Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

Saturn's Moons

(Published on 9. June 2022, 00:25 by cristophermoore)

Standard Sudoku rules apply. The white region is divided into 12 five-cell cages, one each of the 12 pentominoes. Digits may not repeat in a cage. A large moon indicates a boundary between cages whose totals differ by 1 if the moon is white and by a ratio of 2 if the moon is black. A small moon indicates that two cells belong to the same cage: those cells differ by 1 if the moon is white and by a ratio of 2 if it is black. There may be undiscovered moons.

Feedback is very welcome! The puzzle has several layers, and I hope they all work.

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Solution code: Row 5 followed by column 5

Last changed on on 17. June 2022, 20:55

Solved by SimplePurpleFrog, JeffWajes, Franjo, imanureko, henter, ashwin, peterkp, abed hawila, SirWoezel, kolot, PixelPlucker, PoiPlexed, Jesper, soroush, lerroyy, numslinger, Elliptical, purpl, glum_hippo, ... Oyarzabal, thargian, washyleopard, dogfarts, michaal94, Uhu, h5663454, mse326, NeroChaos, annaswan, pandiani42, lizyyy, ZornsLemon, KNT, KyubiBoy, redgecko, LadyShapeShifter, Drewpacabra, shafer
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Comments

on 12. May 2023, 05:26 by annaswan
This puzzle is gorgeous!

on 20. July 2022, 23:25 by bansalsaab
beautiful construction.

on 18. June 2022, 03:59 by Agent
Wonderful puzzle! The pentomino logic was original, and it solves very smoothly.

Last changed on 17. June 2022, 21:04

on 17. June 2022, 20:55 by cristophermoore
changed "factor" to "ratio" for readers unused to kropki dots

on 15. June 2022, 04:43 by purpl
Very enjoyable puzzle!

on 13. June 2022, 21:04 by Elliptical
Brilliant!

on 12. June 2022, 20:43 by numslinger
I really enjoyed the flavor theme of this, as well as how it worked as two separate puzzles. Placing the pentominoes was super fun, and the break-in after that was clever. Very nice puzzle all around!

on 10. June 2022, 14:53 by kolot
What a wonderful puzzle! I loved it.

on 10. June 2022, 10:52 by abed hawila
Fantastic!

on 10. June 2022, 02:24 by peterkp
Fantastic puzzle. I found it hard but rewarding. Also loved the astronomical theme!

on 9. June 2022, 17:25 by cristophermoore
Thank you! By coincidence, Zetamath's puzzle MIA featured on CTC today also made beautiful use of cage Kropki dots. Starwarigami and grkles have also made puzzles with cage-level relationships like palindromes.

on 9. June 2022, 17:08 by imanureko
My first puzzle in LMD cause I need to appreciate it more than in CTC discord. Pentomino was great. The kropki cage parity/polarity throws me off when I didn't follow the intended path. Too good of a puzzle so I tried again and voila.

Last changed on 9. June 2022, 00:32

on 9. June 2022, 00:31 by SimplePurpleFrog
I love the cage kropki dots, a very interesting constraint to work with.
Constructing pentominoes with it as well is just superb.
The first part of the solve was challenging but reasonably approachable. I struggled a bit to find the second break-in, but then it was a pretty smooth solve thereafter.

on 9. June 2022, 00:30 by JeffWajes
Lots of fun from start to finish!

Difficulty:4
Rating:100 %
Solved:64 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000A68

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