Bubbles
(Published on 20. April 2024, 08:00 by Nordy)
Yet another exploration of overlapping lines and symmetry, following in the footsteps of Point of View, Re-framed, and Lightning in a Bottle.
Rules:
Normal Sudoku, Region Sum Lines, German Whispers, and Renban rules apply:
- Normal Sudoku: Place the digits 1 to 9 in every row, column, and 3x3 box.
- Region Sum Lines: Box borders divide blue lines into segments with equal sums.
- German Whispers: Adjacent digits on a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Renbans: Digits on a pink line form a non-repeating consecutive set, but can be arranged in any order.
Solve online:
Note: I had to do some creative back-end work to get the Bubble Design to behave properly. If you notice any weird behavior (future updates to SudokuPad might cause this), please let me know!
Solution code: Row 9
Comments
on 20. July 2024, 17:57 by wuc
Felt also 3 starish to me. At the box 5 idea I had very long. But rewarding. Very nice puzzle thx.
on 30. May 2024, 10:35 by Playmaker6174
Cool-looking puzzle with a sweet solve! Buuuuut, this one felt a lot harder than casual 2*, y'all are bugging with the diff rating here
on 30. April 2024, 23:21 by yttrio
Fantastic aesthetic with some good logic to boot!
on 26. April 2024, 17:22 by sujoyku
Thank you for this great puzzle, Nordy! Yesterday, I saw it in Tristan's Sudoku stream and came back to solve it on my own today. The overlapping line types yield very beautiful deductions with the little box 5 bubbles being the stars of the show. Super nice and clean setting!
on 24. April 2024, 14:49 by Crusader175
Very cool!
on 22. April 2024, 08:47 by EmpyClaw
Lovely puzzle! Quite enjoyed myself. Thank you.
on 22. April 2024, 08:05 by abadx
Fantastic work. Visuals are great and logic superb. 2 stars for me although break in is the hardest part
on 22. April 2024, 00:26 by mathpesto
A gorgeous puzzle, both in terms of visuals and the logic throughout!
on 21. April 2024, 20:26 by elikap
liked it very much, very creativ, thank you!
on 21. April 2024, 17:37 by argl
@Big Tiger stay strong the break-in is the hardest part
on 21. April 2024, 07:43 by coreydixon
Working the larger circles felt like cracking a safe! Great flow. Loved it!
on 21. April 2024, 02:35 by only1evenprime
Took me a bit to figure out the two little blue circles. But, it was really cool how they interacted with all the other logic I had done.
on 21. April 2024, 00:20 by BBB
Not that easy haha
on 20. April 2024, 21:57 by gdc
I agree with Big Tiger. It seems very hard to get your teeth into at first and then suddenly every piece fits perfectly with everything else. Very nice puzzle - and of course the aesthetics are amazing!
on 20. April 2024, 19:18 by Big Tiger
30 minutes in and I have 3 digits, how is this only 2 stars? lol
And solved 52 times - clearly I am missing something important (and fairly obvious). Will have to try later, wife needs my help.
on 20. April 2024, 16:41 by Glasgow
Beautifully designed puzzle. I loved the geometry you created with the bubbles. Thanks!
on 20. April 2024, 16:25 by Franjo
Great puzzle with some very interesting deductions on the way to solve. For me this was definitely more than two stars. Thank you very much for setting and sharing this masterpiece.
on 20. April 2024, 16:04 by VitP
very nice.
dare i say ... "smooth" ?
and all you get is a couple randomly placed circles, and a couple standard rules!
except ... there is nothing at all "random" about the placement of the bubbles
on 20. April 2024, 15:06 by lindae
Congratulations on this absolutely beautiful puzzle!
on 20. April 2024, 11:14 by Piatato
Very nice! Great interactions!
on 20. April 2024, 08:56 by Black_Doom
Really nice aesthetics, really nice puzzle too :D
