California Mountain Snake (Yin Yang Sudoku)
(Published on 9. October 2022, 13:58 by Video Floral)
This puzzle is available online via F-Puzzles
RULES:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Normal Yin Yang rules apply. That is, shade some cells in the grid such that all shaded cells are connected and all unshaded cells are connected. No 2x2 box may be fully shaded or fully unshaded.
- Along the red line, each run of cells with the same shading contains a non-repeating set of consecutive digits in any order.
- Along the red line, digits in each pair of adjacent cells with different shading must differ by at least 5.
- The grey cell is shaded.
Solution code: Row 5 (from left to right), then column 5 (from top to bottom)
Comments
on 17. January 2023, 19:33 by KNT
really fun puzzle, thanks1
on 17. November 2022, 11:18 by Christounet
A very interesting take on Agent's ruleset ! The logic involved is a real treat. Thanks.
on 11. October 2022, 05:08 by Agent
Great puzzle! It was interesting to discover your take on the ruleset, with some fresh bits of novel and interesting logic. Thanks!
on 10. October 2022, 19:40 by marcmees
Solves like magic. Enjoyed that. Thanks.
on 10. October 2022, 12:56 by Dandelo
Very nice. The combination of rules seems to be very natural.
on 10. October 2022, 02:28 by kjholt
I added this to Penpa for my own purposes and figured others might appreciate the link: https://tinyurl.com/2fe48pgs. Edit: I added answer check at this URL but haven't used that feature so I can't guarantee it works: https://tinyurl.com/2mrsqgvo.
