Rainbow Springs
(Eingestellt am 1. August 2022, 10:02 Uhr von Bremster)
However, the concepts of building your own regions is daunting and I wanted to make a puzzle that would allow people to explore this concept in a more welcoming way. A lot of solvers have commented to me that Chaos Construction puzzles are too intimidating for them, so this puzzle is designed to be something where they can explore building regions is a more gentle way.
(This has been added after many MANY messages that this puzzle is not a chaos construction puzzle because what I did to help people explore region building was "BAD" and "You can't do that")
Welcome to Rainbow Springs.
Puzzle Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply.
- The digits 1 to 9 must appear once in every row, column, and region. Regions are to be determined by the solver, and must be a set of nine orthogonally connected cells.
- Digits in cages must sum to the number in the top left corner of the cage. Digits can not repeat within cages.
- Each cage must be fully contained within a single region.
Solve in SudokuPad WebApp
Solution checking will work with this grid.
Solve Video
If you are after any assistance with the puzzle, or would just like to see the puzzle creator go through their own puzzle, I have created a solve video where you can go and watch me run through this puzzle.
Solve video on YouTubeNote: the video is in English.
People who do not want any help should just ignore the video.
Lösungscode: Enter the digits in the regions incorporating r3c3 and r7c7, reading left to right in row order. (18 digits, no spaces or punctuation)
Kommentare
am 30. August 2022, 05:24 Uhr von tallcat
Excellent introduction to chaos construction and region building. Enjoyed immensely.
am 27. August 2022, 22:01 Uhr von twototenth
Delightful puzzle, definitely an excellent approachable introduction to region building!
am 18. August 2022, 18:47 Uhr von kikanya
I don't mean to call anyone out, but saying this isn't a chaos construction because the grid is fillable without finding all the regions first does remind me of elitism.
Nice puzzle and thank you for setting
am 12. August 2022, 22:26 Uhr von Jakhob
Really enjoyed this one. The way the killer cages interacted without the use of given boxes was something super cool that we hadn't really seen in any of the previous killers/killer type puzzles we've solved in the past. This puzzle was honestly just super fun to solve from start to finish!
am 5. August 2022, 00:38 Uhr von Bremster
Removed Chaos Construction tag as too many people told me this wasn't a Chaos Construction puzzle and it's not worth the argument.
am 5. August 2022, 00:14 Uhr von virtual
Very fun combination of killer cage logic and chaos construction.
am 4. August 2022, 14:32 Uhr von FullDeck-Missing
We have always just clicked on past chaos construction puzzles but your introductory description encouraged us to try this one and it lived up to its promise! We enjoyed it very much and appreciated that the region disambiguation was helpful at the start but that the puzzle didn't rely solely on that for the solve path. It allowed us to learn a bit more about region disambiguation by bootstrapping up from solving techniques that are more familiar. We'll be less afraid of chaos construction in the future, though we are still unsure that we're willing to tackle setting one! Thank you for this gentle introduction to the genre. -- FullDeck and Missing a Few Cards
am 3. August 2022, 20:27 Uhr von wenchang
https://youtu.be/VjoJxhu8b18
NICE!
am 1. August 2022, 19:19 Uhr von Franjo
I agree, love all that CC-stuff but most of them are very hard to solve. So I really enjoyed this one! Thank you for setting.
am 1. August 2022, 19:08 Uhr von britboy3456
Interesting, I was definitely expecting that finding the regions would play a more significant role in the solution. Fun puzzle anyway, regardless of how chaotic or not it is!
am 1. August 2022, 14:31 Uhr von Bremster
Added solve video for people who might want it.
am 1. August 2022, 11:05 Uhr von cdwg2000
Very smooth problem solving, thank you!
