Equilibrium
(Published on 4. September 2024, 02:18 by SneakySteve)
This puzzle has been featured on Cracking the Cryptic
Equilibrium
This puzzle combines both the hot and cold arrows rules. To familiarize yourself with these rules, try out the 6x6 puzzles Rising Heat, and Cold Snap.
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place every digit from 1 to 9, once each, into every row, column, and 3x3 region.
- Hot arrows: An orange arrow points toward a cell N distance away that has a value greater than N, where N is the digit in the arrow's cell. (For example, if r1c2 is 5, then r6c2 is greater than 5.)
- Cold arrows: A blue arrow points toward a cell N distance away that has a value less than N, where N is the digit in the arrow's cell. (For example, if r9c8 is 5, then r4c8 is less than 5.)
- Diagonal: Digits may not repeat along the blue diagonal.
Solve using Sudokupad
Enjoy!
Solution code: Row 1 digits, from left to right
Comments
on 27. September 2024, 23:53 by MattYDdraig
A perfect marriage of the hot and cold arrows clues.
on 23. September 2024, 23:43 by wuc
Agree with 3 stars. Fun puzzle. Hard to keep track of all clues. Great fun thx.
on 23. September 2024, 01:50 by SneakySteve
UPDATE: Added CtC video link
on 4. September 2024, 18:11 by SneakySteve
I was wavering between 2-3 stars for difficulty when I published it, and decided to go with the lower. Per the multiple comments below, I'm editing to make it show as 3 stars (though once it has been rated a few more times, the difficulty will be set by the solvers rather than myself).
on 4. September 2024, 17:27 by oskode
I agree with the difficulty rating being too low, but a fantastic puzzle either way!
on 4. September 2024, 15:39 by marcmees
Nice. thanks (+3*?)
on 4. September 2024, 13:53 by pms_headache
Harder than 2-star for me, but very satisfying once it came together.
on 4. September 2024, 05:32 by Decapod
I initially didn't know how to start with this ruleset, but it all came together nicely. Great setting!
