Counting Calories
(Published on 3. June 2024, 07:30 by marty_sears)
Rules:
I was inspired to make this after very much enjoying Scojo's excellent puzzle Chocolate Banana Sandwiches
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Divide the grid into yellow regions and brown regions. If a region contains more than one cell, the cells must be orthogonally connected, and two regions of the same colour may not share an orthogonal edge.
- Brown regions (chocolate bars) must be rectangular (squares are ok too).
- Yellows regions (bananas) must NOT be square / rectangular.
- Digits may repeat within regions.
- A digit in a banana cell indicates exactly how many banana cells contain that digit.
- A digit in a brown diamond belongs to a chocolate bar and indicates the size of that chocolate bar. Every chocolate bar has a different size.
- A digit on an arrow cell indicates the total sum of the closest (neighbouring) cells in each of the indicated directions.
Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)
Solution code: Column 9 from top to bottom
Comments
on 16. September 2024, 14:18 by Sedum
Thanks for another great one
on 16. September 2024, 13:17 by isajo4002
That was fun. The implications of the rules worked amazingly within the puzzle thank you for this great hybrid.
on 22. June 2024, 12:32 by juggler
Lovely puzzle! Once you wrap your head around the rules it has some very nice logic and flows very smoothly.
on 7. June 2024, 15:28 by ChinStrap
Typical Marty brilliance. Every deduction feels both profound and yet utterly clear at all times. The way the counting rules interacted was gorgeous.
on 7. June 2024, 04:14 by raretypeoffox
Very nice! I think 4 star difficulty is correct
on 5. June 2024, 18:48 by frogboogers73
Awesome puzzle! 3/5 probably if you have experience with the counting rules and don't have to figure all the tricks that come with having seen those before!
on 4. June 2024, 10:25 by Isael
Nice flow, a very sweet puzzle as always
on 4. June 2024, 07:51 by Ratfinkz
Absolutely stunning setting! Filled with MMM's throughout! Thank you for the gentle nudge! This is perhaps your best work yet (and as I love all your puzzles that's saying something!)
on 3. June 2024, 21:01 by bansalsaab
Incredible setting.
on 3. June 2024, 20:09 by Bankey
Very tough but great fun. Thanks, @ marty_sears :).
on 3. June 2024, 19:35 by Prof.Dori
Another banger from marty. Truly astonishing and very well constructed!
on 3. June 2024, 15:03 by sanabas
Very fun. Took a little bit to figure out the right things to think about, but then it flowed nicely.
on 3. June 2024, 14:09 by sorryimLate
Oh now I see, this "balanced" diet must be the secret behind your amazingly sweet puzzles :)
on 3. June 2024, 13:38 by mihel111
Lovely puzzle with some "Hmmm, that must be a marty_sears trick thing again" moments.
You are a brand, marty.
Very well done again
