This was my entry for turn 1 of the first season of The Skunkworks League! The challenge was to make a puzzle where we couldn't change the placement of any of the lines in the grid, and we couldn't add anything other than givens inside the grid. I gave myself the additional challenge of having no outside clues, relying just on the ruleset I came up with, along with some well-placed givens, to solve the puzzle!
Rules:
Sudoku: Normal sudoku rules apply.
3-Whispers: Adjacent digits along a pink line must differ by at least 3.
Build-your-own split peas: The sum of the digits along a pink line will be a 2-digit number. Place a circle in a cell orthogonally adjacent to each end of the line such that one circle contains the tens digit of this sum, and the other circle contains the ones digit.
Each line has two distinct circles, each circle can only count for one line, and circles may not be placed on lines.
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Happy solving! Please leave a comment if you enjoyed, and check out some of my other puzzles!
This is the latest in a line of puzzles using the "Split Pea" variant. I always find this variant to be an absolute joy to set with, and if you enjoyed this puzzle and are looking for more, take a look at the puzzles in the table below this!
Puzzle Title | Collaborator | Variant(s) | Difficulty |
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Schrodinger's Split Peas | S-cells | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | |
Inner Peas | Yin/yang, hot/cold | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ | |
Peas and Quiet | German whispers | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ | |
We Come in Peas | Gene The Supreme | S-cells, Alien | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
Last Resort | sujoyku | Region sum lines | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
Chaotic Gardening, Pt. 1 | Chaos construction, mean mini | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ | |
Entro-Peas | sujoyku | Entropic lines | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Doublers Make Me Loop-Pea! | Doubler loop | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ | |
A Pea-ory of Everything | sujoyku | Many variants | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Mod Pods | gdc | Modular lines | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ |
I have, in addition, been blessed to see many creators take up the challenge of setting with these lines on their own, creating some incredibly beautiful puzzles! I will list in the following table as many as I can.
Puzzle Title | Author | Variant(s) | Difficulty |
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Give Peas a Chance | juggler | 6x6 | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
No RePEAts! | sujoyku | Disjoint set | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
Pea-chy Keen | Gene The Supreme | Renban | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Split Pea Loup | yttrio | Regional loop | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ |
Like Peas in a Quad | Scojo | Quadruple clues | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Goo Peashooter | Ridhwan | Renban (full-pea) | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Zip-Pea | sujoyku | Zipper | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
Grey Eyed Peas | Ridhwan | Ten lines (full-pea) | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Pea Soup | Oddlyeven | Fog, Kropki | ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ |
Solution code: The digits NOT on lines or in circles in row 9, from left to right.
on 18. October 2024, 17:11 by Franjo
Wonderful puzzle with some fresh logic. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this gem.
on 17. October 2024, 20:43 by Piatato
Delightful puzzle, thanks!
on 17. October 2024, 19:35 by Fool on Hill
Really enjoyable puzzle with some surprising logic - thanks for setting
Difficulty: | |
Rating: | 90 % |
Solved: | 13 times |
Observed: | 0 times |
ID: | 000KBI |