Home Run
(Published on 21. May 2024, 21:10 by Jobo)
Hello, enjoy this puzzle!
All feedback and comments will be much appreciated!
This puzzle was set for Scojo's setting saturday prompt. :)
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Adjacent digits along the green (German whisper) line must differ by at least 5.
- The purple (renban) line contains a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
- A set of three sequential cells along a brown (entropic) line must contain a low [123], middle [456], and high [789] digit.
- Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.
- Digits in a grey square must be even.
- There are some baseballs in the grid. Cells touched by a baseball either act as a renban (described above), or a nabner (digits on a nabner cannot repeat, and no two digits can be consecutive, regardless of their position on the ball). Equal baseball colors are equal types, which is which must be determined by the solver.
Solution code: Row 8 followed by row 9.
Comments
on 17. December 2024, 23:02 by Silverstep
Took longer than it should have because I missed some easy deduction. Should be 3 stars at most. Final time 55:11. Might solve again one day
on 5. August 2024, 20:55 by Bankey
It is incredible that such a puzzle can exist and that it can be discovered. Work of art. Thanks for sharing, @ Jobo :).
on 3. June 2024, 01:10 by marty_sears
The king of aesthetics has done it again! Great logic too :)
on 22. May 2024, 00:26 by ViKingPrime
I don't know how you blend the aesthetics of a puzzle so well with the logic but you always manage it.
The opening is particularly brilliant; while the later Sudoku can be quite tricky to spot, it's equally as beautiful when you finally see it. Quality puzzle.
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That's the best compliment I could ask for, thanks so much ViKingPrime!
