Growing a bonsai tree (easy Yin Yang)
(Published today, 01:10 by Killer Joe)
Hello.
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Color the grid using two colors so that:
- Each color forms a single orthogonally connected region.
- No 2×2 block is entirely one color.
Digits in a cage sum to the total shown in the cage’s top-left corner.
Within each cage, all odd digits must be one color and all even digits the other color. This odd/even color assignment is consistent across all cages (ie, if odd digits are pink in one cage, then all odd digits in every cage are pink).
Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive.
Have fun.
Solution code: Row 9, first 6 digits.
Comments
today, 23:37 by Snaques
Somehow messed this up so many times.
The rule applying odd rules only for cages was so confusing throughout the whole thing.
2* for me.
today, 18:51 by dingledork
Mr. Shake Hands Man approves
today, 14:16 by GeorgeTheToad2
Bonsaiiiiiii
today, 14:14 by rojspencer
Nice Yin Yang puzzle. Fairly straight forward if you stick to all the rules and remember how Yin Yang works. Easy to trip yourself up along the way though (as I did forgetting parity only applies to cages). At least 2*.
today, 13:36 by Gnubeutel
I was struggling so much with colors and parity only having to match up in cages. That threw me off a few times. But once you get a grip on yourself it`s a very nice puzzle
today, 13:04 by Sotiris6V
For the first 30 minutes I missed the "No 2×2 block is entirely one color."
:)
today, 11:25 by VitP
ordinarily, yin/yang puzzles cannot be level 1, and even level 2 is a stretch. however, here, the yin/yang aspect is mostly FLAVOUR, so this is level 1 plus knowing the two basic yin/yang conditions.
today, 10:41 by JVA
This was quite hard, despite being familiar with yin yang
today, 09:10 by Merovius
Ouff, took me 90m because I forgot one of the basic Yin Yang tricks m( So, only 1* if you're familiar with those rules.
today, 07:03 by Kirra
I kept getting tripped up by only clin cages is the colour equivalent to the odd/even parity-ness. But once I got past that hurdle quite an enjoyable puzzle (my fault not the puzzle/setter's fault)
Thanks Killer Joe. Was lots of fun.
