X---V
(Published on 16. March 2025, 09:41 by NurglesGift)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Orthogonally adjacent cells can not sum to 5 or 10.
Digits in a cage can not be orthogonally adjacent with a consecutive digit.
Two lines of the same length and same color are connected X lines.
Counting from the bulb, the first cell of each connected X line sum to 10. the second cell of each line sum to 10 etc.
5 can never be on a line.
Example below
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Example
Solution code: give the digits of column 5 (top to bottom)
Comments
on 30. March 2025, 17:29 by NurglesGift
You're welcome :)
heh no one pointed out that "The green dots are either X or V." was in the rules above :)
on 30. March 2025, 16:15 by Qodec
What a treat. Thank you very much!
on 30. March 2025, 14:33 by Ungesundheit
I started trying to solve this when it came out and gave up several times because I just had no clue how to break in properly. For some reason, even though it was definitely harder, the most recent puzzle in this series helped me crack the method and now I love this rule set too! Thanks NurglesGift :)
on 25. March 2025, 01:20 by gnidan
Love the creative new constraint!
on 18. March 2025, 20:34 by NurglesGift
thank you!, I may have 3 more and this was the "easy" version :)
on 17. March 2025, 14:05 by Airkion
Very nice puzzle... Odd rule set... Took awhile to find the break in... Once found, puzzle solved smoothly and nicely.
on 16. March 2025, 22:38 by Elliott810
Brilliant puzzle! Thank you:)
PS: I think the term 'same relative position (relating to the bulb)' could help.
on 16. March 2025, 20:21 by Donald X.
My attempt at the rule phrasing! The lines don't really have meaning as lines - the set of digits doesn't relate along one line, like they do for whispers or renbans or whatever. So I would just use symbols. Let's say it's letters; the rule would be "Each pair of cells with the same letter adds to 10." And then say the 4-cell orange ones are labelled ABCD, the short orange ones are EF, and so on. There are no lines anymore, just the letters where the lines were.
on 16. March 2025, 16:28 by Bionic Cheese
Brilliant stuff , thank you
on 16. March 2025, 09:40 by NurglesGift
would appreciate if someone can find a better wording for the rule.
