a year in the house of Tláloc
(Published on 20. November 2024, 19:10 by aqjhs)
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Cells one long jump apart may not contain the same digit. (A long jump, a.k.a camel move in fairy chess, is a move 3 cells in one direction and 1 cell in an orthogonal direction, for example cells r5c5 and r2c4.)
- Also, diagonally adjacent cells may not contain the same digit.
- Adjacent digits along a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Digits joined by a black dot are in 1:2 ratio, and digits joined by a white dot are consecutive. Not all possible dots are given.
Hint: (highlight below)
The anti-king + anti-camel combo has a symmetry of order three that doesn't appear in the anti-king + anti-knight combo. In this instance, this symmetry makes the exact same three boxes repeat all over the grid.See also:
Solution code: Column 4, top to bottom.
Comments
on 3. January 2025, 21:16 by aqjhs
updated link with anticamel conflict checker courtesy of gdc
on 10. December 2024, 04:44 by itsid
Wow, that was awesome... I had to look at the hint though I'm afraid;
and after I saw what that means to the puzzle I thought it'd be smooth surfing especially after I got the fives in. it was shattering to see that there is still another incline to crawl up.
Hehe enjoyed it a lot! thanks a ton
on 22. November 2024, 00:51 by loigor4
Idea after idea after idea. Ridiculously beautiful.
on 21. November 2024, 12:14 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Thank you
on 21. November 2024, 04:55 by askaksaksask
The symmetry induced by the anti-camel-anti-knight interaction is truly magnificent. You've discovered a beautiful pattern. That said, this was very hard. The logic needed to start placing digits was far from immediate...however, quite beautiful once cracked.
on 21. November 2024, 02:43 by bansalsaab
That was hard. I couldnt easily find a way to disambiguate high/low so I had to use bifurcation in the end.
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did you use the thing with the boxes?
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After i bifurcated and solved i thought there was a logic but couldnt put my finger on it.
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i'll expand on the hint
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All good. Loved the puzzle anyways
