Epiphany (Numbered Room and Region Sum Line)
(Published on 30. September 2022, 10:32 by Playmaker6174)
Though the flow in this puzzle is quite unusual from my perspective, the break-in and the interactions are... well, interesting and funny to see; I'd also say that this puzzle is somewhat a fascinating discovery to myself. Estimated difficulty is around 4/5 (and may be lower), I hope you enjoy!
- Normal Sudoku rules apply for the 9x9 grid: every row, column and 3x3 box contains digits from 1 to 9 each once.
- A clue outside the grid indicates the digit that has to be placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding direction, where N is the digit placed in the first cell. For example if R2C1 is a 4 then R2C4 has to be 9.
- For each blue line in the grid, digits on the line have an equal sum N within each box it passes through.
Puzzle:
Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Column 2 (top to bottom) and row 8 (left to right), 18 digits long with no space
Comments
on 21. August 2023, 00:44 by Xendari
insane interactions throughout, loved it!
on 15. August 2023, 20:58 by Bankey
That was fun! Thanks, @ Playmaker6174 :).
on 17. October 2022, 12:48 by Piatato
Great puzzle! I had a lot of fun like always. :-)
on 4. October 2022, 08:15 by tesseralis
the break-in is very lovely :) thanks playmaker!
on 4. October 2022, 03:17 by tallcat
I had toyed with the idea of this combination for a while but wasn't sure i could get it to work. Now you've put a high bar out there!
on 3. October 2022, 21:56 by wenchang
Great Setting! Spoiler alert!
https://youtu.be/alyaK5dPoys
on 3. October 2022, 13:32 by Niverio
Very crisp opening logic! Rest is just sudoku :P
on 2. October 2022, 13:02 by Playmaker6174
Thank you everyone for the great feedback, glad everyone enjoyed it! I didn’t have so much expectation to get this combo work properly enough but after few days, when I revised some of the numbered room puzzles in the past (Angelo’s [id=000AA7] and Qodec’s [id=0009Q4] ), I finally got an idea for the main opening and then the rest of the puzzle :)
on 2. October 2022, 08:12 by Christounet
Very fun ! Thanks.
on 2. October 2022, 00:30 by Vebby
Gorgeous!
on 1. October 2022, 19:21 by DaniK
Really enjoyed the logic of this puzzle. Very nice flow!
on 30. September 2022, 21:32 by marcmees
Very nice. thanks.
on 30. September 2022, 19:24 by prodigis
Cool stuff, it certainly felt like a few epiphanies along the way!
on 30. September 2022, 14:42 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle, very funny interactions. Thank you!
on 30. September 2022, 13:36 by Jesper
Very nice, thanks Playmaker!
on 30. September 2022, 10:36 by lerroyy
Very nice puzzle and layout! thanks
