Heliopolix's Birthday Clean Up.
(Published on 28. September 2024, 21:55 by timotab)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply: place the digits 1 to 9 in every row, column, and box, once each.
- Shade some cells such that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected and no 2x2 area is fully shaded or unshaded.
- Digits cannot repeat in cages, and must sum to the value in the top left corner of the cage, if given.
- If a cage contains a diamond, that cage's total indicates how many cells of the same colour (shaded or unshaded) are seen orthogonally from the position of the cell marked with the diamond, including itself. The other colour blocks vision.
- Cells separated by a white dot are consecutive. Cells separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio
- All dots lie on the border between the shaded and unshaded regions.
Puzzles in this series
Solution code: Considering only digits shaded the same colour as row 1 column 3 for both of these columns, enter selected digits from Column 3, then selected digits from Column 8, top to bottom.
Comments
on 27. January 2025, 23:34 by The Book Wyrm
Nice minimal puzzle with some neat interactions making good use of both the cages and the kropkis. Good puzzle.
on 19. January 2025, 05:23 by Frank Puzzles
https://youtu.be/wjWIfsYtWXI
Here's my solve of your puzzle. It was a fun ruleset!
on 29. September 2024, 12:54 by DanishDynamite
Solved it but can't understand the code instructions. :(
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Enter the digits from column 3 and column 8 but only the digits that are shaded the same colour as r1c3
on 29. September 2024, 01:13 by timotab
Clarified solution code instructions.
on 28. September 2024, 23:39 by heliopolix
Thank you for such a wonderful present! This one was very fun the whole way through!
on 28. September 2024, 22:29 by arteful
i’ve solved it, CTC says my solution is correct, and i’ve double checked my shading, but the solution code i have seems to be wrong ?
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I have clarified the solution code instructions. Thank you!
