The Spaceship
(Published on 7. October 2023, 19:06 by Yann)
It has the same break-in as that one, but it develops differently, I hope you enjoy it !
Place 6 of the digits from 1 to 9 once in each row, column and marked box.
One cell per row, column and box is a doubler, its value is two times the digit it contains. Each digit is doubled once.
Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.
Here's a Penpa+ link : https://tinyurl.com/2mebewc9
And here's a CTC link : https://tinyurl.com/mr3prvvz
The estimated difficulty should be 3.5/4 stars, mainly because of the break-in.
Have fun solving, ratings, comments and a German translation are appreciated, and feel free to write a hidden comment if you're stuck !
Solution code: Row 2 (left to right), followed by row 6
Comments
on 2. August 2024, 19:07 by Nebuzaradan
Beautiful puzzle! (Unsurprisingly) feels more like a usual arrow mean mini than the Tiny Monster. Every arrow here pulls its weight.
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Thanks for solving both puzzles ! This one is undoubtedly easier but can still be quite a challenge. I personnaly like this one better, because of the symmetry and the smoothness, but it seems that most solvers prefer the Tiny Monster. In any case, thanks for solving bot and for leaving such warm comments !
on 13. October 2023, 13:45 by wullemuus
It's the same for me as for kafkapharnaum (who told me to solve this ;))- though being familiar with the logic is wasn't that easy to find the right digits ... . The tiny monster was obviously more difficult. This one should be a very useful preparation for the monster puzzle and is not only very enjoyable but also very well designed- chapeau! Especially the arrow from box 3 disambiguated different sets of digits. Looking forward to your next ones!
P.S. I'm a "she" :D
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Thanks for the solve and the feedback, I think I got lucky with that box 3 arrow, but I like these final disambiguations between sets of digits ! I'm also a bit surprised by the difficulty, I thought it was going to be a smooth puzzle, but it's rather a cute monster...
on 12. October 2023, 02:22 by Kafkapharnaum
"Easier" than the Tiny Monster, yes, but not by much, phew! Even knowing the core tricks, it still took me a while -- it's really incredible how different it is than the Tiny Monster too, despite some obvious similarities. I also really liked the crazy minimalist ending, that wasn't present in the previous puzzle -- even that was tricky in its own right!
So to me this is still definitely very much over 4/5, and I imagine for many other solvers as well, but it's still a shame how undersolved it is, as this is intricacy and originality like no other... I really hope others will try it! (and you should poke wullemuus, as I think he likely didn't see it :-)
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Thank you so much for the solve and the really warm comment ! I thought there only was only 1 tricky step after the initial logic, maybe you found another logical path. And I really loved the ending, I tried putting a symmetrical arrow and it disambiguated everything really elegantly !
on 8. October 2023, 19:31 by Lizzy01
Nice :)
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Thanks for the solve !
on 7. October 2023, 19:12 by Yann
Added online solving tag
