Spaghetti on the Wall (Entropic Lines/159)
(Published on 21. June 2022, 13:16 by dumediat)
I hope that you enjoy this puzzle, which is my first attempt at setting a puzzle involving entropic lines. Ratings, comments, and feedback are much appreciated! Please feel free to reach out to me on Discord if you have any comments or questions. Please also feel free to try my other puzzles here
Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- 159: Each digit in column 1 indicates the position of the 1 in the same row (eg, if r3c1 is a 2, then r3c2 is a 1). The same is true of columns 5 and 9 for the digits 5 and 9, respectively.
- Entropic lines: Any set of three sequential cells along the tan lines must contain a low digit (1-3), a middle digit (4-6), and a high digit (7-9). Digits may repeat on a line, if allowed by other rules.
- Consecutive pairs: The two digits separated by the white dot must have a difference of 1. Not all possible white dots are necessarily given.
F-puzzles: https://f-puzzles.com/?id=2aozg6h3
CTC app: http://tinyurl.com/2mc3h8sr
Solution code: Row 3 followed by column 7 (no spaces)
Comments
on 15. April 2024, 23:30 by Snaques
What a great puzzle.
The 159 ruleset is my favorite one and recently I've had to dig deep into the archives to find good ones. I'm so glad I found this.
At first it looked very confusing, but once you just started doing it, the thing just opened up and was pretty smooth sailing after that.
on 20. December 2023, 06:10 by Bulkystapler
Brilliant setting. Brilliant fun. Thanks for sharing.
on 13. January 2023, 09:34 by AParliamentofOwls
Very fun solve! thank you!
>>dumediat: You're welcome, I'm glad you had fun!
on 27. August 2022, 23:55 by Raumplaner
This is fun. For me it was like two puzzles in one. I like that concept very much.
on 22. August 2022, 21:30 by 99jau99
Nice puzzle! Special mention to the title x))
>>dumediat: Thank you! I quite like the title myself haha
on 2. July 2022, 19:54 by Montinox
Loved this! Perfect marriage of constraints!
>>dumediat: I am so glad that you enjoyed this!
on 22. June 2022, 17:49 by Niverio
Entropic lines and 159 go along so well together! Amazing!
>>Thank you very much, I agree! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for streaming the solve on Twitch :) - dumediat
on 22. June 2022, 15:12 by Playmaker6174
Nice (and quite approachable) puzzle! Took me a while to start this one efficiently but once I got so, the puzzle was unfolded in a nice way :)
>>Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed it! - dumediat
on 21. June 2022, 21:12 by dumediat
Changed expected rating from 4 stars to 3 stars.
on 21. June 2022, 19:48 by Leonard Hal
It is very enjoyable，thanks!
By the way,I think it should be evaluated as 3 stars.
>>I am glad you enjoyed it! I changed the rating to 3 stars based on some of the comments that I received so far, thank you for the feedback! - dumediat
on 21. June 2022, 15:48 by Jacob Drebin
Very much enjoyed. Not too difficult, but included nice logic
>>Thank you, glad you enjoyed the solve! - dumediat
on 21. June 2022, 14:12 by Steven R
Had fun with this, thanks! The 159 and entropic lines constraints pair very nicely together. Fairly approachable, 3* difficulty I think.
>>I’m glad that you enjoyed it! -dumediat
