Chaotic Caverns
(Published on 30. December 2022, 22:35 by randall)
Chaotic Caverns
My second CC. I was playing around with the idea that a cell value could specify the total number of cells visible by line-of-sight up to region borders, and a tester pointed out that these are "cave" rules - but, to be clear, this is not a cave puzzle. References to "cave" rules, mean line-of-sight within a region, only!
Rules
Summary: Chaos Construction / snake, Cave logic (negative constraint), Killer.
- 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.
- Each region is a 9x1 snake that does not branch, and does not touch itself orthogonally.
- Marked cells show valid cave clues within a region:
- The number in the cell is the total number of cells (including itself) that are within clear line-of-sight to a region border.
- Clues of the same color/letter are in the same region.
- Cave clues can 'see' past other cave clues.
- All cave clues are given.
- Killer cages: Digits cannot repeat within a cage, and must sum to the total given in the top-left corner.
Puzzle Link
SudokuPad: https://tinyurl.com/2hbcturu
Solution code: Row 6, Column 6, no spaces or punctuation.
Comments
on 11. January 2023, 15:57 by codewizard
A very pleasant solve. The small negative constraint was nice and helpful :)
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I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
on 2. January 2023, 23:28 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice fun and smooth puzzle!
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
on 31. December 2022, 06:04 by XeonRisq
Nice follow up to your first CC puzzle. Keep up the great work!
on 31. December 2022, 01:08 by OutOfMyMindBRB
Intricate puzzle - a joy to solve - thanks :-)
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thank you so much for the kind words! Really glad you enjoyed it.
