Dynamic Dots
(Published on 7. March 2022, 11:56 by Niverio)
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- There are grey dots scattered around the grid. The grey dots represent one of the following 4 constraints:
- White Dot
- Black Dot
- A V Clue
- A X Clue
Which dots represent which constraint must be deduced by the solver.
- If a cell is connected to different cells via multiple grey dots, each such grey dot must have a different property in terms of which constraint it represents.
- Every single grey dot represents exactly one constraint. (Example: 2 and 3 cannot be connected via a grey dot, since the grey dot would be a valid white dot and a valid V clue.)
- There are no negative constraints. If two cells have no grey dot between them, you know nothing about their relationship.
Detailed constraint explanations:
- White Dot: Two cells connected by a white dot must be consecutive.
- Black Dot: Two cells connected by a black dot must have a ratio of 1:2.
- V: Two cells connected by a V must sum to 5.
- X: Two cells connected by a X must sum to 10.
Puzzle Links: Play on F-Puzzles or play on the Cracking the Cryptic Software. Or you can solve in Penpa with a Kropki XV cheatsheet, thank you henrypijames for this one!
Solution code: First Row 8, then Column 7 (No commas or spaces, 18 digits)
Comments
on 22. August 2024, 01:26 by Playmaker6174
What a super weird and neat puzzle, especially in the later half, the part around row 3 and row 4 gave me the longest sigh there xd
on 28. April 2022, 11:42 by Christounet
Lovely puzzle. Very dynamic indeed !
on 3. April 2022, 01:20 by twototenth
Excellent work! A worthy successor to Dynamic Duos.
on 8. March 2022, 21:30 by Niverio
Added Penpa link, thanks to Henrypijames!
on 8. March 2022, 19:53 by kolot
Very beautiful and satisfying puzzle.
on 8. March 2022, 16:29 by PrimeWeasel
Read the rules before you start PrimeWeasel. Lessen learned. Exquisite solve! Highly recommended
on 8. March 2022, 12:20 by henrypijames
The link doesn't work because is.gd has overzealous DoS protection:
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What happened?
This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
Penpa+ with Kropki-XV cheatsheet: https://tinyurl.com/yboazul4
on 8. March 2022, 05:57 by mith
Quite a puzzle, Niverio!
on 8. March 2022, 02:34 by tallcat
This one really clicked with me once I got going. The logic felt very intuitive. Wonderfully constructed!! Thanks a lot :)
on 7. March 2022, 23:09 by Piatato
Very nice puzzle, and much saner than it's twin, haha! Felt more like a 3.5-4 star puzzle to me, the rules were very intuitive and the solve path felt nice and smooth.
on 7. March 2022, 19:26 by Bankey
What a top-class puzzle ! Needs total attention, but well worth the effort. Thanks for setting, @ Niverio :)
on 7. March 2022, 18:38 by the_cogito
Niverio, you've outdone yourself. The puzzle flowed very well for me. One of the best 5/5s I've solved, and overall extremely rewarding. Bravo! :)
on 7. March 2022, 16:41 by riffclown
Incredible but totally mind melting. Quite the worthy successor to Dynamic Duos
on 7. March 2022, 14:56 by grkles
Wow. Just...... wow.
