Crypto Japanese Slitherlink
(Eingestellt am 12. November 2022, 22:43 Uhr von KNT)
Clues outside the grid indicate the sums of connected groups of numbers in the respective row or column, in order, where empty cells serve as delimeters between groups.
The letters A to J replace the numbers from 0 to 9, and no two letters may replace the same number. A question mark can be any number from 0 to 9, and for all clues, none may have a leading zero.
A 1-6 example is provided:
Lösungscode: Row 4, Row 9, S for blackened cells
Kommentare
am 25. April 2024, 13:25 Uhr von zzw
Excellent! Love how surprisingly powerful the slitherlink rule is.
am 15. Januar 2024, 20:00 Uhr von Piatato
Awesome puzzle!
am 27. September 2023, 19:54 Uhr von Christounet
Superb puzzle, awesome combination of rules ! I'm a sucker for loop puzzles and this one did not disappoint ! Thanks :)
am 11. Februar 2023, 06:41 Uhr von Agent
Magnificent! The slitherlink variant did so much work. I've been sleeping on these for too long...
am 30. Dezember 2022, 08:31 Uhr von Xendari
naturally, I broke the puzzle twice, but I found the actual solve path really nice! very scary ending :P
am 4. Dezember 2022, 20:10 Uhr von Uhu
Wow, fantastic puzzle!
am 29. November 2022, 21:38 Uhr von filuta
this cave and Japanese combo feels so great, not too restrictive, but still very powerful at times, and the slitherlink adds even more depth and so much variability of the deductions, just amazing! very intuitive also, although the start and the end were hard for me.
I will wait with all the superlatives though until I try out more of this epic series :o)
am 24. November 2022, 20:49 Uhr von Phistomefel
What a wonderful way to spend the day. First I solved the example puzzle and I was immediately hooked, because it has such cool deductions. I also really appreciate that the ideas you showcased in the example puzzle played an important part in the actual puzzle, as well... only in a slightly more involved fashion. ;)
Really enjoyed the puzzle. Thank you so much for setting this beauty, KNT!
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This might sound strange, but I am actually extremely appreciative of your compliments towards the example puzzle. I intend for this series to go on for a while, and I hope new and old solvers can enjoy it long into the future. I'm trying to make the example puzzles for all of these with marginally high effort, and I'm glad I have confirmation that at least one of them is cool :)
And of course, I'm glad you enjoyed the real puzzle too :-)
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Out of curiosity: Did you first set the actual puzzle or the example puzzle? I am asking, because I usually set the example puzzle first to get a feel for the ruleset and re-use parts of it in the acual puzzle, and your example puzzle had a similar feel to it.
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Yeah, I do the same thing probably 90% of the time. Making the examples first help me actually learn some of the more basic interactions of the ruleset. However this puzzle in particular was directly inspired by ID=0004MM, so I sort of knew some deductions I wanted to include before I even began setting.
am 19. November 2022, 19:10 Uhr von marcmees
not a fan of slithers and not easy to get started. Glad I persisted. Incredible puzzle. thanks
am 15. November 2022, 10:05 Uhr von Vebby
Great logical path! Enjoyed it more and more as it progressed, really satisfying solve. Thanks KNT! :)
am 14. November 2022, 21:16 Uhr von Niverio
Such a breeze to solve, not difficult at any step, and never trivial either, just a fun joyful ride :)
am 14. November 2022, 16:29 Uhr von MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! Yet another impressive and creative combination!
am 13. November 2022, 14:50 Uhr von Myxo
Great puzzle!
am 13. November 2022, 14:37 Uhr von ibag
Very nice. And much easier than the other ones.
am 13. November 2022, 11:39 Uhr von Jesper
Loved it, thanks! Clever break-in that in retrospect seems obvious.
am 13. November 2022, 04:08 Uhr von ONeill
Very nice! The combination of puzzles felt natural and was very enjoyable :) Thanks!
