Vault Construction
(Published on 12. July 2022, 16:43 by the_cogito)
Shoutout to
Xenonetix for his help with the idea and execution for this puzzle. I actually set this puzzle months ago, and at the time there was a step that felt too hard. I've since made some changes and people seem to have gotten better at chaos constructions in general, so I'm more confident. I hope you enjoy!
Rules:
- Normal chaos construction rules apply.
- Pink cages are vaults. Digits MAY repeat within a vault. Any digits within a vault may NOT appear in any cells orthogonally adjacent to that vault.
- The largest digit in any given vault is equal to the number of distinct regions passing through that vault.
Solve on CTC app (recommended)
Solve on f-puzzles (not recommended)
Solution code: Row 1, then Column 5 (18 digits, no spaces)
Solved by Niverio, henrypijames, bansalsaab, JayForty, CastleSheepside, ___, rmn, jwsinclair, noname1477, jkuo7, polar, Jesper, cdwg2000, Gryllulus, MagnusJosefsson, LittleBallOfPurr, peacherwu2, Xenonetix, ... OGRussHood, saecl, tinounou, dogfarts, Jodelbanane, ns08, Uhu, Steve360, michaal94, Sewerin, KNT, zwooz19, dunder, Xendari, Gnosis66, purpl, PippoForte, SKORP17, Grendpeppy, h5663454, Saskia, steeto
Comments
on 3. August 2022, 13:17 by Christounet
Beautiful setting ! The region logic at the beginning and midsolve was amazing ! Thanks +++
on 17. July 2022, 19:33 by Agent
Amazing puzzle! Many times I thought the geometry was absolutely impossible, but turns out it is just barely possible ;)
on 15. July 2022, 12:00 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle, original and interesting!
on 14. July 2022, 20:49 by wenchang
https://youtu.be/nbMScxKq6o0
Very nice indeed!
on 13. July 2022, 06:55 by CastleSheepside
Superb puzzle! This ruleset is such a great fit with chaos construction.
on 12. July 2022, 20:13 by henrypijames
The region division is quite a brain wrecker, the rest is fairly easy by comparison. Overall 3½ difficulty for me.
on 12. July 2022, 19:34 by Niverio
Very cool idea! One big obstacle in the midsolve, rest flows very smoothly!