Puquios
(Published on 13. August 2022, 16:12 by Samish)
This is a small puzzle I made unassumingly, after I noticed a little trick that is to be used as a break-in. It should not require tedious pencilmarking, try to outsmart this grid !
Please check out my others puzzles here.
Ratings are appreciated and I'll be happy to read your comments !
Rules :
Put the digit 1 to 9 in each row an column exactly once. Additionally, each marked region must contain a set of consecutive digits (in any order). Digits along a thermometer must increase from the bulb.Note : the conflict checker won't work properly and better be deactivated.
As a bonus, you can solve an easier version of this puzzle by slightly modifying the ruleset (not required for solution code) :
Ignore the two topmost thermometers (keep the one which bulb is in r5c3) and solve this puzzle under the anti-knight constraint (two digits separated by a chess knight move cannot be the same).
Solution code: First row.
Comments
on 24. April 2023, 02:54 by mnasti2
Neat logic with a very nice flow!
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Thanks a lot! Glad you liked :)
on 9. September 2022, 03:16 by Nordy
I’m not sure I fully outsmarted the grid (I had to shamefully use some pencil marks)… but I’m definitely smarter having solved this! Brilliant discovery and very wild how this all resolves :)
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Haha thank you very much ! It may be not the best phrasing X) but what I meant was that one should seek for the trick. It requires pencilmarks ofc, just... not tedious ones hopefully :D (I had 2 testers who almost filled the whole grid with options before putting a digit)
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Nordy: Haha, it’s a fine phrase. I was trying to be playful :P nothing tedious at all! I am still working on improving my solving skills, so it still often feels like a grid outsmarts me, but in this case I’d say it was a tie :)
on 17. August 2022, 16:09 by Aaronomys
This is a really interesting concept! The solve path is fun to discover and is very unique. Thanks for the creative puzzle!
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We seem to have finished solving one of each other puzzle's within the same minute ! :D That's funny
Thanks once again. It's cool and unexpected for me to see such good reviews for that one !
on 14. August 2022, 23:44 by filuta
curious little puzzle, very cool start and then resolves nicely.
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Couldn't hope for a better feedback, that's exactly what I intended. Thank you ! :-)
on 14. August 2022, 23:20 by Piatato
Nice! I successfully outsmarted this grid. :-D
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I wouldn't expect any less from you ! :D I'm happy you liked it.
