Circles and Thermos
(Published on 9. September 2023, 19:28 by stimim)
- Normal sudoku rules apply
- Circled cells: For a digit in a circle, it indicates exactly how many circles contain that digit. For example, if there is a 5 in any circle, then there are five 5s in circles.
- Thermo: some of the circles are also the bulb of a thermo, digits must increase as they move away from the bulbs.
- Circular Reasoning by marty_sears
- Circles and Between Line by stimim
Solution code: row 1 followed by row 2 (18 digits)
Comments
on 21. September 2023, 12:10 by Bankey
Fascinating puzzle. Thanks, @ stimim :).
on 15. September 2023, 08:50 by St9
This puzzle had me engrossed for a very long time. It was so much fun figuring out each step along the way to the solution.
on 11. September 2023, 20:25 by cam
Beautiful, beautiful puzzle! I don't know who gave you less than a "very nice," but they must have misclicked ;)
It has great flow and momentum. I really hope this catches on and you make more puzzles with this ruleset. I can understand why it got 4 stars for difficulty, but having some experience with the ruleset made it feel like a 3 (or maybe even a 2) star puzzle.
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[stimim] really appreciate for the kind comment! I'm definitely exploring more possibilities with this ruleset!
on 11. September 2023, 11:20 by Myxo
Gorgeous construction, thanks!
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[stimim] my pleasure
on 11. September 2023, 02:03 by samuel1997
I love this puzzle from the first digit to last digit! It's just so elegant!
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[stimim] thank you for solving the puzzle. I'm happy that you love the puzzle.
on 10. September 2023, 09:21 by tesseralis
oh wow... such an elegant construction that makes you think about standard techniques in a new way!
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[stimim] Thank you very much!
