Chaos Construction: Arachne
(Published on 24. September 2022, 08:20 by tesseralis)
Inspired by KNT's Ariadne, I wanted to try my hand at the same ruleset and have created the following puzzle. Enjoy!
Rules
Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column, and region. Each region is a set of 9 orthogonally connected cells.A digit in a clued cell indicates the number of cells seen in the indicated directions combined (including itself). Region borders obstruct vision.
Solution code: Column 5 followed by row 9
Comments
on 29. July 2023, 10:49 by Christounet
Super line of sight puzzle ! A very original way to use that ruleset, with a surprising apparent lack of short range possibilities in the arrows at the beginning, which is quite unusual for that kind of puzzle ! I can confirm that there is a non-bifurcative logical way of solving this ! Thanks :)
on 14. February 2023, 06:23 by wooferzfg
Very weird puzzle, but quite intricate in a good way.
on 3. November 2022, 02:13 by Silverstep
Finished this, then came back again to find the intended break-in, which turned out to be very funny. I can testify that the opening logic doesn't require casework (*). 10/10 would solve again.
(*) kind of. it's possible to write in 5-6 digits before any casework happens.
on 27. September 2022, 09:00 by henrypijames
Very intricate, but the opening is so complicated I don't see how a mortal could avoid bifurcation and "see it all in their head".
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hmm, there's actually a pretty elegant way of determining the opening. feel free to figure it out or DM me if you're stuck ~tess
on 27. September 2022, 00:51 by kjholt
Excellent as always, tess!
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<3 ~tess
on 26. September 2022, 17:15 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice, I liked how smoothly the regions resolved in the later stages of the solve with very few clues.
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thank you magnus! ~tess
on 25. September 2022, 22:03 by marcmees
very nice. Beautiful symmetrical design to create chaos. thanks.
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heh, it wasn't intended to be symmetrical until i realized it was :P ~tess
on 24. September 2022, 10:27 by Jesper
It is a very good ruleset, and I certainly enjoyed this puzzle :)
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thank you jesper! ~tess
on 24. September 2022, 09:04 by KNT
it always makes me happy to see my puzzles serve as inspiration for others, this was very fun, and not too difficult after the opening logic :)
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heh, thanks for the inspiration (and the thorough roasting of the previous version to get it to a solvable state) ~tess
