Minimalist art or more deranged scribbles?
(Published on 13. September 2024, 09:46 by bboom)
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 (easy puzzle to try out the anti-bishop/anti-knight rule)
- 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
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.
- German whisper line: Two cells connected by the green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Entropic line: Every 3 consecutive cells along the red line must contain a low digit (1,2,3), middle digit (4,5,6) and high digit (7,8,9).
- Thermometer: Numbers on the blue thermometer strictly increase as they move away from the bulb.
Solution code: Row 9 (9 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 11. October 2024, 19:36 by Jrosas
Really great puzzle. I started over several times. It is sad that someone rated this puzzle’s beauty so poorly that it is at 80%. I think it is a masterpiece of simplicity and elegance.
on 4. October 2024, 10:09 by bboom
Updated list
on 4. October 2024, 10:09 by bboom
Updated puzzle list
on 2. October 2024, 17:41 by itsid
you can rotate it all you want, we still can see the apple and snake in your minimalist art ;-)
Nice puzzle, but I must have sprained my brain 26 digits in I hit a wall and stared at it for much too long
on 22. September 2024, 22:35 by LeaVulpina
Great title, great puzzle! I might have missed some logic, 'cause I had to Goodliffe the grid, highlight candidates, and then go elimination-by-elimination. Patience rewarded!
on 21. September 2024, 17:46 by bboom
Updated puzzle list
on 14. September 2024, 14:22 by wacfwaef
Hard, clever and fun puzzle, thank you for making it
on 13. September 2024, 15:33 by pms_headache
I need to bifurcate to break in, but then it started to flow. Thx
