Shifter Dots 101: Introduction to Shifter Dots
(Published on 10. December 2023, 21:51 by gUBBLOR)
I felt restricted in what kind of puzzles I could create with shifter lines, because dragging lines on top of other lines can be a mess. But there's no issues placing dots over or next to lines, so this constraint is much less restrictive to construct with. If you've solved Shifter Lines puzzles this won't feel new to you at all, because a Shifter Dot does basically the same thing as Shifter Lines do, but between cells instead of while crossing borders.
I was thinking of just merging this in to a full shifter series, but it's been pointed out to me that some people may like the lines and not the dots, and vice versa, so two different series it is. I'm guessing we're gonna see both of these series combined become roughly the size of the Equality Cage series.
The next puzzle in the series:
Shifter Dots 102: Flüsternde Punkte (Whispering dots)
All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.
Shifter dots: Digts on different sides of a shifter dot must always share either parity (even/odd) OR polarity (high/low) - never neither, never both. Shifter dots can never have 5 on it.
Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.
XV: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Adjacent cells connected with a V must sum to 5. Not all X's or V's are shown.
Solve here:
Sudokupad
Video featuring the puzzle:
Sudoku Sleuth
Solution code: Row 2 left to right and column 8 top to bottom - no spaces.
Comments
on 8. September 2024, 21:23 by wuc
Refreshing rule. Looking foreward to the other sd puzzles thx.
on 24. March 2024, 16:30 by gideon
Very enjoyable. The 'never neither' part of the shifter dots rule threw me off.
on 9. March 2024, 18:39 by gUBBLOR
Added links
on 17. December 2023, 11:34 by Kiiyora
It's an interesting concept. Once you get the hang of the rules, it's quite easy. It was my first shifter lines/dots puzzle so I had to start over at some point but overall I really enjoyed this one
on 15. December 2023, 09:11 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved
on 13. December 2023, 23:45 by Niveous
Fun puzzle! Shifter dots seem a lot less constraining on diguts than shifter lines and therefore harder to narrow down options.
on 12. December 2023, 23:46 by gUBBLOR
Added some links
on 11. December 2023, 18:51 by br3akingp01nt
Very nice puzzle it flowed very smoothly. Hope to see more with these dots
on 10. December 2023, 23:22 by michael_787
Interesting rule, nice and easy puzzle. However, I counted no less than 11 yellow dots which I didn't need for the solve (I used box 9 for the break-in).
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That's on purpose, since its an introductory puzzle I wanted it to be easy, so after it was done there were extra clues filled in. Three times. It's so people can attack it from plenty of angles and still get through it, and it removes the need for sudoku :)
