Among Us (Red) / Unter uns (rot)
(Published on 13. April 2021, 09:46 by Ryx)
Normal Sudoku rules apply
- Kropki: White dots indicate the adjoining cells are consecutive. Black dots indicate the adjoining cells are a ratio of 1:2. All possible dots are given.
- Palindrome: Numbers along the grey line read the same, starting at either end.
Click the link to solve on f-puzzles or CTC
As to the odd name of this puzzle, I had trouble picking the right name for this puzzle, so I put it up to a vote on the Discord server. Of the following choices (explained here):
1. Göran's Gift
2. The Big "E"asy
3. Not as easy as 1, 2, 3
4. Easy as 1, 3, ... 3
5. Grab your crayons
The winner, by the narrowest of margins, with 3 write-in votes, was: Among Us (the red character).
And I need to give a special shout out to Göran H on the Discord server. Without him, this puzzle would not have got published. I thought I could not solve it, but he taught me how to. I was really amazed, both at his interest in my puzzle, his willingness to freely give his time ... and that I could actually solve it. It only took me three hours ;-)
Solution code: Digits from row 7 and column 2
Comments
on 16. March 2024, 14:43 by zrbakhtiar
satisfying when i get that a-ha moment. wonderful how palindrome set in box 3 projected to box 9. r6c5 and r7c6 played a significant impact.
@ zrbakhtiar - Thank you for the comment and solving this one. It is one of my favorites, as it is a) a really good puzzle and b) was collaborative effort, with Göran.
In creating the puzzle, I was fairly new, and not the best solver. I was playing around with the rules and construction and ended up with this puzzle ... that was solvable, but I couldn't solve. I would not publish a puzzle that I could not solve, so I asked the discord folks for help, in understand what F-puzzles was doing with things like pointing quadruples, quintuples, sextuples .. even an octuple at one point.
Göran took me under his wing, so to say, and educated me on how a human could solve it. Once I understood, I could solve it!
So, with this puzzle, I truly understand and can share in your "a-ha" moment ;-)
p.s. This puzzle it quite old and I don't think your comment is much of a spoiler, so no need to keep it a hidden comment, unless you would prefer that.
on 4. April 2023, 15:49 by Ryx
Added CTC link
CTC-Link hinzugefügt
on 14. April 2021, 05:52 by Ryx
Corrected links to f-puzzles (removed Disjoint groups constraint)
Korrigierte Links zu f-Puzzles (Disjunkte Gruppen-Bedingung entfernt)
on 14. April 2021, 05:31 by cam
It seems your puzzle also requires disjoint groups? I think this is a mistake.
Ryx: The puzzle started out as a Disjoint puzzle and the solved puzzle satisfies that constraint, but the Disjoint groups constraint is not required for the solve.
But, I see I left that constraint checked in the published f-puzzle links, by mistake. I will correct that.
So, thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Es scheint, dass Ihr Rätsel auch disjunkte Gruppen erfordert? Ich denke, das ist ein Fehler.
Ryx: Das Rätsel begann als Disjoint-Rätsel und das gelöste Rätsel erfüllt diese Bedingung, aber die Bedingung der disjunkten Gruppen ist für die Lösung nicht erforderlich.
Aber ich sehe, dass ich diese Bedingung in den veröffentlichten f-puzzle Links aus Versehen angekreuzt gelassen habe. Ich werde das korrigieren.
Danke, dass Sie mich darauf aufmerksam gemacht haben.
on 14. April 2021, 03:57 by panthchesh
Thanks for the puzzle! It was fun! :)
Ryx: You are very welcome. When I was first trying to solve it, I never thought at would be how it was described. Glad I had help on this one!
on 14. April 2021, 01:52 by Ryx
Link zu f-puzzles in der deutschen Version hinzugefügt. Sorry, das habe ich anfangs übersehen
Added link to f-puzzles in German version. Sorry I missed that initially
on 14. April 2021, 01:20 by nunc
I have set it in f-puzzles:
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yggmult6
Hope it is ok.
Ryx: Sure, but I had already provide a link:
Click the "link" to solve on f-puzzles. Maybe you mised that?
English
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yzql4ftr
German:
https://f-puzzles.com/?id=yzql4ftr
Ah, double checking ... I see I left it off the German version! Sorry, I will add that now.
on 13. April 2021, 09:58 by Göran H
I'm very happy to see this puzzle in the light of day. Thank you so much for that shoutout. I'm glad that you stuck it out. It's a great puzzle!
on 13. April 2021, 09:58 by Ryx
Added Sudoku tag
Sudoku-Tag hinzugefügt
on 13. April 2021, 09:53 by CJK
Since this is a sudoku puzzle, could you please add the sudoku tag? :)
Ryx: Yes, sorry, I thought I did, but must have missed that click. Thanks!
