Cliffs of Insanity
(Published on 27. June 2022, 00:06 by DarthParadox)
Normal sudoku rules apply. In addition:
Anti-Knight: Cells separated by a chess knight's move cannot contain the same digit.
Thermometers: Digits along the thermometers must increase from the bulbs to the tips.
Cliffs: The heavy lines are Cliff lines. Digits separated by a Cliff line must differ by at least four, and when a line separates more than a single pair of digits, all of the higher digits in those differences must be on the same side of the line.
Online solver links: f-puzzles, CTC, Penpa
Solution code: Column 4 followed by column 6 (no spaces)
Comments
on 21. February 2024, 01:25 by jadezki
Loved this, colouring was great fun! Thank you!
on 11. November 2022, 13:28 by chameleon
Great puzzle, lots of fun! I'd wish the high-lowity to be resolved much earlier, though.
on 19. September 2022, 00:59 by wisty
The fact that the whispers-esque logic is "geographical" makes for a really nice demonstration of anti-knight.
on 4. July 2022, 19:59 by crispy16
It took me a little while to get my thinking straight on the ruleset, but once I did it was a lovely puzzle.
on 29. June 2022, 01:26 by Nordy
Very cool idea executed superbly!
on 28. June 2022, 23:04 by purpl
I found the puzzle delightful and quite smooth, I think it lies somewhere between 3 and 4 for difficulty.
on 28. June 2022, 22:27 by Niverio
Very nice puzzle! Great coloring exercise.
on 28. June 2022, 05:59 by DarthParadox
Yeah, I was on the fence on difficulty - I'm still figuring the scale out. Thanks for solving!
on 27. June 2022, 01:32 by LittleBallOfPurr
I thought this was a brilliant puzzle, haven't played with this ruleset before, I believe it might be a new twist. I did admittedly find it quite tricky, perhaps a 4 star rather than 3.
Thanks Darth, hope to see more of these in the future!
