Another prank (6x6 fog puzzle)
(Published on 1. April 2024, 14:47 by SudokuFan)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply
- Fog: The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits (without guessing!) will clear the fog from the surrounding cells, potentially revealing more clues.
- Kropki: Cells orthogonally across a white dot must differ by the digit inside the dot, cells orthogonally across a black dot must have the ratio of 1:N, where N is the digit inside the dot
- Killer: Digits in a cage must not repeat, and must sum to the given total
- Goodliffables: Digits along a thermometer must increase from the bulb end
Explanation of joke if you are confused after placing the first digit (click on the gray area to reveal): The circles in the centers of cells also count as dots. For example, because there is a white dot in the center of r2c3, r2c2 and r2c4 differ by the digit in r2c3, and r1c3 and r3c3 differ by the digit in r2c3.
Solution code: All cells in reading order (36 digits)
Comments
on 21. June 2024, 14:01 by maiaz
Great puzzle - loved the joke although I needed the explanation. Please simplify code ... in the meanwhile if people want to save their fingers just add last row to the end of this code: 425163613452532614146235251346XXXXXX
on 10. April 2024, 07:21 by SudokuFan
Added explanation of the joke
on 9. April 2024, 19:31 by dstorrs
I am utterly baffled by this. The start doesn't seem solvable and even when I guessed my way through the puzzle to see the full layout I couldn't see how I was supposed to make progress. What are the big black and white dots? Is the prank "hey, here's this unsolvable puzzle and people can pretend they solved it and rate it 1 star to make others feel dumb?"
EDIT: typo
on 6. April 2024, 21:58 by ave
Goodliffables! :D But the whole sudoku is a lovely joke, it took me quite a while to realize what is going on. :)
on 6. April 2024, 18:33 by lordovol
I have no idea what the big black and white dots do
on 5. April 2024, 06:44 by Incurrsion
Amazing puzzle! Little tricky at first then it clicked.
on 5. April 2024, 05:52 by Pseudonym27182
Great joke, but also a really interesting mechanic that would work pretty well in a larger, more difficult puzzle.
on 1. April 2024, 20:48 by peep50183
Well played ;)
on 1. April 2024, 18:34 by Kversten
The joke is amazing! I love it!
