Floody Hekc
(Published on 30. July 2022, 01:38 by Malrog)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.Digits on a white dot are consecutive.
Connect the two river cells with a non-branching, one cell wide river, that doesn't touch itself orthogonally or pass through mountain cells.
Digits in river cells must equal the number of other cells seen orthogonally from that cell, up to but not including mountain and river cells.
The river floods, and the flooded river contains all river cells and all non-mountain cells orthogonally adjacent to a river cell.
Any white dot touching this flooded river is broken by the floodwaters, and so digits on that white dot must not be consecutive.
F-puzzles link
CtC Wep App link (has solution check)
SudokuLab link
Solution code: Column 1 and Column 2, 18 digits, no spaces.
Comments
on 21. October 2023, 21:23 by Nordy
Engaging yet challenging opening, and then after placing a few rivers cells things really start to flow like…water. Loved it!
on 2. November 2022, 01:21 by Malrog
Updated rules to clarify wording. Changed links to point to versions with this new wording.
on 17. October 2022, 20:06 by Schwupel
Really enjoyed this one. Loved figuring out the river and the look of the grid.
Start is a little tricky so it took me some time to get the river going but after that it just kept flowing ;)
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Thank you for your kind comments, I'm glad you persevered and were able to enjoy the experience!
on 22. September 2022, 20:33 by Mr.Menace
Cool puzzle with a nice take on the river rules. Worked very nicely and smoothly, would recommend this one for solving, although a bit of focus is required!
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Thank you! I really appreciate your recommendation :)
on 22. September 2022, 10:30 by Playmaker6174
What a wonderful puzzle with plenty of engaging (yet challenging) moments, really had to wrap my mind fully around the rule set to finally understand what's going on in the mid solve. I particularly enjoyed the bits in c456 and final disambiguation of the river path :)
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Thank you for solving, I'm glad you kept at it, and delighted that you enjoyed it. :)
on 1. August 2022, 23:10 by Malrog
Clarification to the rules: added 'non-branching' to the river building instructions both on this page and on the puzzles themselves.
on 31. July 2022, 07:11 by ScatterBrain
Interesting new river rules cause it to wind in new ways! Thanks.
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Thank you, I was pleased with this ruleset, I think it has wider potential. Glad you liked it.
on 31. July 2022, 02:23 by Nylimb
Very nice!
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Thank you :)
