Build Your Own Sloop
(Published on 5. July 2023, 21:23 by Piatato)
This is a combination of Tripleblock and Simple Loop. It's inspired by this puzzle, and by the horrible lack of other tripleblock puzzles out there. :-)
Rules:
Shade three cells in every row and column, and fill every unshaded cell with the digits 1-9 in such a way that no digit repeats in a row or a column.
Draw a single non-branching, non-intersecting loop that travels orthogonally through the centers of all unshaded cells.
The letters written outside of the grid are tripleblock clues. The first value gives the sum of the digits between the first and second shaded cell in the row or column, likewise with the second value and the second and third shaded cell. These values may be zero if the shaded cells are adjacent.
Every distinct letter represents a distinct digit from 0 to 9. A question mark represents any digit, but for a double digit number, the first digit cannot be 0.
Solution code: Row 10 and column 12, write "S" for shaded cells.
Comments
on 15. August 2024, 00:41 by Niverio
Very lovely logic! Very fun all the way through, and very consistent!
on 20. July 2024, 01:11 by ViKingPrime
A beast of puzzle! This must have been such a challenge to set.
on 16. July 2024, 04:05 by isajo4002
Amazing puzzle. Loved how logic with the loop, Cypher, and sudoku was intertwined and you couldn't do each puzzle type on its own
on 21. January 2024, 22:14 by Christounet
Superb !! So many enjoyable moments in this one, from the very clever opening, to the loop resolution. Thanks :)
on 13. October 2023, 20:49 by karlmortenlunna
Fantastic puzzle! Very enjoyable. Thank you!
on 22. August 2023, 23:33 by wisty
With the number of times I broke this and made the stubborn decision to start over from scratch, I think I've gotten to know this puzzle better than I know some of my own. I can only assume I have now finally payed the karmic debt for my thermo puzzle that gave you nightmares. Thank you for the wonderful puzzle, I really really love this combination of genres!
on 10. August 2023, 20:07 by Aaronomys
Wow! This puzzle is a journey with many small pieces of incredible logic! I enjoyed my time with this puzzle, even after breaking it at least five times. Thank you for this.
on 23. July 2023, 07:00 by Agent
Very nice hybrid, thanks!
on 16. July 2023, 20:51 by ONeill
Brilliant puzzle! I enjoy this ruleset a lot :)
on 14. July 2023, 04:29 by mnasti2
Great interactions and the way the loop resolves, chef’s kiss
on 14. July 2023, 03:55 by KNT
always awesome to see a new n-block puzzle!
on 10. July 2023, 16:40 by lerroyy
Very nice, thanks!
on 6. July 2023, 13:48 by Wessel Strijkstra
Fantastic puzzle, quite hard but clear solve path. Enjoyed it:D
on 6. July 2023, 00:28 by filuta
very cool and original logic in the building part, the end was bit of a struggle for me though
on 5. July 2023, 23:32 by Jesper
Fantastic puzzle, thanks!
on 5. July 2023, 21:26 by Myxo
Wonderful puzzle, I enjoyed it greatly! Some of the steps are sneaky, but nothing was overly difficult.
