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(Published on 2. December 2023, 21:30 by ViKingPrime)
PUZZLE:
RULES:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
• German Whisper (green): Green dots separate two cells that differ by at least five [5].
• Kropki: White dots separate two cells containing consecutive digits [=1]; Black dots separate two cells where one is double the other [1:2].
• Nabner (brown): Brown dots separate two cells containing digits of non-adjacent value [2+].
• Parity (red): Red dots separate two cells containing opposite parity [odd/even].
• Different Difference (peach): Peach dots (an "S.Marty" dot!) separate digits of different differences (across all peach dots).
• Same Difference (turquoise): Turquoise dots separate digits of the same difference (across all turquoise dots), to be deduced by the solver.
INTRODUCTION:
For those of you who may be growing a little weary of the abundance of line puzzles, I hope this provides some brief respite. The logic should all be fairly recognizable, though if you don't recognize the "Different Difference" and "Same Difference" dots, you should do yourself a favour and check out some Marty Sears puzzles.
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- "The Sears Tower" (German Whisper/Killer)
- "Mean Mega" (German Whisper/Kropki/Parity)
- " ❖ " (German Whisper/Kropki/Nabner/Parity)
Solution code: The digits along Row 3, left-to-right.
Comments
on 4. December 2023, 08:49 by tiggytaka
Great puzzle, love how the dots were familiar but new all at the same time. Thanks for setting!
on 3. December 2023, 18:05 by ChristmasTapir
Just to clarify - solution code is Row 3 counted from the bottom (6th from the top)
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@ChristmasTapir - It was recommended I flip the grid vertically (for reasons that will become clear during the solve), you would have started before that process, I suspect. I hope it didn't detract from the solve <3 (the solution should still have been valid in the app). For future solvers, if you're having trouble entering Row 3, try Row 7 instead -- VKP
on 3. December 2023, 12:03 by ViKingPrime
Updated wording(s).
on 3. December 2023, 08:04 by by81996672
Throughout the entire puzzle process, I had a different understanding of the rules for the peach dots, which caused me to get stuck for a long time, possibly due to translation issues. I thought the meaning was that only the peach dots in that box had different differences, but when I made it later, the actual meaning was that all the peach dots had different differences.
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@by81996672 - My apologies for the confusion; I've updated the wording to hopefully make it a bit more clear. Thanks for the solve <3 -- VKP
