Dubai
(Published on 7. March 2023, 22:49 by Jay Dyer)
This puzzle was inspired by mathpesto's puzzle Samurai Sandwiches. I'd been considering making a doubler/skyscraper puzzle for a while, but had trouble finding a satisfying implementation of the idea. Doing it in a samurai grid offered some interesting opportunities though.
Rules
- The puzzle consists of five overlapping 6x6 sudokus.
- In each 6x6 grid, the digits 1-6 appear once each in each row, column, and region, and six cells (one per row/column/region) are doublers, and have values equal to double their digits. Each digit is doubled once in each grid.
- Each cell represents a skyscraper, with a height equal to its value. A clue outside the grid gives the number of skyscrapers visible in that row/column from the clue's end, where skyscrapers block the view of skyscrapers with the same or lower height behind them. Gaps between grids do not block the view.
Solution code: The digits in row 3.
Comments
on 16. June 2023, 08:24 by Statistica
Großartig!
on 7. June 2023, 19:45 by damasosos92
This puzzle took me months, but yeah, did it!
on 11. March 2023, 19:18 by kjholt
I sincerely have no idea where the break-in is for this but I know it must be very beautiful when I find it...
Edit: Absolutely correct. This puzzle is incredible and a little mean but so worth it. Immediate favorite even though it took hours to even get any progress for me.
on 9. March 2023, 00:06 by Jay Dyer
Added a rule clarification about clues seeing across gaps between grids.
on 8. March 2023, 19:38 by bansalsaab
Wow. That was some puzzle. I didnt know if i was on right path until middle of the solve because clue interaction was so brilliant.
on 8. March 2023, 19:09 by Snookerfan
Very nice and great fun! Thank you
on 8. March 2023, 00:00 by Myxo
Very nice puzzle with a smooth flow :) Enjoyed it a lot!
on 7. March 2023, 22:58 by Bellsita
Amazing puzzle! Amazing logic!
