Kropki Chocona
(Published on 24. September 2021, 17:34 by PixelPlucker)
This is a Chocona puzzle with an added Kropki constraint, and the restriction that each bold region must contain at least one shaded cell.
- Each bold region contains at least one shaded cell.
- Each orthogonally connected area of shaded cells is a rectangle.
- A black dot between two adjacent regions indicates that their numbers of shaded cells are in a 2:1 ratio.
- A white dot between two adjacent regions indicates that their numbers of shaded cells are consecutive. (A region with one shaded cell next to a region with two shaded cells may be marked with either dot.)
- All possible dots are given. That is, if there is no dot between two adjacent regions, neither of the above properties holds.
You can try this puzzle online using Penpa+. The same puzzle can be played in portrait orientation here. Enjoy!
Solution code: For each row from top to bottom, enter the length of the longest continuous run of unshaded cells.
(In portrait mode, work through the columns from right to left.)
Comments
on 6. November 2024, 16:58 by QuiltyAsCharged
Mmm, chocolate. This puzzle was a treat! Here's the SudokuPad version from the CTC video: https://sudokupad.app/JRNmQMgrQ9
on 25. October 2024, 15:19 by konklone
Glad Mark brought this one back up or I never would have found it! Great fun =)
on 29. November 2021, 13:11 by Vebby
Great fun!
**Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
on 3. November 2021, 10:40 by nordloc
That was a lot of fun to solve.
**Thanks for solving! Glad you enjoyed.
on 12. October 2021, 19:03 by Phistomefel
My chocolate bar turned out to be grey and green, but very tasty nontheless. ;)
Thank you very much PixelPlucker, that puzzle was a lot of fun.
**Haha, err, I guess green and grey are sort of minty colours? ;) Thanks for solving, glad you liked it!
on 9. October 2021, 18:37 by SudokuExplorer
Very enjoyable concept, thanks! :-)
**Thanks for solving! Glad you enjoyed :)
on 3. October 2021, 08:48 by BenceJoful
This very quickly went from "where do I even start?" to a series of "oh wow, that's clever"s. Thank you!
on 25. September 2021, 13:03 by Jesper
Delicious!
**Thanks Jesper! Glad you enjoyed.
on 25. September 2021, 10:17 by Mark Sweep
Very nice logic throughout!
**Thank you, Mark! :)
