The Escape Room
(Published on 2. January 2023, 18:34 by jackisaacbryan)
Normal sudoku rules both do and do not apply!
The 12x12 grid is divided in to seven rooms by thick black lines, normal sudoku rules apply within each of these rooms, but do not apply across rooms (e.g: R1C6 and R1C7 could be the same digit). Each room also has its own puzzle to solve (described below).
Make sure you read the rules for room 7 before you start! You will need them throughout if you want to escape!
Link: https://tinyurl.com/2lnvkl4u
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1. The Arrow Room
The digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the bulb
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2. The Red Room:
> adjacent digits that sum to 10 are connected by an X
> adjacent digits that are consecutive are connected by an empty white dot
> adjacent digits that are of ratio 1:2 are connected by an empty black dot
> all Xs and dots within the room are given (not necessarily with digits outside the room)
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3. The Laser Room:
> Renban lines: digits along a red line are an unbroken consecutive sequence, but may appear in any order (the break in the line in cell R12C9 indicates these are two separate lines that share a cell)
> German whispers: neighboring digits along a green line have a difference of at least 5
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4. The Tower Room
The three digits in the previous room marked by arrows (R10/11/12 C7) are simultaneously skyscraper clues and sandwich clues for their indicated rows.
> Skyscrapers: the number of cells visible from that end of the row, larger cells hide smaller cells behind them
> Sandwich clues: the total of the cells between the largest and smallest cell in the row (may or may not be between a 1 and a 9)
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5. The X Room
The digits in the four cells around a corner black circle sum to the total in that cell. Digits cannot be repeated around the circle. Some of these black circles have spilled out and affect other rooms. The values of X, X+Y, and Z are to be determined by the solver. Y is the digit in the cell labelled "Y".
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6. The Cages Room
Place in to each letter-shaped cage a tetromino such that…
> It does not overlap the cage lines (e.g: a 2x2 tetromino couldn’t fit in an E cage, but could fit in an A or P cage)
> It does not share an edge with a same shaped tetromino
> The total the twelve cells left outside the tetrominoes is the same as the total of the twenty-four cells inside the tetrominoes
> Each 7 in the room is a summing skyscraper: the tetromino digits it can see in all four directions, that are not hidden behind larger digits or “outies”, sum to 7
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7. The Final Room
> Thermometers: Digits along a thermometer must increase from the bulb end, but don’t have to be consecutive
> The killer cage with the sum X is the six-digit code needed to escape the puzzle. They are the six digits throughout the puzzle indicated by the dotted squares, in some order.
Solution code: The exit code from the killer cage, read left to right.
Comments
on 24. January 2023, 20:02 by 0ct01159
Can Someone explain this. How do I do a 6x3 grid in sudoku?
@0ct01159 Each 3x3 is like a normal 3x3 in a sudoku, containing the digits 1 to 9 once each. Normal sudoku rules also apply across grey borders, so for example the 6x3 area with arrows is two 3x3 boxes, in which the numbers 1 to 9 cannot repeat in the same row or column. That does not apply across black borders. For example: if R7C4 were a 6, there could not be another 6 in that 3x3 box, or in cells R7C5/6/7/8/9. However, there could be a 6 in R7C1/2/3/10/11/12 and in R1/2/3/4/5/6/10/11/12C4 as these all lie outside the black borders.
on 21. January 2023, 20:28 by jackisaacbryan
Picture added
on 4. January 2023, 19:16 by FinnishGuy
Wonderful concept.
on 3. January 2023, 12:05 by apothycus
loved the concept. found it quite difficult
on 3. January 2023, 08:36 by Leonard Hal
It's very hard but also very nice ！
