Grundriss
(Published on 30. November 2024, 17:52 by Myxo)
This should be an approachable introduction to Latin Square Jam, a concept inspired by a recent wichtel puzzle. Enjoy!
Rules:
Latin Square Jam: Divide the grid into square-shaped regions. Fill each region of size NxN with the numbers 1-N, such that no number repeats in any row or column of the region. Same numbers cannot touch orthogonally, even across region borders.
Additionally, the following standard constraints apply:
Arrows: Numbers along an arrow must sum to the number in the attached circle.
Thermometer: Numbers along grey thermometers must form a strictly increasing sequence, starting from the bulb end.
Renban: Numbers along pink lines form a non-repeating consecutive sequence in any order.
Solution code: row 6
Comments
on 4. February 2025, 08:35 by Xendari
great construction! the constraints felt so weak at first, but the path was lovely once I found it ;)
on 5. January 2025, 10:10 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 47:07
I rated this 3/5 difficulty.
This puzzle was very nice and a very interesting surprise! I thought the break-in logic for finding the first several box borders was great, and I really enjoyed how every trick/deduction that I discovered propagated across the grid for finding other boxes. Everything felt very well paced. The use of the clues to determine max square sizes was very clever, and something totally new to me. The break in felt maybe 3/5 difficulty for me.
The midgame was very interesting as well, and the final stages of placing the boxes became more intuitive and slightly easier as I worked my way through the puzzle. It was very nice how I was able to place every box border while only doing the 'mini-puzzles' on the first few boxes I deduced. This whole phase until the end of the solve felt between 2-3/5 difficulty for me. The final stages of just solving the mini-puzzles was expectedly easier, and was 1/5 difficulty - but this was fully expected and really didn't seem to be the 'point' of this puzzle.
Overall great puzzle! Really cool and creative idea for a puzzle, and fairly approachable for an intermediate (or higher) solver. This puzzle was not at all what I was expecting, but in a good way! The solve was a great experience all around. Thanks for sharing!
on 1. January 2025, 00:31 by swtyree
Really delightful puzzle!
on 30. December 2024, 13:22 by oklux
I had so much fun building each square one by one. Loved it!
on 29. December 2024, 20:52 by Vedvart
Awesome puzzle! Really interesting to see the logic along the edges, I wonder how constraining that really is.
on 29. December 2024, 00:45 by SudokuHero
Absolutely stunning. I loved it.
on 22. December 2024, 16:15 by skuntsel
Fantastic puzzle with many unexpected turns! And just when you think that there is ambiguity you seem to find the rewarding logic to carry on with the right move. It’s really not straightforward to believe that this setting yields unique solution. Thanks for setting this up, Myxo!
on 21. December 2024, 19:04 by egubachu
This was such a fun puzzle! Thank you so much for setting it! I enjoyed this a lot!
on 18. December 2024, 22:39 by MaizeGator
My first latin square jam! Interesting genre and great setting getting the numbers to bounce around like they did
on 14. December 2024, 07:39 by LukeGiglio
I absolutely adored this puzzle, thanks for sharing
on 3. December 2024, 21:40 by Jensa
I was quite bewildered at first, but it turned out to be absolutely wonderful. One of the very best I've solved, for sure.
on 2. December 2024, 18:27 by Franjo
As Mark and Simon would say: this is a weird puzzle! Very unusual and very interesting, too. Thank you very much for creating and sharing this masterpiece.
on 2. December 2024, 14:24 by MagnusJosefsson
Very fun puzzle!
on 2. December 2024, 10:09 by Snookerfan
Great fun! Thank you
on 2. December 2024, 09:53 by Jesper
Cool puzzle, flowed well!
on 1. December 2024, 21:01 by ONeill
that was fun :)
on 1. December 2024, 20:37 by Christounet
Strange and funny puzzle! Will check out that wichtel. Thanks :)
