Dense Skyscrapers
(Published on 8. November 2023, 21:18 by Kitty Trouble)
- Normal sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1-9, once each, into every row, column, and box.
- Each killer cage represents a skyscraper with a height equal to its sum. Clues outside the grid indicate how many skyscrapers it can see from that direction. For example, if there are 5 killer cages in a row or column, and their sums are 4, 10, 10, 13, and 5, leading away from a skyscraper clue, the skyscraper clue's value would be 3.
- The diagonal clue outside the grid counts the number of skyscrapers it can see along the indicated diagonal, rather than along its column.
- Adjacent digits along a thermometer increase from the bulb end.
f-puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yqcqgyxg
Sudokupad: https://sudokupad.app/ohvjypk80w
Penpa+: https://tinyurl.com/yvrtxmg4 (Use this if you want the software to be able to keep track of cage totals)
Solution code: Row 5
Comments
on 5. January 2024, 15:07 by The Book Wyrm
Very interesting puzzle. Pretty impressive how it ends up being forced from so few clues.
on 9. November 2023, 21:04 by Kitty Trouble
Removing estimated difficulty from the rules, now that it's rated
on 9. November 2023, 13:53 by BaumJames
Very nice Puzzle. Thanks for setting!
on 9. November 2023, 13:46 by Jolly Rogers
Took me a while to wrap my head around what was going on, but it was a joy to solve when it clicked into place :] thanks
on 8. November 2023, 23:29 by OutOfMyMindBRB
What a beautiful setting! Loved the solve path - thanks :-)
