Hybrid Star Battle Bonus (B) - Pseudo-ku
(Published on 30. April 2023, 15:48 by BenceJoful)
Intro
For this Hybrid Star Battle Series I will be sharing a new puzzle each week combining Star Battle with another puzzle genre. This week's genre is Sudoku. Wait a minute...
This week's puzzle is taking a little longer than usual to marinate, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to share a couple of pseudo-kus from a while ago. These 9x9 star battle variants may look like a sudoku at first glance, but in reality the constraint is inspired by Shimaguni. In any case, hope you enjoy!
Rules
Standard Star Battle rules apply, plus an extra cage rule.
- Star Battle: Place 2 stars in each row, column, and region. Stars may not touch each other orthogonally or diagonally.
- Variant: Adjacent cages contain different numbers of stars. (E.g. if a cage contains 1 star, each cage which shares a border with it must contain 0, 2, 3, etc.)
Links
2-star Example (Penpa+ link):
Solution code: For each row, give the number of empty cells to the left of the first star. In the example, the code is 405162031.
Comments
on 1. May 2023, 06:37 by BenceJoful
@szabog, thanks! I like both of these puzzles and wasn't sure which to use as the "example"- I'm secretly hoping people will enjoy both ;-)
on 30. April 2023, 22:00 by szabog
Interesting rules, I solved the puzzle even faster than the example :) Thank you.
