Build Your Own Killer: High Pressure
(Eingestellt am 14. September 2022, 22:27 Uhr von Playmaker6174)
The following puzzle is the 3rd entry of my BYOK concept that I'd like to call
Red and Blue Prototype. This one also has what's certainly considered as one of the most intricate openings that I've ever done so far, but there are also plenty of engaging moments as well. Prepare yourself to experience the incredible power of arithmetic in this puzzle!
For previous entries of the concept, check out:
Criminal Mind
Moral Dilemmas
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply: every row, column and 3x3 box contains digits from 1 to 9 each once.
- A given one-cell cage is used to construct a real killer cage that starts from that cell and goes straight horizontally or vertically in the direction of the given arrow in it, the length of each cage is to be deduced (the limit one can reach to is the 9x9 grid borders). Once a cage is finished, digits within that cage sum to the small number written in that cage.
- There are two types of color: red and blue.
+ If a red cage has the length of N cell[s] then that red cage must contain digit N (which can be anywhere within the cage).
+ If a blue cage has the length of N cell[s] then that blue cage must not contain digit N.
Note: there can be some occasions where a cage is one cell long, and some cages can overlap each other regardless of their colors.
Some of the examples in the following image:
(+) For red cage, the 20 red cage can be 3 cells long or 4 cells long with configurations like in the image.
(+) For blue cage, the blue 8 cage can be only 1 cell long (contains only digit 8, which is possible), can be 2 cells but mustn't contain digit 2 in it.
The blue 10 cage can't be 1 cell long because 10 is not a single digit, and can't be 4 cells long because the only way it works is with 1+2+3+4 cage, but it contains a 4 and is a blue cage so it's not valid.
The blue 12 cage can only be 2 cells long or 3 cells long because of how close it is to the border.
Puzzle:
F-puzzle link
Sudokulab (alt. link)
Penpa plus (alt. link)
CTC app (alt. link)
Good luck and have fun solving!
Lösungscode: Column 3 (top to bottom) and the first two rows (left to right then top to bottom for each row) of box 2, 15 digits long with no space
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Kommentare
am 23. September 2022, 13:22 Uhr von Playmaker6174
Thank you all for the wonderful and lovely feedback! It was quite a struggle to get this puzzle work properly, considering I had to force changing some of the intended logic to make it satisfactory at the end, and I’m really glad to see the final product :)
am 21. September 2022, 11:51 Uhr von Piatato
Fantastic puzzle throughout — thanks for making this great masterpiece!
am 20. September 2022, 01:48 Uhr von twototenth
Absolutely amazing. My brain is too exhausted to muster anything more eloquent than that, but it was worth it.
am 19. September 2022, 02:43 Uhr von BHUNTER47
This was my 200th solve on Logic Masters Germany, and I can't think of a better puzzle to have for that milestone. Beautifully set!
am 16. September 2022, 20:23 Uhr von Jesper
Brilliant, thanks!
am 16. September 2022, 19:27 Uhr von Agent
Cool puzzle, very tricky start and smooth ending. Thanks!
am 16. September 2022, 15:19 Uhr von MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! Very nice clear but tight solution path. Difficulty hard 4 stars or easy five stars. Thanks Playmaker!
am 16. September 2022, 13:44 Uhr von lerroyy
Great puzzle! thanks
Zuletzt geändert am 15. September 2022, 16:22 Uhram 15. September 2022, 16:20 Uhr von marcmees
Some nice deductions with red squares to start but getting tougher near the end with the blue ones. loved it. thanks.
am 15. September 2022, 00:58 Uhr von ONeill
Very nice! I enjoy this ruleset a lot :)
am 14. September 2022, 23:03 Uhr von Vebby
Loved testing this, absolutely brilliant puzzle! Left me shaking my head in wonder in a few places. Best of the series so far imo.