Square Wheel
(Published on 6. July 2021, 07:00 by twototenth)
This puzzle is a bit of a tribute to the Sudoku that really got me started down the path of creating puzzles, Square Killer by Christoph Seeliger. Given how much I loved that puzzle, I thought I'd try one with (almost) the same ruleset.
Normal Sudoku rules apply. The digits in each cage and along each diagonal indicated by an arrow outside the grid must sum to a perfect square. Digits may not repeat within cages, but may repeat along diagonals if allowed by other rules.
F-puzzles link: Link to solve online
Any feedback would be appreciated! Also, if anyone can translate the specialized rules into German, I will add them to the puzzle.
Solution code: Column 1 followed by column 3, no spaces
Comments
on 26. July 2021, 15:47 by twototenth
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on 23. July 2021, 19:12 by PixelPlucker
Lovely puzzle with lots of fun killer logic!
on 17. July 2021, 14:06 by 5Head
This is such a nice puzzle for people wanting to solve something that is hard. It has such a consistant difficulty which i really adore. Thank you for setting this.
on 7. July 2021, 00:08 by twototenth
German translation of rules added courtesy of sandini. Thanks for the kind comments so far, everyone!
on 6. July 2021, 19:33 by Ragna
What a wonderful puzzle!
Thank you. :-))
on 6. July 2021, 15:26 by Lozzo
Haven't been solving for long but this is definitely my favourite up to now, great challenge for somebody of my level. Thank you!
on 6. July 2021, 13:17 by sandini
Kind start and very nice ideas along the solution path! At some point I had to bifurcate for some steps, but I think there is also a direct way I didn't spot.
[German translation of the rules:
Dies ist ein Tribut an das Rätsel "Square Killer" von Christoph Seeliger, das mich zum Erstellen von Sudokus motiviert hat. Weil ich dieses Rätsel sehr mag, habe ich ein eigenes mit (fast) denselben Regeln versucht.
Es gelten normale Sudokuregeln. Die Zahlen in jeder gestrichelten Region und entlang jeder mit einem Pfeil markierten Diagonale müssen eine Quadratzahl ergeben. Zahlen dürfen sich in den Regionen nicht wiederholen, aber entlang der Diagonalen, falls die anderen Regeln dies zulassen.]
on 6. July 2021, 08:43 by timp1343
One of my favourite puzzles so far, thank you for the great puzzle!
