Making it count
(Published today, 12:41 by AllesUgo)
Rules
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Draw a single, non-intersecting, one-cell-wide oriented loop that travels orthogonally through cell centers and never touches itself (not even diagonally).
Cells containing a small arrow must lie on the loop, and the loop must travel through them in the direction of the arrow. The loop moves straight through the cell with the arrow.
The digit in a cell with a small arrow indicates the distance the loop travels in that arrow's direction before making its next turn.
Any digit that lies on the loop must appear on the loop a number of times equal to its own value.
Digits along a big arrow sum to the value in the attached bulb.
Solution code: Cells in row 8 that are not on the loop
Comments
today, 17:51 by Snookerfan
Very nice! Reading the comment about the straight through rule would have saved me some time, because somehow I assumed that the path would go straight through for 2 cells (from the arrow to the next cell) instead of 3, I don't know why, my mistake. Thanks!
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AllesUgo
Thanks for solving! Maybe you read the old version of the description? Apparently it was confusing.
today, 15:56 by philolologue
Thanks a bunch! Got it in 45 minutes flat, so much fun! I'd rate it 2.5 to 3 stars for difficulty.
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AllesUgo
Thanks for solving! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was also leaning towards 3 stars, but the two testers estimated 4 stars.
today, 15:07 by AllesUgo
Updated rules to make them more clear
today, 15:00 by philolologue
There is a line in the directions I'm not sure what is meant - when it says "the loop must travel through small arrow cells in the direction of the arrow", does this mean in a straight line through that cell, or the small arrow can be a corner where the loop turns, as long as the loop exits the cell in the direction of the arrow? Or is it intentionally left ambiguous?
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The line passes straight through the cells with the small arrows. I'll update the rules to make that clear. Thanks for asking :)
