Friends You Can Count On
(Published on 13. April 2024, 01:41 by juggler)
This puzzle is part of a series.
1. Friends You Can Count On
2. Somedokus Are Friendly Dokus
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
FRIEND CIRCLES - Digits X and Y are friends if and only if they appear orthogonally adjacent to each other somewhere in the puzzle. Each digit in a circle indicates how many friends that digit has.
Additionally, every digit 1-9 appears in a circle, or is friends with a digit that appears in a circle (or both).
COUNTING CIRCLES - Each digit in a circle also indicates how many times that digit appears in a circle in the puzzle.
Solution code: Row 1
Comments
on 18. July 2024, 18:20 by sockerbecca
This was very creative and fun! The solution for the very last six cells made me smile :)
on 16. April 2024, 19:25 by ChinStrap
This was great. Very approachable yet interesting introduction to a new variant.
on 14. April 2024, 15:15 by henrypijames
What a lovely and surprising endgame!
@appletrapezoid: Coloring is your friend. Use a different color for friends monogamous to each circled digit.
on 13. April 2024, 19:54 by marty_sears
Loved this! This was classic Juggler... simple and fresh and innovative idea, handled elegantly and interestingly. This wasn't too difficult but was very fun... exactly the right level for me. And lovely endgame too :)
on 13. April 2024, 06:55 by blackjackfitz
very fun, not too hard once you wrap your head around it. Loved the ending too!
