Chaotic Gardening, Pt. 1
(Published on 2. August 2024, 15:44 by SamuPiano)
This is yet another puzzle using the split pea line constraint! Other puzzles in this series:
Schrodinger's Split Peas (5* difficulty) - S-cells
Inner Peas (4* difficulty) - yin/yang, hot/cold
Peas and Quiet (2* difficulty) - German whispers
Be sure to check out some of those if you enjoy this one! Also, as the title mentions, this is not likely to be my last chaos construction with these lines :)
Rules:
Mean(er) mini: This puzzle uses six distinct digits from 0 to 9. These digits must be deduced by the solver.
Chaos construction: Digits may not repeat in a row, column or region. There are six orthogonally connected regions, each with six cells, the locations of which must be deduced by the solver.
Split pea lines: The sum of digits in cells connecting two circles is equal to a concatenation of the digits in the circles, in some order. For instance, 3_346_1 could be a valid line, as 3+4+6=13=1 concatenated with 3.
If two circles are directly connected by a line, these circles are in different regions.
Modular region counting: Taking the digit in a circle mod 6 gives the number of cells along each line connected to the circle which are in the same region as that circle, excluding the circle itself. For instance, a circle containing an 8 indicates there are (8 mod 6) = 2 cells along each line connected to the circle which are in the same region as the circle.
Click the puzzle image to play!
Happy solving! Please leave a comment if you enjoyed!
If you are new to the split-pea constraint, check out some of the puzzles linked above! Otherwise, you can check out some of my other puzzles!
Solution code: Column 5, with hyphens (-) separating regions. e.g. 1-23-456.
Comments
on 9. October 2024, 18:25 by QuiltyAsCharged
Excellent puzzle! Interesting ruleset that stretched my brain cells in new ways
on 9. August 2024, 04:35 by Nebuzaradan
Fun puzzle! Really interesting interactions between all the components of the rules here.
on 7. August 2024, 22:42 by SamuPiano
Rules clarification
on 3. August 2024, 01:48 by yttrio
Really fun puzzle! Each portion of the solve (figuring out which digits to use, chaos construction, split-pea logic) had some great logic.
on 3. August 2024, 01:08 by vitaminz
Fabulous puzzle, as all these split peas puzzles have been
on 2. August 2024, 19:47 by marcmees
smooth & nice. thanks
on 2. August 2024, 17:14 by blackjackfitz
This is a really lovely puzzle. I initially messed up because I assumed that connected cells had to be adjacent to the circle on the line (they do not). But this is a really creative puzzle with beautiful logic from start to finish.
