogito
Lovely puzzle, beautiful construction, really interesting ruleset for this. Well done.
on 3. June 2022, 20:39 by kolot
Wonderful puzzle!
on 3. June 2022, 20:33 by LittleBallOfPurr
Absolute gem of a puzzle, though, could we really expect anything else from KNT. I'm so fond of these puzzles that are a continuous string of reasonably challenging deductions and rewards, keeps you engaged throughout.
I agree that it's not a monstrous 5 star, so should be attemptable for most, if not all.
Thanks so much, KNT!
on 3. June 2022, 20:04 by grkles
Wow.
on 3. June 2022, 14:35 by Jesper
Awesome, thanks! A challenging puzzle, but I never got stuck, so it was a lot of fun. The 6x6 felt quite straightforward to me, but it is definitely helpful to get used to the ruleset.
on 3. June 2022, 12:54 by Agent
Great puzzle! It has many beautiful deductions along the way. The 6x6 example was fun too :-)
on 3. June 2022, 11:46 by Vebby
Had a lot of fun testing this, thanks KNT! :)
