Pale Fire
(Published on 28. July 2024, 07:58 by juggler)
I highly recommend these SudokuPad settings for a better experience:
• Outlines on Elements: Off (default)
• Don't Pause On Start: On
• Hide Peeking Sven: On
Note: due to font issues, SudokuPad may render the "heart" symbol as as a "three horizontal lines" symbol on some devices / browsers. There is nothing I can do to fix this, so please just imagine that it looks like a heart. <3
Solution code: Stem cells lin ked in dark blood ??? (8 digits)
Comments
on 7. August 2024, 16:56 by MattYDdraig
A truly inventive puzzle. I feel as though my mind has been bent through multiple dimensions and seen things man was never meant to see.
on 5. August 2024, 17:15 by ViKingPrime
Right up to the very, very end, this remains a work of art even moreso than a puzzle.
on 1. August 2024, 15:00 by dmgciubotaru
I have ignored this puzzle for a few days, judgein it by how it looks. After I saw it has a high rating I decided to give it a try and I am shocked about your creativity.
There are quite a few different unique ideas that makes this meta puzzle one of the greatest puzzle I have ever solved.
Good job setting this masterpiece, can't wait for the next one.
on 1. August 2024, 13:14 by sujoyku
Terrific puzzle! Thank you for setting and sharing this work of art, juggler!
on 30. July 2024, 20:27 by Fool on Hill
Wonderful puzzles - more a hunt than a single puzzle: tightly themed, beautifully constructed: a joy to solve.
on 30. July 2024, 19:13 by Malrog
Ridiculous that this exists. Exceptional, thoughtful, fascinating, masterwork. Sudoku as art. Thank you.
on 30. July 2024, 18:03 by firespire
One Sudoku solving channel I have been watching claims what makes an excellent Sudoku Puzzle is simple to understand rules together with 5* difficult Sudoku techniques needed to solve. In my time zone they encourage you to try doing Sudoku at night.
I can confirm trying your Sudoku at a stupid time of day and looking for the right mathematical equation to solve your Sudoku got me nowhere.
It’s only when I revisited your puzzle in the daytime it opened my eyes to what an actual excellent puzzle looks like.
No complex mathematics or Sudoku technique to solve just with puzzling rules.
You are a true pioneer and genius.
on 30. July 2024, 13:16 by marty_sears
Astonishing! Completely innovative idea, even for Michael's standards. And tying the whole thing together with words of a poem was a masterstroke. It boggles my mind to think how many hours it must have taken to plan this all out (I can imagine a big flow diagram sketched out on paper) and then painstakingly create all the visuals in sudoku maker, and all those little thumbnails of each puzzle too. 99% of setters would not have the patience to do that, even if they had the idea and the know-how. If we were in any doubt what a special talent Michael is, then this is really the proof in the pudding.
on 30. July 2024, 08:01 by mnasti2
Very creative, amazing visuals, and all around impressively put together!
on 29. July 2024, 22:51 by moonsuckles
By far the most creative, artful solving experience I've come across in a Sudoku. Brilliant stuff
on 29. July 2024, 21:13 by jubale
Epic.
on 29. July 2024, 20:23 by maniacaljackal
What an absolute marvel. Almost more like a point-and-click puzzle game than a normal Sudoku!
I'll cross my fingers to see Simon have a go at this one, but I'm not sure how fond he'd be of switching tabs so much!
on 29. July 2024, 13:27 by jennorocks
Absolutely loved it, would recommendations for similar lin ked puzzles
on 29. July 2024, 10:55 by davidemsa
This is brilliant and completely original. And it guides us so well to figure out new rules.
on 29. July 2024, 05:37 by vfig
keeping track of everything going on in this puzzle made me go a bit pepe silvia... and sometimes was not sure what was a clue and what was just decorative.
still, had fun with this incredible construction!
on 29. July 2024, 04:36 by yttrio
There's puzzle greatness, puzzle genius, and then there's this masterpiece! The visual way the clues worked made everything insanely satisfying to figure out!
on 29. July 2024, 00:47 by Aesou
Super original, never thought i'd experience a sence of exploration while solving a sudoku:)
on 29. July 2024, 00:08 by someguy209
I'm a lover of puzzle games, especially ones that force you to learn rules over time, and this really scratched that itch. And the art is amazing as well, hard to believe it was made in a sudoku creator. Massive props for this!
on 28. July 2024, 22:34 by appletrapezoid
Wow! Absolutely brilliant, this is one of my favorite books so this puzzle was such a great surprise. Definitely just like the book in the way it branches and jumps around revealing new ideas that later connect. Thanks so much for this one!
on 28. July 2024, 19:34 by Crusader175
Insanely creative!
on 28. July 2024, 16:47 by OlafLemme
Wow! I didn't fully understand what I witnessed but it was beautiful.
on 28. July 2024, 15:45 by JayForty
Very creative and fun! Loved the theme and execution, very well done!
on 28. July 2024, 13:12 by FlashZange
Wow! I wasn't prepared for that kind of masterpiece when I sat down for a quick breakfast solve. An absolutely wonderful puzzle that is never really hard.
on 28. July 2024, 09:47 by Allagem
This was a fun and epic adventure! And beautiful use of the poem throughout the solve. Simply a work of art! Well done :)
on 28. July 2024, 08:20 by sfushidahardy
What an exceptional journey! Thank you for this beautiful work of art. I thoroughly enjoyed uncovering the mysteries of the puzzles interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem.
