Wirral
(Published on 17. November 2021, 18:50 by Hrafnsvaengr)
The rules may seem a bit daunting, but they're simpler than they probably first seem.
Links to play the puzzle can be found here on f-puzzles and Cracking the Cryptic.
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- The blue areas on the grid represent the water surrounding the Wirral Peninsula. The green areas are land.
- On land, the digit in a cell represents the height of a skyscraper built in that cell. Sightline to a shorter skyscraper is blocked when a taller is between the viewer and the shorter building; no skyscrapers can be built on water, so any digit can appear on water without affecting sightlines.
- The cages represent places where photographs were taken, and the small arrow in the cage represents the direction the photographer was facing. Some places may have had multiple photographs taken, and all of them will be clued in the same cage.
- In addition, the digit given in the cage represents the number of skyscrapers visible in the photograph taken in the given direction.
- The cell with the grey square is even.
Note: Because no skyscrapers are built on the water, no digits in those cells block sightline to any land which may be across the water from the photographer.
Solution code: Row 2 and column 7 without commas or spaces.
Comments
on 12. January 2022, 12:20 by alexlovi
I loved this puzzle! Not too difficult, but the logic was really fun!
on 6. December 2021, 23:54 by SimplePurpleFrog
I enjoyed this solve, quite original and very approachable.
on 30. November 2021, 18:20 by Ulistef
Kann mir bitte jemand die drei Landsegmente in Zeile 2 erklären. Im hinteren Teil muß doch, um 2 Häuser zu sehen, das erste kleiner sein als das zweite. Dann sehe ich doch aber zwangsläufig von Feld 4 dieser Zeile 3 Häuser (oder nur 1) aber niemals 2. Was ist mein Denkfehler?
on 22. November 2021, 09:26 by StefanSch
Sehr schönes Rätsel!
on 18. November 2021, 10:33 by Barrels
I really enjoyed that, and not just because I am from Liverpool!
on 17. November 2021, 18:58 by grkles
Loved this!!! Such interesting logic and not dauntingly difficult.
