Unusually Hot
(Published today, 11:42 by marty_sears)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Divide the grid into two orthogonally connected regions; one green and one orange. No 2x2 area may be fully within one region.
In the green region, the value of a cell equals its digit, as normal. In the orange region, the value of a cell equals its row number plus its column number, regardless of what digit appears in the cell.
Values along a thermo strictly increase from bulb to tip.
If a black dot sits between two cells, the value of one is double the value of the other.
Solution code: Column 1 reading downwards
Comments
today, 18:16 by kasperd
The difficulty of this puzzle is suitable for solving on an unusually hot day such as today.
today, 17:50 by amirs
Hot and fun!
today, 16:46 by Miatc
Your unique rulesets never fail to impress me, they make even easier puzzles like this feel intellectually engaging and challenging.
today, 16:13 by abw
Another fantastic puzzle Marty! I don't know how you do it, but you never fail to disappoint.
The yin-yang shading worked so well with the thermos and black dots. It's a really interesting combination of rules. I hope to see more like this.
Marty: hehe thanks, I am choosing to believe you meant that I never disappoint, rather than I never fail to disappoint ;)
today, 15:56 by Arheus
Classic Marty :) Loved the rule btw, I hope to see it featured in more puzzles!
today, 15:38 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing another brilliant puzzle. Fresh thermo-logic!
today, 15:26 by Montikulum
Not 2* in my universe, but definitely hot and as always an excellent logical path.
today, 13:52 by dellC
Nice puzzle ID: "000SUN"
today, 13:35 by nunc
Got stuck in the middle, then thought about doing Sudoku (how outrageous), and it all kept coming together quite quckly. Lovely idea, great execution!
today, 13:21 by Remps
I loved the new thermo logic- almost made me ignore the sweat dripping down my forehead... almost.
today, 12:58 by Qodec
Cool ... I mean hot idea!
today, 12:31 by mscha
Very nice and topical puzzle!
I got started surprisingly quickly, and thought this was a 2 star puzzle at most. But halfway it got a bit trickier, so I gave it 3 stars after all.
today, 12:24 by Chaka
Amazing puzzle!
