Questionable Chaos (Y-sums / Skyscrapers sums chaos construction)
(Published on 30. May 2022, 11:59 by Lizzy01)
This was heavily inspired by kolot's wonderful and monstrous Region Geometry.
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply, the regions are to be deduced. A few region boundaries have been given.
Clues outside the grid are all both Y-sums and skyscrapers sums.
Y-sums: the first Y digits from the side of the clue sum up to the clue value, where Y is the Xth digit in the corresponding direction, and X is the first digit in the corresponding direction (seen from the side of the clue). The first Y cells are also all in the same region, and the next cell is in a different region.
Skyscrapers sums: every digit along the row/column represents the height of a building. The clue value equals the sum of all digits/buildings seen from the side of the clue, where higher buildings block the view of lower buildings. Every seen skyscraper (in rows/columns with clues, seen from the side of the clue) is in a different region.
Along the thermometer digits increase from the bulb end.
Cages each stay entirely within one region.
Try it here.
Solution code: row 3 and column 4 with dashes for region boundaries (and one between the row and column). Example: 1234-567-8-9-12-345-6-789
Comments
on 20. November 2022, 12:18 by peacherwu2
Interesting ruleset. Took me quite a while to figure out!
on 7. June 2022, 09:01 by Statistica
Ganz klasse. Und das mit den wenigen Vorgaben!
--Danke!
on 31. May 2022, 20:43 by marcmees
magnificent puzzle. thanks.
--Thank you!
on 31. May 2022, 02:27 by JayForty
Great puzzle, very nice solve.
--Thank you!
on 30. May 2022, 21:29 by Jesper
Really enjoyed it! Good solution path.
--Thank you!
on 30. May 2022, 17:06 by polar
Wonderful - thank you :)
--Thanks!
on 30. May 2022, 14:30 by kolot
Very nice logic from start to finish. Well done.
--Thank you!
