[This puzzle was created with the friends in my stream. Thanks for your help everyone! You can find a VOD of its creation here ]
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Draw some renban into the grid. A renban is a line which contains a string of consecutive digits, but not necessarily in the correct order. For instance, 3546 would be a valid renban.
For this puzzle, all renban are at least two cells long, and move orthogonally from cell to cell. Renban do not branch, overlap or touch themselves or each other orthogonally. Renban may touch themselves or each other diagonally.
Clues outside the grid are j-sums clues. They give the sum(s) of groups of contiguous renban cells within their row or column. The sums within a clue appear in the correct order left to right. Where given, clues are complete, with the caveat that a ... stands for zero or more omitted clues. For example, the row 8 clue says that the first sum is a 6 and the last sum is a 6, and there may be any number of clues in between them, including no clues at all.
A ? clue is an unspecified single digit number, and a ?? clue is an unspecified double digit number (that is, no leading zero).
An example of what a 6x6 completed grid might look like following these rules is given below.
Have fun, leave a comment if you enjoy the puzzle!
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PS: I stream solving sudoku like puzzles three days a week. You can check out the channel, as well as some videos I have made about setting puzzles, at my YouTube channel here.
Solution code: The digits on renban in row 9 (skip digits off of renban)
on 13. September 2024, 12:21 by Xendari
super fun! loved the interactions throughout
on 31. May 2024, 23:15 by Agent
Very cool ruleset, thanks!
on 20. May 2024, 04:20 by coreydixon
Amazing flow! Loved every minute of solving this one!
on 19. May 2024, 21:17 by marcmees
very clever puzzle. 10/10 thanks
on 19. May 2024, 16:34 by mnasti2
Smooooth and fun!
on 19. May 2024, 14:40 by Niverio
Very nice flow!
on 19. May 2024, 08:36 by ddx01
Great puzzle. Not too difficult, but contains interesting deductions.
on 19. May 2024, 08:36 by rameshsrivats
Beautiful
on 19. May 2024, 00:10 by Playmaker6174
Great fun puzzle with a lot of interesting deductions till the very end! Nice to see some more of these kinds of jsum hybrid :)
on 18. May 2024, 23:42 by Piatato
Wonderful!
on 18. May 2024, 22:04 by Myxo
Beautiful puzzle!
on 18. May 2024, 21:41 by Christounet
Awesome combination ! Enjoyed testing. A lot of potential for similar combos. Thanks :)