Slanted Summer Rooms
(Published on 13. August 2023, 00:40 by yttrio)
After a collaboration between me and Bellsita produced the puzzle Polymorphic Rooms, I figured there was more that could be explored with the rule set. Since the original puzzle used all orthogonal lines, I tried creating a puzzle using only diagonal lines, and this is the result!
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Region sum lines: Digits along a blue line sum to the same value in each region it passes through (each box and the outside of the grid are considered regions for the region sum lines). If a line passes through a region more than once, each time it passes through counts separately. Different lines may have different sums.
Numbers placed on lines outside the grid are numbered rooms clues.
Numbered Rooms: Clues outside the grid indicate the digit which has to be placed in the Nth cell in the corresponding direction, where N is the digit placed in the first cell in that direction.
Note: In order for the solution check to work properly, all numbered room clues must be filled in.
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 28. October 2023, 11:11 by Montikulum
Very beautiful construction. Takes a while to get the hang of the dependencies, but the flow is impeccable.
on 29. August 2023, 16:48 by crispy16
Holy smokes! That is the sort of smoothness in a puzzle that every setter dreams of.
on 20. August 2023, 10:46 by Yann
!
on 19. August 2023, 09:20 by obi
Didn't read properly at first and didn't realise that the outside region was included in the number sum rule! After that very smooth and fun :-)
on 16. August 2023, 20:34 by McParland57
Lovely. Everything just flowed
on 16. August 2023, 05:29 by Nordy
Wonderful! Amazing how interconnected the clues are
on 16. August 2023, 04:57 by mathpesto
A gorgeous puzzle!
on 16. August 2023, 00:42 by Wonderment
This indeed turned out to be a lot easier than it looked. Great construction!
on 15. August 2023, 00:48 by Agent
Beautiful!
on 13. August 2023, 15:54 by ademjaz
lovely!
on 13. August 2023, 15:44 by gdc
Incredible construction! Everytime I felt "surely, this is getting hard now" another very straightforward deduction popped up.
on 13. August 2023, 14:31 by rictech
That was fun! Unique rule set that worked well. Thanks!
