Mace Windoku
(Published on 1. January 2025, 23:41 by MSDOS)
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This is my first windoku setting and I ended up learning a lot about their holistic properties during construction with a bit of research. Happy New Year, and I hope you enjoy!
Rules
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Extra Regions: Digits may not repeat in a marked (grey) 3x3 region. (they must contain each digit from 1-9)
Lightsabers: (Thermo-Renbans) Digits on a purple lightsaber (including the grey hilt) contain a set of consecutive digits that strictly increase from the hilt to the end.
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Solution code: Row 3 from left to right (9 digits).
Comments
on 13. January 2025, 22:12 by skuntsel
Great puzzle! It’s an easy solve if you’re aware of set properties (or ever did a windoku), otherwise it’s a frustrating pure bifurcation with no clear path ahead apart from a break-in. Nowadays it feels that you’re from a different planet if you’ve never seen a set-related break-in though.
on 8. January 2025, 01:10 by Nairurian
Interesting take but in no way is this a 2*, I’d say it’s in the range of 3*-4*
MSDOS: Totally agree, I'm glad that it's now ranked back up to at least a 3. I originally set it at 3, but it got ranked down to a 2-star by solvers. If you know the 2 main windoku properties, the solve is probably 2-star, but if you don't know them and feel like you have to bifurcate your way through, it's probably not that fun.
on 4. January 2025, 21:28 by WildEnte
This was very interesting. I usually don't struggle with 2 stars this much to get the break in, so I rated it at 3 stars. I'm happy that I prevailed staring at the puzzle for an hour or so before finding out what I needed to focus on, because the puzzle kept evolving beautifully!
on 2. January 2025, 17:19 by Virux
What a lovely puzzle. Amazing logic. Little links here and there just keeps you thinking all the way til the end. Thank you so much for such a wonderful time.
on 2. January 2025, 00:59 by ViKingPrime
I came for the pun and stayed for the logic. What a beautifully irreverent puzzle.
