Deranged scribbles or modern art?
(Published on 14. August 2024, 14:35 by bboom)
This is the first puzzle in a series of puzzles I'm making, exploring the anti-bishop/anti-knight mechanic.
If you want to try the mechanic in a simple puzzle first, I've created this simple practice puzzle that doesn't use any other special rules.
Puzzle rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Odd anti-knight: Cells separated by a knight’s move in chess cannot have the same odd digit.
- Even anti-bishop: Cells separated by a bishop’s move in chess cannot have the same even digit.
- Palindrome lines: Digits on a red line read the same forwards and backwards.
- German whisper lines: Two cells connected by a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Region sum line: Digits on the blue line have an equal sum within each box it passes through.
This puzzle is part of a series I'm making, exploring the odd anti-knight / even anti-bishop mechanic. Other puzzles in the series can be found here:
- First Practice
- Deranged scribbles or modern art?
- Knight and Bishops, dancing around dots
- Anti-Knight and Anti-Bishop Killer
- Bishops eat their sandwiches at 5:29
- Minimalist art or more deranged scribbles?
- Directionless Knights and Bishops
- Scribbled art in deranged colors
Solution code: Row 7 (9 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 4. October 2024, 10:08 by bboom
Updated puzzle list
on 1. October 2024, 16:15 by itsid
that was fun, took me three attempts because I always ended up skipping into a different diagonal (funny enough always ending up with a unresolvable 4or6 on the german whisper in box 8) haven't seen the easier path on R5C2 until the last rerun
Great puzzle, thanks a lot!
on 21. September 2024, 17:46 by bboom
Updated puzzle list
on 13. September 2024, 09:50 by bboom
Added series list
on 3. September 2024, 07:46 by MissMaraJoy
Awesome puzzle!!! I put off coloring for the longest time because I didn't want to juggle all my different color systems, but it solved pretty smooth after I worked that out :-)
on 27. August 2024, 14:14 by wacfwaef
Very nice art indeed and fun technique to combine the series oriented rules with the palindrome in this one
on 20. August 2024, 17:56 by Nemefish
If this is a 3-star puzzle, then the people who solved it are much more genius than me. Thoroughly engaging. Would never have known how to start this a few years ago.
on 20. August 2024, 02:32 by Chipmunk
I must have started this puzzle over about 5 times but I finally figured out where to put my letters to derive the most squares. Coloring/letter puzzles are my favorite and I loved the logic that stemmed from the even/odd rules!
on 19. August 2024, 10:33 by Tass
Definitely modern art! Well crafted, keep them coming indeed
on 18. August 2024, 18:11 by bboom
Added link to the next puzzle in the series
on 15. August 2024, 20:53 by Gullie
I really loved this one, what a nice combination of rules! Yes please keep them coming! :-)
on 15. August 2024, 20:02 by bboom
Thanks for all the lovely comments, I'm glad so many of you enjoyed the puzzle. I'll make sure to get you all a few more of these soon!
on 15. August 2024, 19:32 by OsamaSohail
I absolutely loved it! Took me forever to get my first digit and I loved every minute of making the deductions it took for my first digit and the second I got that digit the puzzle beautifully wounded up in a very elegant way
on 15. August 2024, 16:16 by ordnanceordinance
Great puzzle. Made a lot of progress before I realized a much simpler way of figuring out which digits were odd or even. Very fun!
on 15. August 2024, 03:09 by dingledork
LOVED it! Colourful, clever, and so satisfying!
on 14. August 2024, 19:18 by zonny
Very Enjoyable - Thanks!
on 14. August 2024, 19:08 by YBaghdadi
A very good puzzle! Had a lot of fun trying to solve it.
on 14. August 2024, 18:17 by Claine
The odd/even restraint difference was quite interesting, had to keep track of it.
