Entropic Tree
(Published on 12. October 2022, 17:48 by Dathan)
This is my third puzzle, Entropic Tree. It should be a quite straightforward and easy one!
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Kropki: Digits seperated by a white dot must be consecutive.
- Thermo: Digits on a thermometer must increase from the bulb end.
- Entropic tree: The line is an entropic tree. R9C5 is the root cell of this tree. Any set of three sequential cells along the entropic tree, moving away from the root cell, must contain a low digit (1-3), a middle digit (4-6), and a high digit (7-9).
Please note that when the tree branches, into two for example, both branches continue the entropic pattern in the same way. That means the Nth cell on both branches contain a digit from the same group.
Solve it on f-puzzles | Solve it on CTC (Includes solution)
Solution code: Row 4 and row 6 from left to right (No spaces)
Comments
on 6. March 2024, 05:01 by cozoq
What a fantastic puzzle! Wonderful flow and greatly enjoyable. Took about 26 minutes.
on 6. December 2023, 12:43 by One Eyed Man
One of the most enjoyable puzzles I have ever solved. Thanks for sharing.
on 17. September 2023, 12:59 by oceansellaven
Fun colouring puzzle! Very smooth breakdown of digits!
on 29. August 2023, 13:40 by alzika
thank you
on 25. February 2023, 00:34 by suessersenf
My fastest solve so far :D Yay! (I'm still quite new to these puzzles) somehow i got 7s and 8s mixed up along the way and didnt get the correct solution at first but just needed to flip them around and it was correct.
on 8. January 2023, 09:50 by theaaronbomb
This was fun!
on 31. December 2022, 01:01 by RussKozerski
Thank you. Very nice for only your third puzzle. I hope you enjoy making them as much as we do solving them.
on 28. December 2022, 02:19 by ache
:3
on 5. December 2022, 11:13 by Dathan
Thanks chain.reader and yeah I know!
on 12. November 2022, 22:02 by chain.reader
Nice!
PS. for future referense: solution code includes x number of spaces where x is the last digit of Pi.
(Yes that's a joke, any sane website filter for text-inputs like this one purges non needed stuff, ie. here: whitespace.)
on 29. October 2022, 19:32 by Dathan
Thanks digital_lighting!
on 29. October 2022, 19:08 by digital_lighting
This is a very approachable puzzle! I loved it! I also thought that I had broken the puzzle, but it does indeed have a unique solution.
on 26. October 2022, 13:18 by Dathan
Thank you craig9!
on 26. October 2022, 04:03 by craig9
Excellent puzzle. I thought I had broken it near the end, but then saw a clue and finished it :-) Thank you for sharing it.
on 24. October 2022, 11:16 by Dathan
Thanks Nicholas Roberts! :)
on 23. October 2022, 16:06 by Nicholas Roberts
Charming puzzle. For one moment I thought I'd got stuck on a deadly pattern but very nice last minute reprieve.
Thanks for the puzzle!
on 19. October 2022, 19:27 by Dathan
Thanks robbaker292!
on 19. October 2022, 19:23 by robbaker292
Very enjoyable puzzle with a clever rulset. Break-in was good
on 15. October 2022, 09:47 by Dathan
Thanks larmoejr!
on 15. October 2022, 07:51 by larmoejr
Entropy is a cool ruleset and I feel this is a great example to introduce people to it. I had lots of for solving this.
on 13. October 2022, 18:29 by Dathan
Thank you KrisRix! :) Good choice
on 13. October 2022, 18:07 by KrisRix
Such an aesthetically pleasing puzzle with the tree and little ornaments hanging from it, I almost didn't want to solve it! (But I did, and it was quite fun.)
on 13. October 2022, 08:58 by Dathan
Thank you sacklunch! :)
on 13. October 2022, 08:05 by sacklunch
Great puzzle, thanks! Lovely deductions throughout :)
on 12. October 2022, 22:53 by Dathan
Thanks asp1310! But I don't think that's correct. If you start with R7C4 as the root cell for example, on the main 'trunk' in column 5, R4C5 and R6C5 would be in the same group (2 cells apart), but if you start at the actual root cell, cells on the line in column 5 that are in the same group are 3 cells apart.
So at least starting on one of the branches leads to different patterns. Anywhere on the main trunk is probably fine yeah. :)
on 12. October 2022, 22:48 by asp1310
Great puzzle! But just to note, you do not need to start at the bottom - any square can be the starting square and the branching entropy pattern would still get the same result (though I do understand it being thematic here).
on 12. October 2022, 21:53 by Dathan
Thank you NIGHTCRAULER and welcome!
on 12. October 2022, 21:52 by NIGHTCRAULER
My first puzzle on this site, liked how intuitive it was to get started :)
on 12. October 2022, 21:18 by Dathan
Thanks sujoyku! :) I messed that up a bit too while testing haha.
on 12. October 2022, 21:14 by sujoyku
For me the hard part was not to mess up the entropy levels at the branching. The break-in felt very intuitive and the solve was quite enjoyable. Thank you for the nice puzzle, Dathan!
on 12. October 2022, 19:21 by Dathan
Thank you OutOfMyMindBRB!
on 12. October 2022, 19:20 by OutOfMyMindBRB
Flowing, approachable and quite satisfying! - thank you :-)
