The Knight That Sees Spots
(Published on 19. December 2022, 05:00 by Tingo)
Rules:
Normal Sudoku Rules Apply
Any two cells separated by a knight's move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit.
Cells connected by black dots have a value ratio of 2:1. Cells connected by white dots are consecutive. Not all black or white dots are given.
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Questions, comments, concerns and jokes are all welcome! Thanks for playing!
Solution code: Row 9 followed by Column 4, no spaces
Comments
on 29. December 2022, 08:16 by Something Wellesian
I’m with TJReds—I came up against a hard wall in this puzzle about halfway through. Once I eventually found my way past that, though (working out the relationships between the 3s in boxes 5, 8, and 9), the end flowed very nicely.
I’m still at the point where I don’t quite breeze through one-star puzzles, but I’m starting to have the hang of the logic enough to want a bigger challenge. This definitely felt like a two-star to me.
on 19. December 2022, 14:48 by wilsig
Very nice. Between 1* and 2*, rather 1*
- Thanks for the feedback and thanks for solving. I hope you found it enjoyable! - Tingo
on 19. December 2022, 08:11 by ScatterBrain
@TJReds @Tingo I don't know, I found the entire solve very straight-forward, not difficult at all. Maybe you missed one clue!
Thanks for the puzzle.
- Thanks for the feedback and thanks for playing! I hope you enjoyed the puzzle - Tingo
on 19. December 2022, 07:43 by Tingo
@TJReds
My method of setting is to get the break-in I want and then clue a path to finish a puzzle. I attempt to solve the puzzle a handful of times along the way to make sure it's humanable. In this case, I had an incredibly difficult time with this clue pattern disambiguating the 8 and 9 in box 6. I contemplated adding one more dot to the puzzle elsewhere to help it unravel but eventually found some existing logic that already made that path available. I suspect one more dot would make this puzzle far easier, but I also do shoot for a little bit of challenge with my sets. I appreciate you playing and I hope the eventual solve was satisfactory. - Tingo
on 19. December 2022, 05:49 by TJReds
Idk why but I had an incredibly difficult time finishing off this puzzle after I used up all the clues. Really enjoyed the beginning though!
