Meinsweeper
(Published on 24. June 2024, 20:01 by fjam)
Take care with this puzzle, or you might end up going in circles!
A 4x4 example puzzle, where adjacent digits on German Whispers lines must have a difference of at least 2, is shown below which can be solved in SudokuPad:
The length of a line is the number of line segments required to draw it. Therefore, a line entering N cells around a clue has length N-1, unless it is a closed loop which would have length 8. Only relevant lines are shown in the example solution.
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Adjacent digits on German Whispers lines must have a difference of at least 5.
- A digit in a circle indicates the length of the longest orthogonally connected German Whispers line that can be drawn in surrounding cells; orthogonally and diagonally adjacent cells, but not the cell itself.
A 4x4 example puzzle, where adjacent digits on German Whispers lines must have a difference of at least 2, is shown below which can be solved in SudokuPad:
The length of a line is the number of line segments required to draw it. Therefore, a line entering N cells around a clue has length N-1, unless it is a closed loop which would have length 8. Only relevant lines are shown in the example solution.
Solution code: Row 8, Row 9
Solved by filuta, chameleon, SKORP17, anonymoose, wisty, tuturitu, Jesper, Christounet, sanabas, Jds2, mormagli, peacherwu2, henrypijames, tonald, Bellsita, fajoogaloo, Myxo, Niverio, Sewerin, PippoForte, WedgeOfCheese, Silverstep
Comments
on 24. July 2024, 23:41 by Myxo
Great puzzle!
on 26. June 2024, 20:37 by mormagli
Fun & novel logic, thanks!
on 26. June 2024, 05:40 by sanabas
Lovely logic all the way through
on 25. June 2024, 09:22 by Christounet
Relentless indeed ! The way the clues work (with a tiny bit of sudoku magic along the way) is really cool. Thanks :)
on 24. June 2024, 23:52 by wisty
Really fun ruleset! One of the nicest 4x4 example puzzles I've seen, followed by the classic fjam execution of a relentless but fascinating main course.
Last changed on 24. June 2024, 20:29
on 24. June 2024, 20:07 by filuta
the essence of sudoku - some puzzles are beautiful despite being sudoku, this one is beatiful because it is a sudoku :o)
