Germ-Man Whispers
(Published on 19. November 2023, 22:56 by heliopolix )
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku, German Whisper, and Thermo rules apply. The "Hello" is purely cosmetic.
- Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 once each in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- German Whisper: Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by five or more.
- Thermo:Digits on a gray thermo must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip.
Streamers have permission to use this puzzle.
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 11. May 2024, 14:16 by chain.reader
@ninjamunk
The trick is getting to a point where you land one or two of the colors onto the thermo. It's only there to let you disambiguate polarity (high/low). once you hit that point, polarity falls off and the rest of the solve goes smoothly.
It's a little bit tricky. For me it was just the right ammount of tricky for a rewarding solve.
on 27. March 2024, 17:17 by ninjamunk
Genuinely dont know how this is a two star puzzle.. I spent 100 minutes and had to do a lot of trial and error-chains to solve it. Managed to do so in the end, but never found the logical break-in, that everybody else seems to have
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Thanks for the feedback. This puzzle is most successfully solved using a coloring technique to track the high/low polarity of cells before the polarity is resolved.
This puzzle has been solved a few times on video, and you can find one of the solves here:
https://youtu.be/Dvxv7qavU7w?t=5m23s
on 24. November 2023, 21:18 by josemadre
This germ is a gem!
on 21. November 2023, 15:46 by Blashyrkh
Some good GW practice here, thanks for setting!
on 20. November 2023, 20:59 by 99%Sneaky
Very cute, both the design and the deductions :)
on 20. November 2023, 18:32 by ViKingPrime
I legitimately laughed out loud with this one, well done on the title! The puzzle's no pushover either, easy to miss some of the obvious deductions staring you in the face (at least for me) - an enjoyable time, through and through.
on 20. November 2023, 06:25 by Bulkystapler
Absolutely loved this puzzle. Thanks very much for the pleaseure it gave me.
on 20. November 2023, 02:04 by anyeyeball
Excellent puzzle! Thanks for sharing.
on 19. November 2023, 23:28 by lmdemasi
Despite being a germ, the little guy is adorable. Lovely puzzle.
