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As people know I invented Shifter Lines, and here I invitented something very similar. Let me introduce Shifter Dots!

I felt restricted in what kind of puzzles I could create with shifter lines, because dragging lines on top of other lines can be a mess. But there's no issues placing dots over or next to lines, so this constraint is much less restrictive to construct with. If you've solved Shifter Lines puzzles this won't feel new to you at all, because a Shifter Dot does basically the same thing as Shifter Lines do, but between cells instead of while crossing borders.

I was thinking of just merging this in to a full shifter series, but it's been pointed out to me that some people may like the lines and not the dots, and vice versa, so two different series it is. I'm guessing we're gonna see both of these series combined become roughly the size of the Equality Cage series.

The next puzzle in the series:
Shifter Dots 102: Flüsternde Punkte (Whispering dots)

All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots



Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.

Shifter dots: Digts on different sides of a shifter dot must always share either parity (even/odd) OR polarity (high/low) - never neither, never both. Shifter dots can never have 5 on it.

Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. A white dot between cells indicates cells with consecutive values. Not all dots are shown.

XV: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Adjacent cells connected with a V must sum to 5. Not all X's or V's are shown.

Solve here:
Sudokupad

Video featuring the puzzle:
Sudoku Sleuth