Jelly Beans
(Published on 6. July 2023, 04:10 by cristophermoore)
Each color of jelly bean gives its pentomino a different property. If a pentomino contains two or more beans, it gains all the corresponding properties.
A gray bean creates a thermomino: there is a 5-cell path inside the pentomino, connected by orthogonal steps, along which digits increase. The bean is the start of this path, i.e., the bulb of the thermometer.
A blue bean creates a palindromino: there is a 5-cell path inside the pentomino, connected by orthogonal steps, which reads the same forwards and backwards. The bean can occur anywhere along this path.
A purple bean creates a renbanimo: the pentomino contains 5 consecutive digits.
A green bean creates a germanino: inside this pentomino, orthogonally adjacent digits must differ by at least 5.
An orange bean creates an roworcolumino: each digit inside the pentomino points to the 5 either in its row or in its column. For instance, if r5c8=4, then either r5c4=5 or r4c8=5.
A yellow bean (also known as a Mean Bean) creates an avgolemono: the bean’s cell contains the average of that pentomino’s digits.
Finally, a Magic Bean (red) ensures that every cell in the pentomino is part of a three-cell row or column in the pentomino, and that each such triple sums to 15.
Solution code: Row 5 followed by column 2
Comments
on 9. August 2024, 17:57 by cristophermoore
changed hardness to 4
on 9. August 2024, 17:54 by purpl
I enjoyed this puzzle, but I have to disagree with the provisional rating of 3* it is at least 4* if not 5*. Unless I missed some very obvious logic. Every deduction was hard fought but it was worth it.
on 15. July 2023, 06:41 by cristophermoore
added pentomino tag
on 7. July 2023, 05:20 by cristophermoore
Thanks so much, Vitaminz! Interacting mini-puzzles is exactly what I was going for.
on 7. July 2023, 05:14 by vitaminz
Really really loved this. I had a hard time placing the pentominoes (just not something I have a lot of practice with and kept breaking it by forgetting a potential shape placement). Digits flowed much more smoothly for me. Had a feel of solving lots of mini puzzles with some cool overlaps.
on 6. July 2023, 16:05 by MonsieurTRISTE
M&M
on 6. July 2023, 12:32 by erml
Amazing!
on 6. July 2023, 10:24 by SimplePurpleFrog
Jelly Beans is very enjoyable. While there are many rules, they apply rather locally.
I particularly enjoyed solving the pentominos: I loved the logic involved and found a beautiful flow to it, though it did take me quite some time. I got a bit stuck in my digit solve at one point, and found this logic a bit harder, but once I unlocked myself, it flowed smoothly thereafter.
on 6. July 2023, 04:40 by JeffWajes
Another incredible ruleset and another incredible puzzle! This one flows really well, and I love how each bean plays multiple roles over the course of the solve.
on 6. July 2023, 04:13 by cristophermoore
added pentomino picture
