Aquanuradoku
(Published on 6. March 2024, 21:33 by Mennoo_)
Once upon a time, there was a pond with enchanted frogs. A princess loved to play near the pond with her golden ball. One night, the ball fell in the water, which awakened the frogs. They recovered the ball for her, and by doing so, they transformed the pond into an enchanted waterballet, a spectacular show of water, light and music.
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply
Digits do not repeat along the indicated diagonals
Renbans: Purple lines contain a non-repeating set of consecutive digits
Kropki dots: A white dot contains 2 consecutive digits. Not all dots are given.
The golden ball in the center of the pond and the frog king with the crown (in the bottom-left corner, i.e. r9c1) contain a odd digit.
The frogs in the corners are frog-fountains which behave as thermometers, with the number on a frog indicating how far the fountain reaches towards the middle of the grid along the indicated diagonals (i.e. diagonal thermometers of length N+1 with N the digit on the frog). Along a frog-fountain, digits increases away from the frog
Online Solve
SudokuPad
(Advised setting - Outlines on elements: on)
Solution code: row 4, followed by row 6
Comments
on 21. August 2024, 22:11 by wuc
Tough puzzle. Got the break in fluently and up to a third with logic. Then hard steps. Colored a lot but still some looking ahead necessary. Great fun thx.
on 20. August 2024, 21:28 by econtrout
Fun Puzzle, Liked the frog fountains!
on 19. August 2024, 04:11 by QuiltyAsCharged
Brilliant and such fun!
on 8. March 2024, 07:48 by Krokant
The theme is executed very nicely. It's fun to look at and fun to solve. :)
on 7. March 2024, 20:44 by Prof.Dori
This was so much fun to solve, definitely deserve higher rating and more attention to this puzzle!
on 7. March 2024, 10:14 by Snookerfan
Very nice! Thank you
on 7. March 2024, 00:50 by gfoot
A pretty grid, with nice flow and interactions between different elements in the puzzle, thanks for making it!
