Codex
(Published on 15. October 2024, 09:53 by glenfletcher)
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Cells with green squares must contain a postive power of two.
- Cells with a blue diamonds must contain a prime number.
- Digits seperated by a white dot must be consective.
- Digits may not repeat in a cage.
- Gray lines are palindromes and must read the same from either end.
Open on F-Puzzles
Open on Cracking the Cryptic
F-Puzzle (Tampermonkey) Scripts
The following scripts may be used with tamper-monkey to at the prime and power of two constraints to F-Puzzles, they are not required as the link contains fallback cosmetic elements for the constraints, however without the scripts F-Puzzles will not validate the constraints.
Solution code: Last 2 Columns
Comments
on 5. December 2024, 08:42 by TheNineElements
Solve Time: 31:23
I rated this 2/5 difficulty.
Very nice puzzle with cool use of palindromes/cages to create a nice, colorable pattern. I spent about 5 minutes of the solve time changing the color pallette to fit the digit groups, so really my solve time was closer to 25, but either way I enjoyed the puzzle a lot!
One thing to note: when I first started the puzzle, I was unsure if a 'positive power of two' included '1' (2^0), as 1 is indeed both positive and a power of two, but decided to attempt the solve assuming it meant either 2^1, 2^2, or 2^3 (2, 4, or 8), as it made the most sense (i.e., I assumed you meant a positive exponent). It ended up solving nicely from that assumption, but if I was not permitted to make that assumption, then perhaps I solved the puzzle as a fluke and my solve should be invalidated.
I think either adjusting the wording of the rules or just stating the permitted values of green square cells in the rules/description would be a good idea, as the current wording seems ambiguous.
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Edit:
I glanced over the linked JavaScript file in your repo and saw that you use values [2,4,8] for positive powers of two - so my initial assumption appears correct - but I think it would be worth specifying further.
on 4. December 2024, 04:02 by novato
Good puzzle!
on 16. October 2024, 06:23 by Fisherman
Fantastic. Now, for all the unbelievers out there, just ask Google.
on 15. October 2024, 16:49 by Platinum
Love the puzzles where you use a full pallette and clever sets
