Snakes of Chaos
(Eingestellt am 14. Januar 2025, 15:59 Uhr von Andrewsarchus)
Rules:
- Normal 10x10 Irregular Sudoku rules apply.
- The solver must deduce the regions. Each region is a one-cell wide path which does not branch and does not touch itself, not even diagonally.
- The digit 0 has a value of 10 for the purpose of indexing.
- Clues outside of the grid show the region borders of the Nth cell from the clue, where N is the value in the cell closest to the clue. If the outside clue also contains a digit, then it is also a numbered rooms clue, and that digit also appears in the Nth cell.
Example:
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sudokupad: Snakes of Chaos
Lösungscode: Row 5 left to right with dashes to represent region borders
Kommentare
am 9. Februar 2025, 10:50 Uhr von AnnaTh
Great fun!
am 31. Januar 2025, 15:51 Uhr von Jesper
Very nice! Unusual and interesting concept.
am 25. Januar 2025, 23:03 Uhr von Christounet
Awesome twist of the numbered room concept. Thanks :)
am 22. Januar 2025, 20:52 Uhr von Chilly
Brilliant stuff - super fun all the way through!
am 22. Januar 2025, 04:20 Uhr von Silverstep
Don't let the difficulty rating fool you -- this is just a standard Numbered Rooms puzzle, with normal Numbered Rooms logic!
am 21. Januar 2025, 18:28 Uhr von Niverio
Amazing CC! Very fun all the way through with some very unique logic!
am 20. Januar 2025, 22:41 Uhr von Voidslime
Very fun!
am 20. Januar 2025, 05:27 Uhr von Gnosis66
Fantastic!
am 19. Januar 2025, 01:24 Uhr von Agent
An original ruleset and smooth solve, thanks!
am 19. Januar 2025, 00:28 Uhr von kamkam
This is exactly what I'd call masterpiece !
am 17. Januar 2025, 21:00 Uhr von kurako
Amazing puzzle. Logic chains / region builds felt very fair and very satisfying. Great work!
am 17. Januar 2025, 20:46 Uhr von Andrewsarchus
updated example image
am 17. Januar 2025, 19:17 Uhr von koba1917
Wow! One of my favorite puzzles of all time! Only thing I'd comment is your example isn't accurate (and it caused me a lot of confusion) as some of the clues don't properly show the outside border.
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good catch - the example was made in haste. Now Updated - thanks!
--Andrewsarchus
am 17. Januar 2025, 04:19 Uhr von pecha_berrie
WOW, this puzzle was phenomenal to solve!! I truly enjoyed every single one of the four hours I spent on it! :D the logic here is absolutely brilliant, well done!
am 17. Januar 2025, 00:13 Uhr von ONeill
Very cool puzzle!
am 16. Januar 2025, 21:22 Uhr von Andrewsarchus
added example
am 16. Januar 2025, 18:53 Uhr von Snookerfan
Fantastic puzzle! I found it very hard to start, but after some key deductions, the regions almost built themselves. The endgame sudoku was easy, which I enjoyed after the hard region building. Thank you for this masterpiece.
am 16. Januar 2025, 18:40 Uhr von SenatorGronk
The clue above Column 1 has two vertical lines, so I expected at least one of the clues on the left of the grid to match it. Because none of them do, should I assume that clues don’t always represent all of the borders in a cell? And does this mean that a clue with a 1 or 0 doesn’t necessarily include a border representing the outside of the grid?
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I've added an example. Note how the example also has a clue above Column_1 that does not appear to the left of the puzzle. Each clue represents all of the target cell's borders, including the outside grid borders.
--Andrewsarchus
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Duh, makes sense. I was being a little thick, thanks!
am 16. Januar 2025, 18:09 Uhr von twobear
Confirming henrypijames‘ comment: the snake constraint doesn’t have to be used; still a very smooth solve
am 16. Januar 2025, 06:23 Uhr von Norkas
Very well set puzzle. Took me a while to get comfortable with the ruleset, but after making some deductions the rest followed fairly naturally.
am 16. Januar 2025, 01:47 Uhr von askaksaksask
This was truly a joy to solve. Start to finish. The break in/ beginning of the puzzle is more taxing than the latter bits of solve, but every step is so clean and the ruleset is magnificent. Great, novel CC puzzle. Thank you!!
am 15. Januar 2025, 23:34 Uhr von prodigis
Another insane looking grid from you, and another wonderful solving experience
am 15. Januar 2025, 14:42 Uhr von henrypijames
I'd like to report that I've solved the puzzle without ever using the snake constraint - simply because I forgot it until I was already finishing up.
am 15. Januar 2025, 14:39 Uhr von Franjo
Great CC-puzzle! Challenging, but not too hard - for me, thanks to the perfect setting. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this wonderful masterpiece.
am 15. Januar 2025, 12:17 Uhr von Myxo
Beautiful construction! It had an oldschool CC feel for me.
am 15. Januar 2025, 03:03 Uhr von nassausolver
Started this puzzle thinking I had no chance. About 2 hours later, I triumphantly entered my last digit. What an incredible puzzle, maybe my favourite ever. A gorgeous solve path, magnificent logic and a beautifully unique ruleset. Excuse me while I now go attempt every puzzle you've ever created.
am 14. Januar 2025, 22:34 Uhr von marcmees
Very rewarding solve. Tough at the start but gets easier halfway through. Fantasticly weird/original CC puzzle. Thanks
am 14. Januar 2025, 17:17 Uhr von Steven R
Fantastic puzzle. Loved it!
