Cryptocombination Knapp Daneben
(Published on 26. March 2023, 15:26 by KNT)
Magnetic Plates: Each domino is a magnet that is either charged or uncharged. If a magnet is charged, then one half is positively charged and the other half is negatively charged. No two cells with the same charge may touch orthogonally. Clues above and to the left of the grid indicate the total number of positive and negative charges found in the row or column.
Summation Slitherlink: Draw a closed loop along the edges of some cells that does not touch or cross itself. Clues above and to the right of the grid indicate the total number of edges used by each connected group of cells inside the loop in the respective row or column, in order. A question mark replaces any number from 0 to 9, and no clue may have a leading zero.
Starry Sky: Place stars into some cells without arrows such that every star has at least one arrow pointing towards it, and every arrow is pointing towards at least one star. Clues to the left and below the grid indicate the total number of stars in the respective row or column.
U-Bahn: Draw a totally connected loop network that travels orthogonally between the centers of cells and does not have any dead ends. Clues to the right and below the grid indicate the total number of turns, straight segments, branches, or crosses in the respective row or column.
SudokuPad
Solution code: Enter the following four pieces of information as one string, without spaces.
For the magnets, the number of positive charges in each row
For the slitherlink, The sizes of each area outside the loop, clockwise starting from top left
For the starry sky, for each row, the number of cells between the leftmost and rightmost star, X if 0 or 1 stars in the row
For the subway, for each row except the last, the number of lines leading down from the row
Comments
on 13. June 2024, 10:35 by Christounet
Oof ! It was a lot of fun figuring out the cipher with bits of logic from each puzzle, and the KD added a very nice layer to this part of the solve. As others have mentioned, the KD did not help getting acquainted with new puzzle types (2 of them a complete discovery for me), but it was still nicely manageable without prior knoledge of the rulesets.
I'm all for a cryptocombination #2 :)
on 24. January 2024, 01:10 by Piatato
Majestic!
on 14. January 2024, 17:29 by ONeill
Very hard for me, the U-bahn and slitherlink were particularly fun, thanks
on 30. April 2023, 11:54 by ibag
Fantastic puzzle, a real work of art! I wonder why I overlooked it for so long ...
on 28. March 2023, 17:35 by the_cogito
Impressive puzzle. Knapp Daneben certainly made learning these variants a challenge
on 27. March 2023, 21:43 by Niverio
This lesson was too harsh for my smol brain, if you are gonna set 3 unknown genre puzzles, please don't do KD, thnx. (:
on 27. March 2023, 06:50 by Dandelo
If someone is interested: There are several summation slitherlinks in the Rätselportal. You find them under
https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Suche/erweitert.php?skname=x&suchtext=Summenbild
on 26. March 2023, 20:41 by Myxo
Very fun and tricky!
on 26. March 2023, 19:07 by wooferzfg
Awesome opening that lead into some great individual puzzles. Three of the genres (all except U-Bahn) were new to me, and it was fun to figure out how they worked. I especially enjoyed the Magnetic Plates and U-Bahn puzzles. Would love to solve another one of these with different genres!
on 26. March 2023, 17:34 by polar
Lovely collection of puzzles & great to see a return of summation slitherlink too :)
