Strange Orb
(Published on 15. February 2025, 04:53 by Andrewsarchus)
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- Lockout Lines: Digits on blue lines cannot be between or equal to the digits in the diamonds at the ends of the line segment. The digits in the diamonds at the ends of a line must differ by at least 4. A diamond terminates a line segment.
- Renban Lines: Digits on a purple line form a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
- Numbered Rooms: Clues outside of the grid indicate the digit which occurs in the Nth cell in the indicated row/column seen from the clue's side of the grid, where N is the digit in the first cell seen by the clue.
Play Online:
sudokupad: Strange Orb
Solution code: Row 5 left to right
Comments
on 16. February 2025, 21:50 by WildEnte
This was hard (for me), I liked that the level of difficulty was rather constant. This was really beautiful - also how subtle the symmetry is broken is very very nice!
on 16. February 2025, 00:57 by riffclown
Stellar Setting! Definitely had me worried at first with me having flashbacks from Strange Loop.
on 15. February 2025, 23:22 by 10feet
The interactions were interesting and fresh. Thanks!
on 15. February 2025, 21:01 by tallcat
Much more approachable than Strange Loop (which still gives me nightmares)
on 15. February 2025, 05:11 by glum_hippo
Strange indeed, but also very alluring. Thanks for this neat little puzzle. I’m not sure I’ll ever get accustomed to lock out lines but they can still be fun
