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A skyscraper puzzle with a slight twist.

You can attempt this puzzle at this sudokupad link

Good Luck!

Questions, comments, feedback are always welcome, either here or on the CTC community discord.



Normal Sudoku rules apply: Fill the grid with the digits 1-9 such that no digit repeats in a row, column, or box.

***Pacman's world*** If pacman travels to the edge of the grid, we know he simply reappears on the other side, so every row and column is infinitely long when pacman looks along it.

Skyscrapers: Each cell in the puzzle has a skyscraper, its height is equal to the digit in the cell. Taller buildings obstruct the view of shorter (and same height) buildings behind it.
Clues outside the grid equal the ***maximum*** number of buildings visible at one time when pacman looks in that direction. Pacman can move along the row/column in order to find a spot that sees more buildings, but he must look along the row/column in the correct direction.

Pacman's pills: Circles are odd digits.

Example of how the skyscraper rule works: Let's say a row is 317594862. An ordinary skyscraper clue from the left would see 379, so the clue would be 3. From the right, it would see 2689, so the clue would be 4.
But for pacman, the grid's edge doesn't block his vision, he can move along the row to a spot where he sees more buildings.
From the left, he can stand in front of building 2 and he'll see 2379. This is the most buildings he can see at once from any point in the row when looking in that direction, so the clue on the left of the row would be 4.
From the right, he can stand in front of building 1 and see 13689. So the clue on the right of the row would be 5.

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