Milestones
(Published on 5. October 2024, 19:14 by marty_sears)
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Divide the grid into grey and orange regions. A region is a group of orthogonally connected cells of the same colour. No 2x2 area may be all one colour. Two regions of the same colour may not touch diagonally.
- MILESTONES: A digit on a milestone cell indicates how many cells you have to travel in the indicated direction until you reach a cell of the opposite colour. Eg: if an orange milestone cell contains a 1 then the neighbouring cell in the direction of the arrow would be grey.
- DUTCH WHISPERS: Two orthogonally adjacent orange cells must have a difference of at least 4.
- REGION SIZE CLUES: A small clue indicates the number of cells in the region.
- BALANCED CAGES: In a cage, the sum of orange digits must equal the sum of grey digits. Digits MAY repeat in a cage if allowed by sudoku.
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Please leave a comment if you enjoy :)
Solution code: Grey digits in row 2 from left to right
Comments
on 25. February 2025, 15:57 by Asparagus
Nice touch putting the Dutch whisper on the Orange lines!
Yet another amazing gem in your back catalogue!
on 7. February 2025, 17:13 by virus_dave
Lovely puzzle! I figured out what the end was likely to look like about 2/3rds way through, but had to chug my way along to be sure :)
Congrats on hitting this! I think i'm up to 35-40 or so of them, and i intend to knock 'em all out if i can! Very enjoyable, each and every one.
on 25. October 2024, 22:38 by AsgarArn
Was hard, but so glad i stuck with it to the end, well constructed i would say actually a perfect puzzle!
You do construct amazing puzzles Marty! Thanks for them an I hope for many more.
on 15. October 2024, 15:47 by wuc
Great puzzle all along. Tricky, clever, fun. Thx for sharing.
on 14. October 2024, 12:15 by Agent
Wonderful puzzle, some pleasant surprises until the end!
on 12. October 2024, 00:54 by ViKingPrime
Here's to many more puzzles to come! Well done, Mr. Sears.
on 11. October 2024, 00:05 by masu33
Great construct as always, required new type of thinking sometimes. Fun all the way! Thank you!
on 7. October 2024, 22:56 by Elker
Another brilliant puzzle. Thanks for setting this and sharing these with us.
on 7. October 2024, 22:11 by Sotehr
Wonderful!
on 7. October 2024, 21:40 by softie
How awesome was that! One of my favorite puzzles for sure.
on 6. October 2024, 14:22 by davidemsa
Very good puzzle. There were some interesting dynamics between the different kinds of clues.
on 6. October 2024, 12:52 by mir85
Amazing puzzle, really fun to solve :D
on 6. October 2024, 10:15 by waffles_the_dog
Yay! The 28 was fun, but I found the 12 one much more interesting :D
on 6. October 2024, 03:29 by Alce
What an incredible puzzle! The 28 cell region can be intimidating at first, but soon you'll realize why this puzzle deserves a 100% rating.
