Sudoku Variants Series (454) - Little Thermometers
(Eingestellt Gestern, 06:00 Uhr von Richard)
Für dieses Sudoku-Varianten-Projekt habe ich geplant, jede Woche eine einzigartige Sudokuvariante zu veröffentlichen.
Little Thermometers
Solve online in
Ich werde sehen wie lange es dauert bis mir die Ideen ausgehen.
Verwende die üblichen Sudoku-Regeln.
Hinweise außerhalb des Gitters zeigen die Anwesenheit eines Thermometers
an, das vollständig in Richtung des Pfeils liegt, wobei alle Ziffern des
Thermometers sich zur Hinweiszahl addieren und das Kugelende dem Hinweis am nächsten liegt. Ziffern auf dem Thermometer sind alle verschieden und streng steigend vom Kugelende zur Spitze. Thermometer sind mindestens drei Kästchen lang und beinhalten alle möglichen Ziffern. (D.h. die erste Ziffer nach dem Thermometer darf nicht größer sein als die letzte
Thermometerziffer, und die letzte Ziffer vor dem Thermometer darf nicht kleiner sein als die erste Thermometerziffer.
Thermometer dürfen sich gegenseitig überlappen.
Sudokupad (no answer check)
Sudokupad (with answer check)
or
Penpa+.
Lösungscode: Zeile 5
Kommentare
Heute, 06:01 Uhr von BorisTheSnake
Very nice logic, but despite the fast solve time, I'd say this is a 3*, probably the reason for the lower rating? The description of "behind the thermometer" is a little ambiguous as well. I'd write it as "first digit after a thermometer must be lower than the last digit on the themometer and the digit before a thermometer must be larger than the digit in the bulb."
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Reply: Thx Boris.
About the disambiguation: I am open to other descriptions, but the first digit behind/after the thermo's may also be the same as the last digit on the thermo's. Hence: not larger.
About the rating: I have mixed emotions about the rating system here in the portal. A few of my thoughts / observations:
- There are a few notorious 'downgraders' active here in the portal. This puzzle has been solved by one of them.
- Some players hardly ever give a 'very nice' to my puzzles.
- I always hope that players don't look too much to the rating when chosing a puzzle to solve, but more to the puzzle itself and/or the author who has set it.
- Some players are more interested in my harder puzzles where discovering the intrinsic logic plays a bigger role, and may be disappointed by the 2-star ones. But the advent calendar has made me think of what I want with SVS. At the moment I try to keep the difficulty a bit lower, since it may attract more players, and one of my goals with SVS is making less known/obscure variants available for a larger group of players.
- Personally I think this is not the most brilliant puzzle I have created, so I can live with the current 91%. :)
Heute, 01:44 Uhr von Chaossudokusplease
Great fun very approachable puzzle! I’ve gotten so used to your “easy versions” series recently that I’m actually a little bit disappointed there isn’t a harder second one for me to sink my teeth into after this!
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Reply: Haha, thanks for this fun comment.
If you are in the mood for harder ones without an easier fellow puzzle there is plenty to discover if you sort the puzzles I have posted in descending difficulty rating. Otherwise you have to wait till the Advent period of 2026. I am seriously considering repeating such a calendar.
Heute, 01:07 Uhr von dzamie
Wound up not really using the "all possible digits" rule, but I could see it getting used in a different puzzle with this rule.
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Reply: Thanks. At least at one place this part of the ruleset is helpful, but I don't have tested it while ignoring it. Maybe the puzzle can be solved without it too.
Gestern, 09:06 Uhr von Piatato
Lovely! Became a lot smoother when I read the rules again and realized the minimum three cells requirement, haha!
