This puzzle was set for Niverio's portion of the 48-hour-long Twitch train. I decided to lean into the Niverio-classic liar Japanese sums and (hopefully) created something interesting, with a few Easter eggs!
Rules:
Sudoku: Normal sudoku rules apply.
Liar Japanese Sums: Shade some cells in the grid such that clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the continuous blocks of unshaded cells in that row or column. At least one shaded cell must separate the blocks. For every clued row or column, 2 different sets are provided (Left / Right for rows, Top / Bottom for columns.) One set is correct, with correct sums in the correct order. (Always left to right or top to bottom.) The other set is a lie. Which sets are correct must be determined by the solver.
Shading Requirement: No 2x2 region may be fully unshaded. 2x2 regions may be fully shaded.
Notation (1): "..." indicates 0 or more continuous blocks of unshaded cells in the position indicated, with no further information provided.
Notation (2): "?" indicates a one-digit number. Different "?" may have different values.
Notation (3): "??" indicates a two-digit number (no leading 0s allowed).
Notation (4): "?6" indicates a two-digit number ending in 6.
Click the image of the puzzle to play!
Happy solving! Please leave a comment if you enjoyed this one, and check out the Liar Japanese Sums series by Niverio!
Also, there's a hidden message in the grid. Can you find it?
Solution code: The shaded digits in column 9.
on 16. August 2024, 17:39 by AnnaTh
I love those liar puzzles!
on 14. August 2024, 11:03 by Piatato
Fun and fairly easy, I don't know why it doesn't have more solves!
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Thanks for the kind comment! It was down for a while while I was fixing an error, which may have nerfed its impact. -SP
on 13. August 2024, 22:28 by marcmees
very nice. thanks
on 13. August 2024, 03:00 by bansalsaab
Hard puzzle. Easiest solution code :-)
on 12. August 2024, 22:14 by rysmyth240
Cool puzzle!
on 12. August 2024, 21:40 by Agent
Fun and smooth, thanks!
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Thanks for the comment, and thank you so much for helping draw my attention to the error(s) I originally made. :) -SP
on 12. August 2024, 21:33 by SamuPiano
Fixed the puzzle so it is no longer unsolvable. Thanks for pointing this out, Agent and PierreTombal!
on 12. August 2024, 15:46 by Niverio
It was a ton of fun solving this live, thanks a lot for setting it!
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It was a pleasure! This constraint was very fun to work with, and I'm happy you enjoyed solving it (even if we both got a little lucky during).
-SP
Difficulty: | |
Rating: | 95 % |
Solved: | 13 times |
Observed: | 1 times |
ID: | 000JBD |