Nineteen
(Published on 23. December 2022, 15:30 by Sabrar)
Another concept that was hard to finalize and possibly could be made even more elegant. Hope you try it out and leave some feedback.
Normal Sudoku, Killer Cage and Little Killer rules apply. The sum of the digits in the 4 corner cells (r1c1, r1c9, r9c1, r9c9) is equal to 19.
Have fun!
Solution code: Row 1, followed by column 6 (18 digits, no spaces or commas)
Comments
on 27. December 2022, 04:15 by Bobby
I had missed the rule regarding the sum of the four corners, so initially thought there were multiple solutions. The interactions of the 19 cages were pretty cool!
-- I regret that the corner disambiguation is needed, maybe I haven't searched long enough for a better setup. Thank you for the comment!
on 25. December 2022, 02:16 by simoons
I had a very hard time grasping the logic, even after having solved it logically. I had to redo it two or three times to understand which deductions were the keys to unlock everything.
There were some nice ideas though, I guess if you can find the intended logic faster, it could be a very enjoyable puzzle! Thank you for sharing
-- Thank you for the feedback! I feel like all necessary deductions have the same root but I could have missed something and your solve-path might not be what I intended.
