Colorblind Setter
(Published on 18. January 2024, 19:18 by juggler)
TWO-BULB THERMO: Digits increase along the grey line, starting from one grey bulb, and ending at the other grey bulb.
RENBAN: The pink line contains consecutive digits in any order.
WHISPERS: Adjacent digits on the green line must differ by at least 5.
REGION SUM: In each box the blue line enters, digits on the line have the same sum.
PALINDROME : Cells equidistant from the center of the red line have the same digit.
As you people can see from the colors (I assume?), there is exactly one of each kind of line, and the lines do not branch, but can overlap.
Also, the digits in the yellow circles are odd.
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 27. July 2024, 00:41 by isajo4002
Nice concept. No way it's a 4* though mid 3 at most.
on 29. April 2024, 22:51 by marty_sears
Cool as a cucumber (ie very cool indeed)
on 7. March 2024, 18:15 by ChinStrap
Gorgeous. Lays everything out for you to find one insight after another. Loved it!
on 21. February 2024, 17:37 by Sapio
really interesting ruleset! loved the logic that followed - though it was hard to spot at times, it was satisfying when spotted!
on 28. January 2024, 01:42 by bodemeister
Wasted a lot of time because I didn't read the rules carefully where the thermo had two bulbs, but after that everything fell into place nicely.
on 20. January 2024, 16:10 by EmpyClaw
Absolutely brilliant! As someone who typically has a 50/50 shot of getting a 3-star puzzle, I found that this one was actually reasonably approachable for my level.
I loved the logic and the little discoveries throughout. Very enjoyable from start to finish. Great puzzle!
on 19. January 2024, 00:57 by CHRosenthal
A brilliant idea! I rate it at the lower range of 4/5 because the logic is so clean that it is hard to be wrong/misled :D
on 18. January 2024, 23:39 by Fool on Hill
This is a really nice puzzle - but it is not as hard as advertised. There is some really nice logic and a clean solve path and the unusual rule is well used - everything a good puzzle should have. I enjoyed it a lot.
on 18. January 2024, 23:27 by sleeper
Very nice. Thank you.
on 18. January 2024, 22:54 by Fool on Hill
As a colour-blind solver, and before giving this a go - what an idea. The concept is brilliant already.
