Seeing Dots
(Published on 29. November 2023, 20:31 by arbitrary)
A previous version of this puzzle contained a mistake. Many thanks to @goodcity for pointing this out. Apologies to those who may have tried to solve that version.
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Kropki dots: Digits connected by white does are consecutive.
- Pointer dots: Digits connected by green dots are consecutive. Digits connected by red dots have a ratio of two. Additionally, cells on green and red dots see a cell containing the same digit as themselves in a diagonal direction. The connected digit on the dot indicates the diagonal distance to this cell. There may be other instances of the same digit in between and/or in other diagonal directions.
Below is an example to illustrate the rule set.
F-Puzzles link: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2xx35ngh
SudokuPad link: https://tinyurl.com/2r8nwta8
Solution code: Row 3
Comments
on 30. November 2023, 20:55 by aerenhart
Hi! I'm sorry I never got back to you yesterday with the imgur link, life got in the way, but today I picked up the puzzle again and restarted it, and had no issues solving it. I was more methodical with the pointer dots and I think that helped.
Thank you for the puzzle, and for responding to my comments!
on 30. November 2023, 14:11 by Solved647
Interesting mechanic and a satisfying solve.
on 30. November 2023, 00:26 by anyeyeball
https://imgur.com/gallery/AkC1bcH
Above is an imgur link to my final solution. The colored cells were 89 pairs at the end that could have chosen either way. Perhaps two solutions? Still, a very nice puzzle and I really like the ruleset.
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Thankyou for solving the puzzle @anyeyeball. The 8 on the green dot in box 7 places an 8 in R2C9, which resolves the solution.
-Arbitrary
You're right! I missed that, and just happened to guess the right way at the end. Thank you! -- anyeyeball (looking forward to more of these)
on 29. November 2023, 22:52 by goodcity
That's good now ! Very nice idea. Looking forward for an harder version :)
