Pixie Stick
(Eingestellt am 25. Januar 2025, 01:26 Uhr von NotSoMagnifique)
Another excuse to use Lovely Whispers, this time for a small treat leading into Valentine's Day. Cheers!
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Lovely Whispers - digits along a pink Lovely Whisper line must differ in value from their neighbors on the line by at least 6.
- Kropki dots - digits separated by a white Kropki dot have a difference in value of 1; digits separated by a black Kropki dot have a value ratio of 1:2. No negative constraint.
- Even squares - digits on a gray square must be even.
- XV sums - digits separated by a X sum to 10; digits separated by a V sum to 5. No negative constraint.
- Entropic lines - each set of three digits along a peach entropic line must have a low digit (1, 2 or 3), a middle digit (4, 5 or 6), and a high digit (7, 8, or 9).
- Modular lines - each set of three digits along a teal modular line must have a digit from the set [1, 4, 7], the set [2, 5, 8], and a digit from the set [3, 6, 9].
By request, I'm including a colorblind version of this puzzle below. Cheers!
Sudokupad link with colorblind friendly colors.
Lösungscode: Row 7 digits
Kommentare
am 27. Februar 2025, 04:02 Uhr von NotSoMagnifique
Colorblind version added by request
am 25. Februar 2025, 00:55 Uhr von robbaker292
Could you make a colour-blind safe version of this, please? I cannot tell the difference between the teal and pink lines
>>>NSM here - I will work on that in the next few days, thank you for bringing it to my attention. Any recommendations for color choice?
For reference, the Lovely Whispers are the two diamonds in Boxes 3 and 7 and the "body" of the puzzle running from the top left down to the bottom right. The modular lines are [R1C4, R2C4, R3C5] and[R4C1, R4C2, R5C3]. The entropic lines are [R1C4, R2C5, R3C5], [R4C1, R5C2, R5C3], [R7C4, R7C5, R8C6, R9C6], and [R4C7, R5C7, R6C8, R6C9].
>>> RB292: Thanks, that's very much appreciated. The website colorbrewer has a good tool for choosing colourblind safe colours, so I'd recommend picking some from there.
>>>NSM here - added the colorblind version!
am 22. Februar 2025, 15:34 Uhr von matthew.v
Very fun and beautiful puzzle!
am 25. Januar 2025, 17:57 Uhr von sujoyku
I had already done this in testing. But now I solved it again and must say: It has not lost any of its magic. Such a comforting, smoothly unfolding solve path. Thank you for this beauty of a puzzle, Katie!
am 25. Januar 2025, 17:36 Uhr von anyeyeball
Fun puzzle and nice ruleset; This is the first Lovely Whispers puzzle I have done.
>>> NSM here - glad you liked it! 6-whispers (or Lovely Whispers or whatever you want to call them) are fun for me, especially for creating a sort of pseudo-entropy effect.
am 25. Januar 2025, 05:53 Uhr von Allagem
Pixie sticks are cute, enjoyable snacks in colorful wrapping. The puzzle name checks out :)
am 25. Januar 2025, 05:09 Uhr von therealsillypenguin
Fun solve! Love that despite having a fairly long ruleset, it was still easy to follow, and ultimately it made for quite a pretty puzzle!
am 25. Januar 2025, 01:42 Uhr von MattYDdraig
Lots of fun and managed to make what could have been a cluttered grid look very neat.
>>>NSM here - beauty and fun are what I aim for!
