Chaos Control
(Published on 15. April 2023, 01:59 by Scojo)
This puzzle was originally set in March 2023 for the Cracking the Cryptic Discord's monthly prompt of "Gibberwocky's Difficult Second Album." The task was to set a sequel to a previous puzzle. This is a fresh attempt at the ruleset I used in the first puzzle I set: Merry Christmas Zetamath.
Rules:- Chaos Construction Sudoku: Place 1-9 in each row, column, and 9 cell orthogonally connected region. Regions must be determined by the solver.
- Renbans: Pink lines contain a set of consecutive digits in any order.
- German Whispers: Digits on green lines must have a difference of at least 5 with any neighbor on the line.
- Each region must contain a different number of cells that are on lines, and all lines in a region must be of the same type.
- A number in a circle shows the number of cells in its region that have a line in them.
- Digits in gray squares are even.
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 3. May 2023, 15:33 by codewizard
That was pure fun. Thanks!!
on 20. April 2023, 22:24 by dennischen
Thanks for the puzzle --- a lot of cool interactions with region geometry, whispers, and renbans!
on 16. April 2023, 23:09 by Ekkojensen
Thank you for this puzzle! Broke it the first time I tried it and had to start over again. But well worth the effort. Some fun logical deductions here.
on 16. April 2023, 07:41 by wenchang
NICE！ Spoiler alert! https://youtu.be/KL8iX3Vo-U8
on 15. April 2023, 21:43 by Tilberg
Took me several attempts because I kept making premature assumptions, but the puzzle was so wonderful that I simply had to finish it ... and finally did. Thanks for a great time!
on 15. April 2023, 16:21 by heliosfant
Love it. Thank you for the puzzle.
on 15. April 2023, 02:49 by bodemeister
Enjoyable puzzle for sure! I felt it was more 2-3 star difficulty.
on 15. April 2023, 02:13 by heliopolix
I very much enjoyed this puzzle. The interaction of the circle and line constraints work beautifully together to produce many enjoyable deductions.
