Lumos Maxima
(Published on 5. October 2022, 16:10 by chameleon)
Standard arrow and killer cage rules apply (more details in the app).
The grid is covered with fog. There are two initial light sources that illuminate the darkness and clear the fog. Put correct digits into the cells to get more light (it's ok to put a digit into a cell that is covered by fog).
Note: no guessing is required to finish the puzzle.
Solve online: PuzzleTV or SudokuPad
Solution code: digits of column 9
Comments
on 23. February 2024, 10:04 by Peteronium
I have either progressed remarkably well, or this a 2* rather than a 4* puzzle. Any which way I quite enjoyed solving this FoW.
on 25. January 2024, 03:51 by Nylimb
Thanks for the SudokuPad link, and for the very nice puzzle.
on 25. January 2024, 01:52 by chameleon
Added SudokuPad link
on 24. January 2024, 18:18 by Nylimb
Is there a version of this for the CtC app? The Puzzle TV link doesn't work on my old computer; it just gives me a blank screen.
on 15. December 2023, 22:53 by Virux
First 4 star puzzle solved. Very nice. Lovely puzzle. Thank you!
on 29. March 2023, 10:55 by Nimo
完美的作品，我真的很喜欢
on 14. November 2022, 07:13 by chameleon
Removed the "lives" mechanism
on 4. November 2022, 13:16 by waibibabu
gorgerous idea!I don't know how u come up with such a genius idea,and I love it!!Just so perfect and beautiful and I have shared it with my friends.
on 1. November 2022, 22:15 by nicole1303
Puh, that was a tough solve for me, but I found my way through without guessing! :-)
Thank you for this amazing puzzle!
on 28. October 2022, 09:36 by Christounet
Very fun new concept ! The fog does focus the attention on the uncovered zones, but it doesn't make it easier to get the right deductions. Thanks for bringing this to us !
on 22. October 2022, 18:26 by meixia
Great concept. Do you have more puzzles like this one?
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Thank you! =)
The only other "fog of war" puzzle that I'm aware of is "Lost" by Dathan, and it's much more approachable than mine: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000BPY
But I'm sure that others will come soon since SudokuPad is going to support the mechanics.
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(meixia)
Thank you. I look forward to more variations of this new concept. =)
on 22. October 2022, 12:12 by 99jau99
Brilliant idea and execution! Thanks for this unique gift.
on 21. October 2022, 06:35 by Agent
A puzzle to be remembered, thanks. Take a bow for having the idea and developing the tool to execute it!
on 18. October 2022, 23:46 by Platinum
Just when you think variant sudoku has peaked, OMG, absolutely brillaint, loved it
on 18. October 2022, 21:05 by kjholt
One of my all-time favorite puzzles right here. Incredible!
on 18. October 2022, 19:04 by Klausku
Absolutly brilliant idea. I love this puzzle. A whole new set of logic figuring out, what the clues look like. Don‘t understand, why this is not close to 100% rating. I hope there will be follow-up puzzles.
on 18. October 2022, 14:40 by Ragna
This puzzle MUST have 100% !!!
What a brilliant idea. Such a fun to solve! :-)))
I'm very glad to be alive, because I lost 4 lives...
on 18. October 2022, 06:58 by Farkov
That was superb. A great novel concept and brilliant logic to implement it. Congratulations.
on 18. October 2022, 04:44 by virtual
Very novel! I both love and hate the concept of having such a narrow solution path with revealed information as you progress through the puzzle.
on 18. October 2022, 04:04 by Aswen
Fantastic idea. Pretty well implemented too. Great puzzle.
on 18. October 2022, 00:27 by Sktx
I had the idea some time ago of such a concept, but with no way of implementing it. In the end I'm glad I wasn't the one to make it, your puzzle is just the perfect advocate. Incredible execution, fun, challenging but manageable, a puzzle that renew your sense of wonder. Brilliant, thanks !
on 17. October 2022, 00:25 by PinkNickels
Brilliant concept, never seen anything like it before. Should def be on Cracking the Cryptic! Such a neat idea
on 13. October 2022, 22:27 by Ofri
Amazing puzzle!! Very nice idea
Waiting to some more of these
on 11. October 2022, 09:56 by tallytarik
Amazing! Lots of time spent staring at the screen at various points, but all the logic is there. A really fun solve!
on 10. October 2022, 19:37 by Volkner
I think maybe there's not a logical path to success, that one guess is required. Maybe I'm wrong but there was one spot where it seemed like what was revealed would place a certain digit in a certain spot ... but there were actually alternatives, easy to overlook alternatives. I assumed that was what was meant and placed the digit there, which turned out to be correct, but which was technically a guess. That digit could have gone in another place at that point in the puzzle.
Anyway, it bothered me that I had to guess so I backed it up to the point before the guess and spent 4 or 5 hours over the next two days looking for an alternate path. Never found another way to go, but the puzzle unfolded well after that guess.
Anyway, it seemed to me that it was intended to go that way and the alternate placement of the digit was easy to overlook, so that's my thinking, but maybe I'm wrong and I just missed the intended path.
Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed the puzzle. The "unveiling" as you go added a whole new dimension that I've never seen before. Loved that!
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Thanks for the feedback!
Can you tell which point of the puzzle are you referring to, pls? (you can post a hidden comment here or contact me in Discord to ensure that it won't spoil anything for people who didn't solve the puzzle yet)
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Ha ha, I totally missed that. Very clever. I was wrong, there is a logical path and it is quite beautiful.
on 8. October 2022, 10:47 by Anodos
Wonderful puzzle!
on 8. October 2022, 02:43 by Tank
Fun puzzle great interactions
on 6. October 2022, 05:31 by mobiustrip
Even though the gradual reveal limited the options for where to look next, in many cases the next step was quite tricky. Brilliant logic and execution!
on 6. October 2022, 03:55 by PastTenseOfDraw
Interesting concept.
on 6. October 2022, 00:33 by chameleon
Added clarifications about the "lives"
on 5. October 2022, 23:36 by Samish
Great fun ! The puzzle works really well with the quite inventive ruleset, lots of nice deductions, a few tricky ones.
Unfortunately I couldn't use my keyboard to enter digits (idk if it's a bug)
on 5. October 2022, 23:06 by TheRiddler
Very cool puzzle! I found it quite hard, but maybe I just asked the wrong questions...
Still, very entertaining :-)
on 5. October 2022, 20:13 by chameleon
Updated the difficulty label based on feedback
on 5. October 2022, 19:38 by chameleon
Thanks, AstralSky!
Indeed, no guessing is required to solve the puzzle. 3 lives are just to make sure that the game doesn't end because of typos, misclicks or making one wrong decision.
on 5. October 2022, 18:52 by AstralSky
Very nice concept and well set logic! Though 3 lives are given but no guessing for light is required throughout the solve.Wondering if there'll be sequels.
