Oil and Water
(Published on 3. April 2023, 16:00 by Blobz)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages do not repeat and must sum to the given clue.
Each cage is either full of "oil" (even digits), full of "water" (odd digits), or a mix of both. In all cases, each "row" within a cage is of just one type (oil or water). Oil floats on water, so even digits will always be in rows above odd digits in mixed cages.
Have fun, leave a comment if you enjoy the puzzle!
Solution code: Row 1 followed by row 2
Comments
on 7. April 2024, 21:21 by SudokuHero
Having the odd (orange) digits be blue water, and even (blue) digits be orange oil is super confusing lol.
on 1. December 2023, 01:11 by SHERAX
Not easy..but satisfying.
on 17. November 2023, 18:16 by Rollo
Eine sehr schöne Idee, fiel mir aber ganz schön schwer. Macht viel Spaß, wenn man es einmal verinnerlicht hat. Vielleicht trau ich mich jetzt auch mal an die etwas schwierigeren Varianten ;-).
on 12. April 2023, 23:09 by TerrierDarts
Made a huge blunder which meant I had to restart but it pushed me to my limit and i loved it thank you!
on 6. April 2023, 13:53 by MarthaB
This one tested my abilities, but I'm proud to have solved it.
on 4. April 2023, 21:09 by KyleBaran
It feels like a well constructed puzzle, but my brain keeps mixing up the parity/color, seems this genre doesnt work well for me
on 4. April 2023, 18:10 by Syzygy
Really enjoyed the mechanism! Gave me an excuse to do some colouring!
Thank you for the puzzle!
on 4. April 2023, 12:10 by Jreg
What a cute idea and astute execution, a quick half-hour solve to start the day. Thank you for sharing this!
on 4. April 2023, 11:44 by XhcnoirX
Very nice! The oil&water ruleset adds some interesting logic & interaction.
on 4. April 2023, 11:23 by Snaques
I loved this rule set as it brought quite neat clues to the good ol' killer.
Thanks for the very nice puzzle!
on 4. April 2023, 05:05 by Dermerlin
thx for the nice puzzle. For me it was much harder than 2 stars
on 3. April 2023, 23:28 by farodin64
I really like this rule set, thanks a lot for this entertaining puzzle.
on 3. April 2023, 19:06 by SemJanssen
"Above" can be double interpreted; does it mean "oil" are always higher digits in mixed cages or are they positionwise higher in the cage?
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Above = positionwise.
~Blobz
