Pixie Stick
(Published on 25. January 2025, 01:26 by NotSoMagnifique)
Another excuse to use Lovely Whispers, this time for a small treat leading into Valentine's Day. Cheers!
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Lovely Whispers - digits along a pink Lovely Whisper line must differ in value from their neighbors on the line by at least 6.
- Kropki dots - digits separated by a white Kropki dot have a difference in value of 1; digits separated by a black Kropki dot have a value ratio of 1:2. No negative constraint.
- Even squares - digits on a gray square must be even.
- XV sums - digits separated by a X sum to 10; digits separated by a V sum to 5. No negative constraint.
- Entropic lines - each set of three digits along a peach entropic line must have a low digit (1, 2 or 3), a middle digit (4, 5 or 6), and a high digit (7, 8, or 9).
- Modular lines - each set of three digits along a teal modular line must have a digit from the set [1, 4, 7], the set [2, 5, 8], and a digit from the set [3, 6, 9].
By request, I'm including a colorblind version of this puzzle below. Cheers!
Sudokupad link with colorblind friendly colors.
Solution code: Row 7 digits
Comments
on 27. February 2025, 04:02 by NotSoMagnifique
Colorblind version added by request
on 25. February 2025, 00:55 by robbaker292
Could you make a colour-blind safe version of this, please? I cannot tell the difference between the teal and pink lines
>>>NSM here - I will work on that in the next few days, thank you for bringing it to my attention. Any recommendations for color choice?
For reference, the Lovely Whispers are the two diamonds in Boxes 3 and 7 and the "body" of the puzzle running from the top left down to the bottom right. The modular lines are [R1C4, R2C4, R3C5] and[R4C1, R4C2, R5C3]. The entropic lines are [R1C4, R2C5, R3C5], [R4C1, R5C2, R5C3], [R7C4, R7C5, R8C6, R9C6], and [R4C7, R5C7, R6C8, R6C9].
>>> RB292: Thanks, that's very much appreciated. The website colorbrewer has a good tool for choosing colourblind safe colours, so I'd recommend picking some from there.
>>>NSM here - added the colorblind version!
on 22. February 2025, 15:34 by matthew.v
Very fun and beautiful puzzle!
on 25. January 2025, 17:57 by sujoyku
I had already done this in testing. But now I solved it again and must say: It has not lost any of its magic. Such a comforting, smoothly unfolding solve path. Thank you for this beauty of a puzzle, Katie!
on 25. January 2025, 17:36 by anyeyeball
Fun puzzle and nice ruleset; This is the first Lovely Whispers puzzle I have done.
>>> NSM here - glad you liked it! 6-whispers (or Lovely Whispers or whatever you want to call them) are fun for me, especially for creating a sort of pseudo-entropy effect.
on 25. January 2025, 05:53 by Allagem
Pixie sticks are cute, enjoyable snacks in colorful wrapping. The puzzle name checks out :)
on 25. January 2025, 05:09 by therealsillypenguin
Fun solve! Love that despite having a fairly long ruleset, it was still easy to follow, and ultimately it made for quite a pretty puzzle!
on 25. January 2025, 01:42 by MattYDdraig
Lots of fun and managed to make what could have been a cluttered grid look very neat.
>>>NSM here - beauty and fun are what I aim for!
