Chaos Construction: Ariadne's Pet Dinosaur
(Published on 24. June 2023, 13:08 by Myxo)
It has been long overdue that I publish a Chaos Construction puzzle. This one is inspired by KNT and Niverio, and uses the sightline ruleset. I put my own spin on it with diagonal arrows, which hopefully makes for some interesting approachable logic. The irregular sudoku aspect of the puzzle is quite challenging, but hopefully fun. Enjoy!
Rules:
Normal Chaos Construction rules apply. Divide the grid into regions of 9 orthogonally connected cells each. Fill the grid with digits 1-9, such that every row, column and region contains each digit exactly once.
Digits in cells with arrows indicate the number of of cells seen in the indicated directions combined, including itself. Cells that belong to different regions block the view.
Dinosaur Baby (example puzzle with digits 1-6):
Ariadne's Pet Dinosaur (main puzzle):
Solution code: all digits of the region containing R9C9 (row by row)
Comments
on 11. March 2024, 00:19 by Piatato
Fun and very smooth region building, then for the second time today I met that impenetrable brick wall.
In the end the irregular is fairly nice, but a couple of steps up in difficulty from the region building, at least it felt that way for me.
on 30. January 2024, 21:45 by PrimeWeasel
Very good, really enjoyed the irregular part!
on 30. January 2024, 17:54 by Mad-Tyas
Amazing puzzle!
on 12. August 2023, 12:49 by Myxo
added example puzzle
on 26. June 2023, 23:10 by DaniK
I really liked this puzzle! I "broke" the region construction like 5 times until I discovered I had made one wrong assumption. Then I also got stuck with the irregular sudoku. But the beauty of everything really made me come back and keep trying. It was super fun, thanks!
on 26. June 2023, 00:04 by wenchang
NICE! Spoiler alert! https://youtu.be/Doi9kInMmew
on 25. June 2023, 21:37 by thoughtbyte
Fantastic puzzle! Really enjoyed the region building and a nice challenge with the sudoku. Thanks!
on 24. June 2023, 21:45 by tallcat
Really enjoyed the region building but found the irregular sudoku a struggle.
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Myxo: I'm glad you enjoyed the region building. The irregular is indeed quite hard, I had considered adding extra clues but testers enjoyed the challenge. Thank you for the honest feedback!
on 24. June 2023, 21:43 by Playmaker6174
That was plenty of fun, thanks! Should've been faster at one or two steps, but all logic were nicely done for me :)
on 24. June 2023, 18:07 by lerroyy
Very nice, thanks!
on 24. June 2023, 17:19 by SenatorGronk
This was great, thanks!
on 24. June 2023, 17:08 by Christounet
Very cool region logic building ! Thanks :)
on 24. June 2023, 16:00 by Calvinball
Really enjoyed this one! Building the regions alone was it's own fun. The irregular is more difficult but it's also engaging and rewarding.
on 24. June 2023, 13:54 by Niverio
Very fun puzzle! The ending does make people think about irregular in various ways, and the opening region building logic was tons of fun!
