The Caribbean
(Published on 30. August 2023, 18:22 by Niverio)
Rules:
Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 to each row, column and outlined 3x3 box without repeats.
XV Pairs: Digits separated by an X sum to 10. Not all X'es are given.
Suguru / Nurikabe: Shade some cells in the grid such that all the following conditions are fulfilled:
- All shaded cells are orthogonally connected, without creating a 2x2 area.
- Groups of orthogonally connected unshaded cells form islands. Each island has exactly one circle, and the number in the circle shows the size of the island.
- Each island contains digits 1 to N without repeats, where N is the size of the island.
- Each island is of different size.
Puzzle Links: You can play this puzzle in either F-Puzzles or in the CTC Software.
Solution code: Column 9
Comments
on 11. September 2023, 15:55 by Mennoo_
Very lovely puzzle. Flows nicely and lots of fun!
Shading was pretty straight forward, but still had some tricky arts where it was necessary to ask the right questions.
on 6. September 2023, 14:35 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice and approachable!
on 5. September 2023, 09:27 by Xendari
very nice :D
on 3. September 2023, 03:56 by vfig
loved it!
on 2. September 2023, 23:24 by Godrick
Very nice! Fun and smooth solve path with a lot of nice interactions, but no places you needed something crazy to get on. Really liked this. Thanks!
on 2. September 2023, 02:11 by coreng
Fantastic set! And fantastic solve! The path was very intricate but deductions came smoothly. Thanks
on 1. September 2023, 06:35 by LukeGiglio
don't think it was listed in rules, all unshaded cells are part of islands
on 31. August 2023, 21:41 by Playmaker6174
Plenty of fun and satisfaction! Quite a bit disappointing that the 'treasure' was buried at such terrible place :P
on 31. August 2023, 19:07 by DaniK
Super fun!
on 31. August 2023, 14:07 by Christounet
Does the X mark the spot of the pirates treasure ?
Well done, Captain Niverrow !! Thanks :)
on 31. August 2023, 13:27 by samuel1997
I love this puzzle!
on 31. August 2023, 11:06 by Franjo
Surely one of the best Nurikabe-Sudokus I ever had the pleasure to solve! Thank you so much for setting and sharing this wonderful gem.
on 31. August 2023, 10:50 by beavr
That was very fun
on 31. August 2023, 10:39 by ademjaz
I had lots of joy solving this one, and the ending was spectacular! Thanks!
on 31. August 2023, 09:34 by fitzie
This was a very satisfying solve. I got stuck after the initial bit, but I think it's because I don't do many of these shading puzzles that often, even though they end up looking so pretty!
on 31. August 2023, 05:21 by fuxia
Wunderbar! Enjoyed this a lot. That lonely X, tho …
Thanks for this puzzle, Niv!
on 31. August 2023, 05:21 by RedBarchetta
Very nice and very satisfying. It appears there is no rule barring circles in unshaded cells, only that islands must have a circle. While I assumed all circles were in an island and found the solve, I also found solves where circles were in the ocean while obeying all other rules. Did I miss some logic there?
on 31. August 2023, 03:52 by Calvinball
Sterling setting Niverio! Sudoku-Suguru-Nuribake is the hybrid I didn't know I needed until right now.
on 31. August 2023, 00:44 by thoughtbyte
Very nice, great fun. Thanks!
on 30. August 2023, 18:25 by Qodec
Surprising such a smooth and pretty puzzle with this ruleset can exist, makes me hungry for more!
on 30. August 2023, 18:25 by MicroStudy
aruba, jamaica ooh i wanna take ya
