Liar Japanese Sums #1
(Published on 21. December 2022, 18:27 by Niverio)
This next puzzle I am publishing right now is the start of a series of puzzles I intend to set using this new ruleset, inspired by this awesome KNT puzzle. It has been my favourite puzzle I solved this year, and although that puzzle is extremely complex, the core ideas of it have huge potential and they can be simplified quite a bit, which I have tried to do here with this first iteration of puzzles. As I set more, I will be incorporating either other puzzle genres, or sudoku variants into it as well (and probably leave the strict boundaries of Sudoku itself). But don't get the wrong idea, this puzzle is still not a pushover by any means. :) Hope you enjoy!
Rules:
- Sudoku: Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box.
- Liar Japanese Sums: Shade some cells in the grid such that clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the continuous blocks of unshaded cells in that row or column. At least one shaded cell must separate the blocks. For every clued row or column, 2 different sets are provided (Left / Right for rows, Top / Bottom for columns.) One set is correct, with correct sums in the correct order.(Always left to right or top to bottom.) The other set is a lie. Which sets are correct must be determined by the solver.
- Empty rows and columns simply indicate that there are no clues provided for that row or column.
Puzzle Links: You can solve the puzzle in F-Puzzles, CTC or in Penpa+. CTC and Penpa versions have answer check included for correct number placement.
Solution code: Number of shaded cells in Column 5, followed by the digits of Column 5 (10 digits, no commas or spaces.)
Comments
on 22. July 2024, 02:50 by fajoogaloo
Really enjoyed the break-in. Beautiful logic throughout. Great puzzle! :)
on 14. September 2023, 19:39 by Playmaker6174
A sheer plethora of interesting interactions from start to finish, and I had a great fun till the end! :)
on 11. September 2023, 03:34 by Krokant
Not gonna lie, this was fantastic. :)
on 31. May 2023, 03:59 by damasosos92
Beautiful puzzle, thank you Niverio1
on 5. April 2023, 17:13 by Christounet
Loved this ambiguity puzzle ! I'm really starting to get the sense of how one needs to approach a japanese sums puzzle. This one was intimidating at first, but surprisingly easier than I thought. Thanks !
on 12. March 2023, 22:52 by zetamath
One of my favorite Niverio puzzles, and that is a hard club to get into!
on 2. January 2023, 22:37 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle, very nice!
on 25. December 2022, 09:32 by AnnaTh
Fantastic puzzle. So much fun!
on 23. December 2022, 17:19 by ddx2407
Very nice puzzle. I enjoyed it a lot. Waiting the the rest of the series.
on 23. December 2022, 06:28 by vitaminz
Would a bottom clue both be read top to bottom and placed in the grid top to bottom?
~Yes, that's correct
on 23. December 2022, 06:09 by Agent
Very nice puzzle! The solution path is very narrow with many beautiful steps.
on 22. December 2022, 19:09 by Qodec
Pure entertainment! Thanks for setting this beauty!
on 22. December 2022, 16:16 by Perladel
My first Japanese Sums solved on my own.
Thank you very much Niv for sharing this marvellous puzzle!
on 22. December 2022, 14:36 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Thank you
on 22. December 2022, 08:38 by marcmees
very nice. thanks.
on 22. December 2022, 04:07 by cdwg2000
Very nice!
on 22. December 2022, 01:12 by Xendari
I loved this! I'm glad to see #1 in the title, this ruleset was very fun to solve with :)
on 22. December 2022, 00:00 by ONeill
Wonderful first of the series, thanks :)
on 21. December 2022, 22:57 by Jesper
Great puzzle, thanks!
on 21. December 2022, 22:38 by Myxo
Beautiful puzzle!
on 21. December 2022, 18:28 by KNT
Super fun Japanese Sums puzzle! I hope this encourages more people to get interested in variants of the genre.
