The Digits Are Paid Actors
(Published on 5. November 2022, 21:40 by Lizzy01)
Well, maybe not paid, but they definitely are actors!
The rule may seem long and complicated at first glance, but if you read carefully it shouldn't be too hard to understand and remember. Feel free to ask if you need any further explanation.
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
(Values of) digits along arrows sum up to the (value of the) digit in the circle.
Actor cells:
One cell in each row, column and box is an actor.
Each digit from 1-9 appears as an actor exactly once.
Each actor is playing the role of an other digit (they can't act as themselves).
If an actor is on an arrow, its role is considered as its value.
Every actor is playing a different role.
An actor cell playing the role of N can't be orthogonally adjacent to a real N.
Have fun!
Try it here.
Solution code: column 7, column 9 (just use the real sudoku digit for the actors)
Comments
on 14. October 2024, 13:24 by Lizzy01
Added Modifier Cells tag
on 26. February 2024, 19:51 by QuiltyAsCharged
Wow, such a clever and brilliant puzzle! It really challenged me but I found my way through.
Here is a Sudokupad version: http://tinyurl.com/PaidActorDigits
--Thank you!
on 30. January 2024, 00:25 by Mutx
Hello from 2024! Good time solving it :)
--Thanks!
on 31. October 2023, 21:11 by wullemuus
Interesting and challenging concept. The actors allowed more variants for the sums on the arrows. To figure all possibilities out was quite hard- it deserves 5 stars!
--Thanks for trying!
on 17. October 2023, 20:43 by Yann
Thanks for recommending me to try it, it's really a masterpiece with this new, mind-bending and fun constraint. The difficulty is balanced throughout, without being brutal (but I overcomplicated the ending).
Thanks for setting this !
--Thanks for solving!
on 15. February 2023, 18:48 by 10feet
Fantastic puzzle! I botched it a couple times, but I'm glad I was finally able to work my way through. Keeping track of the actors was a mind bender.
--Thank you!
on 10. November 2022, 10:31 by Lizzy01
Changed solution code
on 7. November 2022, 00:43 by DVFrank
Very nice and also really challenging from start to finish! :^) (I did not particularly enjoy figuring out this paranoid solution code though ...)
--Thanks! Sorry ;)
on 6. November 2022, 12:27 by twobear
Very nice one. Many steps are not easy but mostly fair. Thank you!
--Thanks for solving!
