Wiggler
(Published on 23. July 2024, 08:30 by Nordy)
Inspired by a collaboration with yttrio.
Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
German Whisper Snake: Shade some cells to form a 1-cell wide, orthogonally-connected snake that does not branch and does not touch itself, not even diagonally. The two ends of the snake must be determined while solving. The snake acts as a German Whisper line—adjacent digits along the snake differ by at least 5.
Squares—Vision + Box Count: Squares are on the snake. Each square acts as two clues simultaneously:
- A digit in a square gives the number of snake cells seen (including itself) in all horizontal/vertical directions combined, where non-snake cells block vision
- A digit in a square gives the number of snake cells (including itself) within the same 3x3 Sudoku box as that square
Solve online:
Solution code: Digits on the snake in Column 3 (top to bottom) followed by digits on the snake in Row 8 (left to right)
Comments
on 27. September 2024, 18:55 by Christounet
Cool :)
on 14. August 2024, 10:13 by Piatato
Great magic as usual :D
on 28. July 2024, 04:15 by yttrio
Fantastic follow-up to Earth Wurm! It was quite incredible how the deductions could account for the unknown location of the snake ends.
on 25. July 2024, 01:59 by smckinley
Absolutely fantastic, thanks!
on 24. July 2024, 11:40 by marcmees
one more brilliant snake in the basket. thanks
on 24. July 2024, 03:31 by Calvinball
"Listen here son"...
You know what, you may have been able to catch lightning in a bottle twice with this series, I'm less confident in doing so myself. Brilliant puzzle mate.
on 23. July 2024, 21:17 by wuc
Very nice challenging puzzle. Had to try out certain ideas to eliminate those not possible. A very cool constraint combination. Great fun to solve. Between 3 and 4 stars to me. Thx for sharing.
on 23. July 2024, 13:48 by sujoyku
Thank you for this fantastic puzzle, Nordy! I made it way too hard for myself thinking I had to draw a loop instead of a snake. :)
I always arrived more or less at the same contradictions when trying to make the squares work under this premise. So it was a case of "reading < sudoku skills". Once I knew what I was doing it was such a smooth puzzle. Thank you for setting and sharing this treat!
