Vacancy Chain
(Published on 25. September 2024, 05:24 by juggler)
1.
Crab Walk
2. Vacancy Chain
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each hermit crab has grown too big for its shell, and must leave it behind and move into a vacant shell with a larger digit (possibly one vacated by another crab). Crabs paths move orthogonally, can't enter the same cell more than once, and can't cross piles of rocks.
Adjacent digits on a path differ by at least 5.
2. Vacancy Chain
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Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each hermit crab has grown too big for its shell, and must leave it behind and move into a vacant shell with a larger digit (possibly one vacated by another crab). Crabs paths move orthogonally, can't enter the same cell more than once, and can't cross piles of rocks.
Adjacent digits on a path differ by at least 5.
Solution code: Digits in row 7 on the path
Last changed on on 3. October 2024, 22:44
Solved by arteful, Fool on Hill, PkmnQ, Lakritze, Piff, MattYDdraig, SKORP17, WarriorKitten, Brodie2000, Kallor, Jagga, tuoni2, trashghost, OJPS, appletrapezoid, Tiffanatisk, mercierus, vorash00, widjo, Zeddecks, lmdemasi, Nell Gwyn, Sotehr, spaanse
Comments
on 25. September 2024, 22:20 by Fool on Hill
This was a fun solve - not so hard if you know some things about the ruleset, or work them out. The final grid has a special quality too, which I noticed by accident - it is quite an achievement to do that thing with a puzzle this good.
on 25. September 2024, 12:48 by MattYDdraig
More crabtastic goodness. Beautiful puzzle.
