OmniLS #1: Anything works
(Published on 1. July 2024, 11:00 by sujoyku)
- Normal sudoku rules apply, i.e. each row, column and 3x3 region has to contain the digits from 1 to 9 once each.
- Killer cages: Digits in a cage sum to the clue in the top left.
- Omnipotent Line: The orange line is a so-called Omnipotent Line, i.e. each pair of adjacent digits on the line must fulfill either an X, V, white or black Kropki dot clue. In other words, any pair of adjacent digits on the line must sum to 5 or 10, be consecutive or in a 1:2 ratio. (At least one of these constraints must be met, it is allowed that two are fulfilled simultaneously.)
Example: The digit 3 may be adjacent on the line to either a 2 (V or white Kropki dot), a 4 (white Kropki dot), a 6 (black Kropki dot) or a 7 (X).
Here you can solve the puzzle online:
Solution code: Row 7 from left to right (9 digits in total)
Comments
on 12. October 2024, 18:38 by Lenivaya_Joppa
Thank you for this very nice puzzle, dear sujoyku! :)
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You are much welcome, Lenivaya_Joppa! I am glad you liked the puzzle.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 12. October 2024, 08:02 by Muendo
Nice one, I really enjoyed solving this puzzle, love the Omnipotent lines!
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Thank you for your comment, Muendo! I am glad that you like the Omnipotent Line constraint and enjoyed the solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 4. September 2024, 03:15 by Nostor
Thank you very much for this nice innovation!
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You are much welcome, Nostor! I am glad that you liked it.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 10. July 2024, 12:55 by wuc
Tough break in. Very smooth from there. Great fun thx.
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Thank you for your comment, wuc! I am glad you had a fun solve.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 3. July 2024, 02:51 by ostio456
Fantastic puzzle. I had to restart twice as i kept missing one of the possible constraints, you really have to concentrate. I would recommend this puzzle to anyone looking for something different!
on 3. July 2024, 00:11 by ostio456
Fantastic puzzle. I had to restart twice as i kept missing one of the possible constraints, you really have to concentrate. I would recommend this puzzle to anyone looking for something different!
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Thank you for your comment, ostio456! I am glad that you liked the puzzle. We are so used to XV and Kropki, but keeping all options in mind at once definitely is a challenge. If you enjoyed this constraint, I can highly recommend the puzzle "Divinity through the fog" (OmniLS #2) by meggen033.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 2. July 2024, 12:00 by Rawcoder
Beautiful concept.
I honestly think that it's not too difficult. Probably a 1.5 star rating for me. Once you understand how the line works it's pretty straight forward. Nice breakin. The breakin is perhaps the most difficult part of the puzzle.
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Thank you for your comment, Rawcoder! I am glad that you liked the concept. Also thanks for sharing your thoughts on the puzzle's difficulty. As the ruleset is new and I thought it might be challenge to get used to this line type, I may have overestimated the difficulty a little. I often struggle with estimating the difficulty of my own puzzles and the testing suggested it should be 2 stars or above. In the end, the solvers have to decide and I am completely fine with whatever difficulty rating it gets assigned.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 21:05 by AsgarArn
Love the concept of the omnipotent Line. Fun to solve.
More to figure out in the begin, also Maybe then when i needed to wrap my head around the posibilities and constraints
Keep the series going!
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Thank you for your kind comment, AsgarArn! I am glad that you liked the new concept and enjoyed solving the puzzle. It means a lot to me that the puzzle is appreciated and I will definitely keep the series going.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 20:07 by PinkNickels
IDK why this has only an 87% rating...I loved it!! Thanks a lot. Great idea and excellent execution!
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Thank you for your kind comment, PinkNickels! I am really glad that you enjoyed the puzzle. To be honest, I had hoped for a better rating at this point. But it is what it is. :)
I think enough people like the concept that I can risk releasing more of this variant next week.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 16:21 by meggen033
Very nice solve! Loved the interaction between the Omnipotent Line and the Cages. Well done! Thanks for always pushing the bounds with new ideas. I may have to use this in the future!
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Thank you for your kind comment, meggen033, I am glad that you liked the concept of the puzzle! I love to get this idea to be explored further. So feel free to use the constraint for your own setting. I would be very curious what you come up with.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 12:56 by 9Rookienumbers
Very cool idea, And quite approachable too! looking forward to the next puzzle in the series
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Thank you for your comment, 9Rookienumbers! I am glad you liked the idea of the puzzle and found it approachable.
Kind regards, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 12:44 by Ragna
Tolle Idee! Das hat Spaß gemacht; ich freue mich auf die nächsten omnipotenten Rätsel - egal in welcher Kombination.
Vielen Dank für das schöne Sudoku. :-))
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Bitte schön, Ragna, vielen Dank für deinen freundlichen Kommentar! Es freut mich, dass Dir dieser Varianten-Sudoku Spaß gemacht hat.
Herzliche Grüße, sujoyku
on 1. July 2024, 11:37 by sanabas
Nice idea, very approachable solve.
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Thank you for your comment, sanabas! I am glad that you liked the idea and found the puzzle to be approachable.
Kind regards, sujoyku
