Pinocchio II
(Published on 23. September 2022, 02:44 by thoughtbyte)
I had a lot of fun making the first Pinocchio and was happy to see that many solvers found it fairly approachable. It ended up being a solid 3 star difficulty puzzle. I thought I'd give it one more go to try make a 2 star liar puzzle. Have fun!
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Additionally:
Each of the following standard clue types occurs exactly three times in the grid: white dots (consecutive), black dots (ratio), Xs, Vs, German whispers (green), evens/odds (gray squares/circles), and killer cages. For each of those clue types, exactly two of the appearances of that clue are correct, and the other is incorrect.
F-Puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2jup9asl
CTC: https://tinyurl.com/pinocchio2ss
Kropki pairs: cells separated by a white dot are consecutive, cells separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
XV: cells separated by a V sum to 5, cells separated by an X sum to 10.
German Whispers: digits along green lines must differ from their neighbor on the line by at least five.
Evens/Odds: cells containing a gray square are even. Cells containing a grey circle are odd.
Killer cages: digits in cages sum to the number in its top left corner, digits cannot repeat in cages.
Solution code: Row 4, column 4.
Comments
on 12. July 2024, 16:36 by PinkNickels
Absolutely brilliant setting!
on 18. December 2023, 21:30 by Titus Adduxas
This one was recommended to me and very enjoyable it was too.
on 21. September 2023, 20:38 by abadx
Lovely puzzle. Enjoyable from the break in to the end
on 4. September 2023, 00:53 by ViKingPrime
I'm loving these, fantastic series of puzzles.
on 3. January 2023, 19:06 by Paquet Voleur
Very nice. I had to think a bit on how to track the good and bad clues without making an incomprehensible mess of the grid. Not too long but a bit. Really enjoyed it. Thanks!
on 22. December 2022, 00:33 by TJReds
Beautiful puzzle! Glad there's a liar puzzle easy enough that allows me to do it. <3
on 27. November 2022, 08:31 by Playmaker6174
Somehow I forgot to register my solve on this one after finishing it, it was a great fun experience to solve an approachable liar puzzle :)
on 27. November 2022, 03:03 by Godrick
Very nice puzzle. After the break-in, it was (for me) a very smooth solve that really flowed naturally from one clue/section to another with no real hick-ups, but still a lot of fun :-)
on 27. November 2022, 00:29 by CutiePancake
Thanks for a very nice puzzle! Gotta admit I made a few mistakes and forgot that some clues were liars a few times and had to backtrack. It was a beautiful puzzle nonetheless, thoroughly enjoyed it!
on 29. September 2022, 18:33 by cat
Thank your for this puzzle. I found it very enjoyable!
on 28. September 2022, 20:42 by thoughtbyte
Thank you for the feedback everyone! This motivates me to make more 1 and 2 star puzzles.
on 24. September 2022, 11:02 by Florian Wortmann
Very enjoyable introduction to liar puzzles!
on 24. September 2022, 01:58 by djorr
Definitely a 2* puzzle :) very nice!
on 23. September 2022, 05:17 by twototenth
Lovely! A worthy follow-up.
on 23. September 2022, 03:00 by cdwg2000
Very nice, smooth logic.
