Coordinated Killers
(Published on 11. September 2022, 09:09 by Samish)
I had just solved all the puzzles using the amazing coordinate arrows variant invented by Piatato and Aaronymous, who made true masterpieces out of it that I highly recommand you attempt.
So I thought it was worth the shot to try and make a puzzle with ambiguous cage clues that are either killer, or coordinates.
I hope you'll enjoy what I came up with, it demanded a great deal of efforts and patience to get to that result.
Huge thanks to filuta, Piatato, Aaronymous, Dimono for inspiring, testing, and helping improve this puzzle.
Thanks to all the testers of the successive versions on the discord, especially Agent for the live solve.
The average difficulty estimation from testing feedbacks was around 4.4/5, so I propose 4 but it could feel closer to a 5/5 as well. Have fun solving, I'll be happy to read your comments :-)
Rules :
Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits may not repeat and each cage (clued with a small number in its top left corner) is either a killer cage or a coordinate cage.In killer cages, the clue gives the sum of the digits in the cage.
In coordinate cages, the clue spells out the coordinates of a cell that is the sum of the digits in the cage.
It's up to the solver to determine which cage is which.
Example : if a cage's clue is 12, then its digits either sum to 12, or to the digit contained in R1C2 (first row, second column). Here is an example 6x6 puzzle to illustrate the ruleset. I think it's also funny to solve and should be fairly easy, it can be played here in the CTC app or here in f-puzzles.
Who Wants a Coo-Kill ?
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 9. March 2024, 13:32 by dumediat
There were so many incredible moments in this puzzle. I found it challenging but never brutal, thank you very much!
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Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed it =)
on 17. August 2023, 14:10 by Bankey
Innovative idea, finely executed. Thanks, @ Samish :).
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Thanks a lot ! =)
on 12. September 2022, 06:55 by Aaronomys
Really beautiful puzzle! The build-up to the hardest point was fun, and that main deduction was thrilling to find! Really satisfying solve, thank you @Samish for the construction.
on 11. September 2022, 21:10 by marcmees
A nice twist to killers. thanks.
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Thank you ! I'm happy I brought something new to you
on 11. September 2022, 13:57 by peterkp
Can you please explain the rule set further? I don't understand your example. (eg the cage in column 1 has a 3-2 pair. That doesn't add up to the cage total of 11. But it also doesn't sum to the digit in R3C2.)
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It sums to the digit in r1c1 because the cage clue is "11" :)
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Ahh, sorry, and thank you for explaining.
on 11. September 2022, 10:41 by filuta
superb puzzle with a really beautiful opening!
on 11. September 2022, 10:24 by Piatato
Awesome puzzle! Beautiful logic from start to finish! :-D
