Creek
(Published on 18. February 2023, 08:45 by randall)
Creek
Another approachable chaos construction.
Rules
- Chaos Construction. The digits 1 to 9 must appear once in every row, column, and region. Regions must be a set of nine orthogonally connected cells, and are to be determined by the solver.
- Sum Dots. The number in the diamond (where given) is the sum of the cells it touches. Sum Dots are wholly contained within a region. Negative constraint: All 2x2s wholly contained within a single region have been marked with a Sum Dot.
- Digits in squares work like cave clues: They indicate the number of visible cells (including itself), by line-of-sight to region borders.
- Digits in large circles work like slitherlink clues: They indicate the number of region borders the cell touches. The outer grid border is included.
Solution code: Row 3
Comments
on 22. February 2023, 17:21 by GentlemanJim
randall, I really enjoyed that one. I had tried it a few days ago but made a mistake and gave up. I'm glad I came back to it. It was tough but approachable. And I liked using the Sum Dots with the Negative Contraint.
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Yay! I'm so glad you stuck with it and nice job on the solve!
on 19. February 2023, 03:52 by Calvinball
I almost didn't do this because I don't have much experience with either slitherlink or cave. But I'm glad I did because not only was this a ton of fun, but it was also a good introduction to both slitherlink and cave, because the clues we're very intuitive in the solve and the solve path was super smooth.
Well done, and thanks for taking your time to set this!
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Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm so glad you gave it a shot :)
on 19. February 2023, 03:46 by randall
Clarifying square clues rule
on 18. February 2023, 23:08 by Tilberg
Peterkp is right. The rule should say that the cell itself is included. Although this follows from the term "cave clue", it should probably be more explicit.
All in all, a very enjoyable puzzle. Thanks!
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Indeed - will update!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
on 18. February 2023, 20:06 by peterkp
Rules clarification please. For a cell marked with a square, does the line-of-sight count include the cell itself?
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Yes, it does! Thanks for the feedback, I'll update the wording to clarify :)
