Paradigm Shift (S-Cell Japanese Sums Cipher)
(Eingestellt am 7. März 2023, 09:00 Uhr von Agent)
Als Fortsetzung meines vorherigen japanischen Summenrätsels dachte ich, es wäre interessant, etwas mit Schrödinger-Zellen auszuprobieren, d. h. Zellen, die mehr als eine Ziffer enthalten. Ich denke, der Regelsatz dieses Puzzles wird als gute Einführung für eine wahrscheinliche Fortsetzung von S-Zellen Japanische Summen dienen. Viel Spaß beim Lösen! Und lassen Sie sich nicht von der Fülle an S-Zellen einschüchtern, ich denke, das Puzzle ist schwierig, aber nicht monströs.
Regeln
- Schattieren Sie einige Zellen im Raster. Platzieren Sie in nicht schattierten Zellen die Ziffern 1 bis 9 genau einmal in jeder Zeile und jeder Spalte. Schattierte Zellen enthalten keine Ziffern.
- Japanische Summen: Hinweise außerhalb des Rasters zeigen die Summe der Ziffern in jeder zusammenhängenden Folge nicht schattierter Zellen in der entsprechenden Zeile oder Spalte an. Für eine bestimmte Zeile oder Spalte werden entweder alle Hinweise oder keine Hinweise gegeben.
- Krypto: Jeder Buchstabe steht für eine andere Ziffer von 0 bis 9, aber alle Vorkommen desselben Buchstabens stehen für dieselbe Ziffer. "?" steht für eine beliebige Ziffer von 0 bis 9, aber bei einer zweistelligen Zahl darf die erste Ziffer nicht 0 sein.
- S-Zellen: Jede Zeile und Spalte kann eine beliebige Anzahl von S-Zellen enthalten, die zwei Ziffern statt einer enthalten. Der arithmetische Wert einer S-Zelle ist die Summe der beiden Ziffern.
Haupträtsel: Paradigmenwechsel (9x9)
Lösungscode: Zeile 1 (von links nach rechts) dann Zeile 3 (von links nach rechts). Verwenden Sie X für schattierte Zellen. Geben Sie für S-Zellen die beiden Ziffern in aufsteigender Reihenfolge ein.
Kommentare
am 26. Mai 2024, 20:02 Uhr von StephenR
Another masterclass from Agent, excellent stuff. And thanks to Agent who pointed me in the right direction when I broke the puzzle some way into it.
am 21. Mai 2024, 22:57 Uhr von Christounet
Great stuff ! A condensé of fun deductions, once you accept the fact Agent has absolutely no respect for your "expected" japanese sum geometry ;)
Thanks :)
am 21. Mai 2024, 10:03 Uhr von Piatato
Excellent! I remember that I failed this quite miserably a year ago, yet this time around it felt surprisingly smooth and fun. I guess practice helps. :)
am 18. Oktober 2023, 13:30 Uhr von Snookerfan
Great puzzle and great setting! Thank you
am 16. August 2023, 08:57 Uhr von madhupt
This is a fascinating puzzle! What a setting, as usual from @Agent! It was really difficult for me. But keeping track of S-cells and determining which need to be S-cell and non S-cells very slowly revealed the extremely narrow solve path. The puzzle did not give in till the very end. This is so satisfying. Thanks a lot for sharing.
am 13. März 2023, 04:02 Uhr von RJBlarmo
Nice introduction, looking forward to the sequel!
-- Thanks RJBlarmo, glad you liked this intro to the concept!
am 10. März 2023, 15:24 Uhr von AnnaTh
I love puzzles (like this one) where I don't know how to get started and then slowly one cipher after the other magically appears. Fantastic puzzle!
-- Thanks AnnaTh for the kind words!
am 9. März 2023, 19:37 Uhr von KNT
@Maizegator I had a similar issue, but what I ended up doing was having 3 different colors for filled cells- one for not S-cell, one for S-cell, and a third for not yet determined. I hope this notation will hold up for the sequel, too :-)
am 9. März 2023, 17:44 Uhr von MaizeGator
I loved this puzzle. The possibility of S-cells really played with my brain and the usual "secrets" of japanese sums. Can't wait for the sequel!
The hardest part for me was adjusting my notation/keeping track of when an s-cell was "solved" vs. a normal cell being pencil-marked for 2 candidates with center marks (but, I haven't done many S-cell puzzles, maybe there is a better way to do this)
-- Thanks MaizeGator, really glad you enjoyed it! About the notation I did the same thing as KNT, i.e. a third colour for cells that could either be S-Cells or regular unshaded cells. I think it would help a lot for the sequel as well :)
am 8. März 2023, 21:19 Uhr von KNT
mortified for the sequel. i found this brutal
(to clarify, i agree the logical steps are not that mentally taxing, but the scanning is out of this world hard, at least for me)
-- Well, the sequel will likely be even harder... (Maybe not in terms of scanning, though.)
am 7. März 2023, 23:56 Uhr von kjholt
I reached a deadly pattern literally right at the end and can't figure out what clue I messed up. It seems like everything fits correctly but I'm certain I missed something. Anybody willing to take a look over discord or something similar?
-- Hi kjholt, you may contact me on Discord: Agent#2896.
am 7. März 2023, 15:11 Uhr von PixelPlucker
Moderately challenging and nice as always. I do have to say that "simplest possible implementation of this idea" made me chuckle, given the cipher and Latin square rule when the central conceit is clearly the S-cells. (Then again, I'm a sucker for short and punchy rulesets, so I'm definitely a little biased there.) This isn't a value judgment of any kind, though, just something I found mildly and harmlessly amusing :) Thanks for the puzzle.
-- Thanks PixelPlucker! Yeah ok that part of the description was misleading haha.
am 7. März 2023, 12:44 Uhr von polar
I hope people aren't put off trying this based on Niv's comment below haha. Assuming it's only 1-9, it was really quite smooth and approachable!
-- Thanks for testing the puzzle polar! And don't worry, a harder puzzle is coming...
am 7. März 2023, 12:04 Uhr von Niverio
This puzzle took me just shy of 3 hours, and I was wondering very hard about how this puzzle was ever considered 4 stars by Agent throughout the entire first 2 hours. Then I realized, the S-cell grid is filled with digits from 1-9, and not 0-9...
It flowed very smoothly after that. Awesome puzzle, despite me solving the first half with 6/5 difficulty... (Seriously, you can get VERY far even with the possibility of 0s, it is crazy).
-- Thanks Niv, looks like you got to solve 2 puzzles for the price of one :p
That the puzzle never breaks and even offers a lot more resistance with an extra digit required in each row and column is definitely not what I would expect.
