Climbing Fever
(Published on 2. August 2024, 17:08 by DubiousMobius)
My second puzzle upload. Hope you enjoy and thanks for playing!
This was inspired, in part, by Prutsbeest's excellent Hidden Thermo puzzle. So if you enjoy this, definitely give that one a go!
Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column, and box.
Also, draw a set of 6 'stepped thermometers' in the grid connecting dots of similar colors. In order to be 'stepped', the thermometers must make a 90 degree turn in each cell they visit. Thermometers may not cross one another, or share cells. Digits along thermometers must get strictly larger as they travel from the large dot to the small dot.
Solution code: The digits of Column 9 listed from top to bottom.
Comments
on 4. August 2024, 15:22 by DubiousMobius
Oh, thanks Nordy! I did that puzzle back when its ctc video came out, and was definitely thinking it as I was setting this one. I wanted to give credit for inspiration, but couldn't find it again, so thanks! :)
on 4. August 2024, 08:58 by Glasgow
Clever!
on 4. August 2024, 08:00 by Nordy
Very cool! You might enjoy this puzzle: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0007RQ
on 4. August 2024, 07:45 by lznaf
The 'stepped' setting is really interesting!
on 3. August 2024, 18:34 by DubiousMobius
Thanks for the kind words Ramesh and Ye Nay! Congrats on the solve, and glad my comment helped!
on 3. August 2024, 07:18 by Ye Nay Myo Han
This is the first ever line-drawing puzzle I do. Initial attempts failed very badly but the author's comment helped me to think out of the box. Thank you very much for this lovely puzzle!
on 3. August 2024, 04:55 by rameshsrivats
Beautiful puzzle
on 3. August 2024, 02:26 by DubiousMobius
So glad you enjoyed it Nicko!
Geekpuzzles, my guess is that you understand the stepping constraint just fine. My sense is that this puzzle goes from impossible to relatively approachable quickly, once you figure out the trick, but I don't want to spoil it. Thanks for giving it a go, and shoot me a message on the CTC discord if you want more of a hint.
on 3. August 2024, 02:13 by geekpuzzles
I fear I must be misunderstanding something about the "stepping" rules :/
on 3. August 2024, 01:05 by GorgeousNicko
Lovely puzzle. Another one where questioning one's tacit assumptions pays dividends.
