Sett Theory
(Published on 11. August 2024, 20:47 by marty_sears)
This was created for Scojo's recent 'Guess The Setter' stream, which was heaps of fun. People had to vote to guess who they thought set each puzzle. I started off attempting to imitate Juggler's style to throw people off. I think it's fair to say this was completely unsuccessful - this puzzle is me all over and I fooled no one haha. However, people seemed to enjoy it so that's the main thing!
Rules:
- Fill each row and column with the digits 1-9, without repeats.
- Each badger lives in a sett of the digits 1-9. A sett is an underground region of nine orthogonally connected cells.
- Digits don’t repeat in a row, column or sett.
- Every badger contains a different digit. The digit on a badger equals the number of individual bugs in its sett.
- Each bug type has a specific value, to be deduced. The digit in a bug cell equals the sum of the bugs in that cell.
Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)
Solution code: Row 5 from left to right
Comments
on 23. October 2024, 11:04 by kdkirby
This might be my favourite CC, thank you so much!
on 28. August 2024, 22:13 by Nemefish
again so inventive and clever. tricky throughout but very satisfying
on 18. August 2024, 20:58 by AsgarArn
Made two mistakes in the initial tries, and those solved almost the full puzzle, so three of one. Very Nice logic and different steps to solve,
Very beautiful construction.
on 16. August 2024, 07:48 by henrypijames
Beautiful graphics. Bit surprised by the consensus difficulty rating - only 2½ for me.
on 14. August 2024, 15:48 by ChinStrap
Really gorgeous CC. Thanks for this!
on 12. August 2024, 23:07 by marcmees
mind bug-ling. Thanks
on 12. August 2024, 21:02 by prodigis
Very nice puzzle, enjoyed the somewhat diverse sequence of thoughts needed to get going
on 12. August 2024, 19:51 by Scojo
I really dig this puzzle!
on 12. August 2024, 17:32 by Steven R
Charming, fun puzzle. Thanks for setting :)
on 12. August 2024, 13:22 by wuc
Too hard for me. On any level. So many deep ideas. Thought I had it multiple times. Realized after 1.5h that the region were almost right and completely wrong. Waiting for a video solve.
on 12. August 2024, 12:52 by Franjo
What a funny CC this is! I really enjoyed digging with the badgers through the underground. Thank you very much for sharing this lovely puzzle.
on 12. August 2024, 03:52 by sorryimLate
That seems to be a happy and very well-organized badger family. I agree with cybers, this requires many kinds of logical thinking. Very nice, thanks!
on 12. August 2024, 00:06 by cybers
Gorgeous and layered puzzle - lots of fun to solve + a new badger word in my vocab :) thanks!
