Thou Shalt Pass
(Published on 3. February 2025, 09:39 by Wuschel)
- Normal Sudoku rules: Place the digits 1-9 in each row, column and box, without repetition.
- Yin Yang: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all unshaded cells are orthogonally connected. No 2x2 area is fully shaded or fully unshaded. The value of a shaded cell is one greater than its digit, the value of an unshaded cell is one less than its digit.
- Region Sum lines: Box borders split blue lines into segments, the sum of the values on a segment is the same for each segment. Different lines may have different totals.
Solution code: Shaded cells from row 6 followed by unshaded cells from row 7
Comments
on 28. April 2025, 21:15 by cfitz707
Amazing puzzle! Absolutely gorgeous logic all the way through. Took me a while to get the break in and I found it quite tough all along the way, but it flowed beautifully when you find the right deductions.
on 7. February 2025, 10:12 by madhupt
What a beautiful puzzle! Very smooth throughout that results in a very enjoyable solve. A most worthy candidate for a CtC solve. Thanks for sharing this.
on 5. February 2025, 21:53 by Norkas
This puzzle felt so creative in the way it was set up and facilitated steps I didn't see coming without ever being obtuse. Brilliantly set.
on 4. February 2025, 23:19 by DVFrank
Brilliant! What a wonderful string of deductions all the way through! :^)
on 4. February 2025, 22:30 by Florian Wortmann
I look forward to seeing this puzzle driving Simon crazy.
on 4. February 2025, 14:12 by Agent
Great puzzle with a well-polished solution path!
on 4. February 2025, 14:05 by prodigis
Terrific arithmetic exercise and very fun
on 4. February 2025, 14:04 by Franjo
Challenging - and so satisfying! Thank you very much for creating and sharing this amazing puzzle.
on 3. February 2025, 15:11 by rameshsrivats
Tough but terrific. Thanks.
on 3. February 2025, 14:06 by Myxo
Lovely!
on 3. February 2025, 12:15 by sanabas
Fantastic puzzle with some great deductions. Recommend persisting with it even if the ruleset is bending brain and it's a struggle to find the breakin, as it's very much worth it.
on 3. February 2025, 11:15 by Snookerfan
Gorgeous puzzle! Very powerful and mindbending ruleset, great fun. Great setup where the title becomes totally relevant. Thank you
