Egg-Sighting
(Published on 7. July 2023, 01:47 by Nordy)
Rules:
The Snake
- Shade some cells to form an orthogonally-connected, 1-cell wide snake that does not branch, does not loop, and does not touch itself orthogonally—but may touch itself diagonally
- One end of the snake is given as a white circle
The Eggs
- The remaining non-snake cells form ten, distinct, orthogonally-connected areas—one each of sizes 1 to 10
- Areas of different sizes do not touch orthogonally, but they may touch diagonally
- Each number in the grid must be part of an area of that size
- A "?" represents any number from 1 to 10
Solve online: To enable answer check, in each egg cell write the size of that egg. Use "0" instead of 10.
Solution code: The cells in Column 5 from top to bottom. Write "S" for each snake cell. For egg cells, write the number that corresponds to the size of that egg, using "0" instead of 10. Example: SS000S664SSS
Comments
on 4. December 2023, 15:26 by docpayce
That was so fun! Thank you very much for setting. Had two or three instances of "that won't solve unambiguously... will it?". :)
<3 <3 <3
on 17. July 2023, 03:24 by damasosos92
I'm just in love with those snake-eggs now!
on 12. July 2023, 04:34 by dumediat
Fantastic coffee break puzzle, thank you very much!
on 8. July 2023, 02:52 by wooferzfg
Very nice! I'm impressed that you were able to set this - the clues are very minimal, and the global constraint seems like it's really powerful.
on 7. July 2023, 15:52 by filuta
lovely snack indeed!
on 7. July 2023, 13:57 by Piatato
Lovely!
