H is for Happy Birthday (The Pedalling Pianist!)
(Published on 24. April 2024, 19:17 by Ratfinkz)
Thank you Marty Sears for the testing and the help!
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- The red line is a regionban. It's divided into different sections each time it crosses a box border. The sums of these sections need to form a consecutive sequence of values, which can appear in any order along the line..
- Kropki rules apply, black Kropki dots mark two digits in a 1:2 ration, white Kropki dots mark consecutive digits! Not all possible dots are necessarily given!.
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 20. August 2024, 14:43 by Javier Rebottaro
Very funny! Family of the killer
on 21. July 2024, 15:35 by Geb
This one does require some thinking initially! It's very quick to solve and not at all difficult, but for a one star puzzle it does wake the brain up!
on 28. May 2024, 21:23 by ninjamunk
Did not understand the rules to begin with.. But when I understood it was a nice puzzle
on 5. May 2024, 13:12 by michael_787
I used colouring to highlight the length of each section, which helped me a lot. The filling in of one of the boxes was a matter of seconds, and the rest fell into place almost automatically. A very easy and smooth puzzle, which I enjoyed very much. The first time I ever encountered the Regionban constraint, and it made my Lunch break very enjoyable indeed. Thanks for setting!
on 25. April 2024, 19:19 by LeweLotki
For me it was 2* But very enjoyable
Thank you, very glad you enjoyed it
on 25. April 2024, 17:54 by stonetim
I had some difficulty initially understanding the ruleset, but once it clicked, it all came together.
I had missed the last phrase "can appear in any order along the line", meaning that the region sum could be anywhere in the puzzle, so long as they have consecutive values. I was trying to do consecutive sections being consecutive values.
Now that I understand it better, I'd love to see more of this ruleset!
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Ah yeah I can see how it was difficult without that instruction! Thank you for persevering and glad you enjoyed!
on 25. April 2024, 16:00 by ThePedallingPianist
This was a really lovely birthday treat, thank you! It perfectly captures the essence "regionified lines" prompt and manages to achieve that rare feat of being an interesting and satisfying 1* difficulty puzzle!
Thank you too for being such a wonderful friend, full of kindness and humour - my streams are always more enjoyable when you're in the chat! Though maybe we need some new, non-3-related banter... :D
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Hmmmm....like how my deductions always suck....that kinda banter ?
You are welcome so glad you enjoyed it!
on 24. April 2024, 22:09 by s1mn
Love it!
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So glad, thank you!
on 24. April 2024, 19:57 by wuc
Easy if you do the math. Now nobody can say math has no real purpose hihi. Thx great puzzle.
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Maths definitely has it's place!
on 24. April 2024, 19:52 by marty_sears
Lovely little construction and interpretation of the prompt :) Had a lot of fun helping to test this
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Appreciation always!
on 24. April 2024, 19:38 by yanggang
I loved the unique rule-set: made for some very entertaining logic.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
on 24. April 2024, 19:26 by StefanSch
Nice puzzle! Math can help a lot.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
