Heated Chaos
(Published on 24. August 2024, 01:45 by yttrio)
This is another sequel of sorts to Pointed Chaos, and should be more approachable than that one. Estimated difficulty is between 3 and 4 stars.
Rules:
Chaos Construction: Each row, column, and region must contain the digits 1-9 once each. Regions consist of a set of nine orthogonally connected cells and must be determined by the solver.
Along thermometers, digits must strictly increase from the bulb to the tip.
The digit in each thermometer's bulb is also equal to the number of cells from the same region (including itself) that the bulb sees in all orthogonal directions combined. Region borders block the view.
6x6 Example:
The image below shows a sample 6x6 puzzle and solution with the same rule set.
Play the example 6x6 in SudokuPad.
Solution code: Row 5 with hyphens where there are region borders (e.g., 123-4567-89)
Comments
on 2. October 2024, 15:22 by Christounet
Neat CC ! Thanks :)
on 27. August 2024, 18:50 by wenchang
Love it! spoiler alert! https://youtu.be/FLcLyAxdm4E
on 27. August 2024, 04:00 by Samish
Fresh logic, thanks :) I couldn't solve the example puzzle :O
on 26. August 2024, 02:10 by sfushidahardy
Amazing puzzle! The region geometry continued to surprise me.
on 25. August 2024, 22:31 by Nemefish
Appreciated a gentle opening but overall it was very challenging. I can't tell if I missed some steps or the intended steps were a bit of a reach beyond my skillset
on 25. August 2024, 03:19 by cam
Absolutely wonderful. Thanks :)
on 24. August 2024, 22:10 by rentalcustard
This is a tremendously satisfying puzzle!
on 24. August 2024, 21:55 by LehanLehan
Beautiful setting,thanks a lot,yttrio
on 24. August 2024, 19:16 by Glasgow
Very fun and interesting solve. Thanks yttrio, you’re a fantastic setter!
on 24. August 2024, 18:29 by marcmees
very nice. thanks
on 24. August 2024, 16:41 by madhupt
This is a lovely CC puzzle with a very interesting ruleset. The break-in is obvious but the difficulty but the logic post-50% stage is quite intricate and the solve thereafter is very satisfying. This is worthy of a CtC feature. Thanks for sharing.
on 24. August 2024, 15:43 by Franjo
Very nice CC, indeed, a great pleasure to solve it. Thank you so much for creating and sharing.
on 24. August 2024, 15:30 by wuc
This might be the beat cc puzzle I solved so far. Approachabe break in, fluent, constant difficulty. Great fun to play. Great setting thx.
on 24. August 2024, 05:43 by mathpesto
A lovely ruleset and all the stuff I enjoy about chaos constructions!
on 24. August 2024, 03:30 by cybers
I loved when my yellow and green regions ended up acting as I'd hoped they'd act! Great puzzle :)
on 24. August 2024, 02:31 by Calvinball
This one certainly warmed me up! Also feel free to hide if this is too much of a spoiler, but I still think the purple region was my favorite :P
