Fillomino Romance (Chaos Construction)
(Published on 13. December 2022, 09:00 by Agent)
A good old chaos construction, hadn't done that in a very long time. The ruleset is inspired by Phistomefel's Killomino Sudoku, with the difference that "killominos" are bounded by region borders, and each region must contain exactly 2 of them. I hope you will enjoy!
Rules
- Normal Chaos Construction rules apply. Each row, each column and each region must contain the digits 1 to 8 once each. Regions must be determined by the solver.
- Divide each region into two sub-groups of orthogonally connected cells. No two sub-groups of the same size may share an edge.
- A small clue in the top left corner of a cell indicates the sum of digits in its sub-group.
- In each region, the sub-group with the larger number of cells must contain the digits indicating the size of both sub-groups.
Example Puzzle (6x6)
Main Puzzle (8x8)
Solution code: Row 2 (from left to right) then row 5 (from left to right)
Comments
on 21. January 2024, 18:53 by wullemuus
Beautiful with intricate and unexpected steps.
on 29. July 2023, 12:00 by dennischen
Pretty tricky. I can see why it's four stars, but I struggled for a bit until I finally figured out the breakin.
on 5. January 2023, 13:25 by ddx2407
Lovely puzzle. Thank you, Agent.
-- Thanks a lot @ddx2407!
on 21. December 2022, 19:39 by Samish
Very nice! I wonder how you came up with the ruleset, it works neatly. Quite approachable except one middle step a bit trickier
-- Thanks @Samish! It was inspired by a puzzle from Phistomefel, "Killomino Sudoku."
on 20. December 2022, 10:18 by Christounet
Fell in love with that romance puzzle !
-- Thank you @Christounet, I'm glad you enjoyed these Fillomino couples!
on 20. December 2022, 02:37 by Agent
Thank you @PrimeWeasel @Piatato @MagnusJosefsson @Al Fresco @Prutsbeest @marcmees @Jesper @twobear @henrypijames @Snookerfan @ONeill @Xendari @KNT @PixelPlucker! I had a lot of fun with this ruleset, and I'm glad you enjoyed it as well!
on 19. December 2022, 17:39 by PixelPlucker
Had tremendous fun going through your puzzles :) Thanks!
on 17. December 2022, 00:40 by KNT
Super fun ruleset, thanks!
on 15. December 2022, 06:28 by Xendari
This was a real pleasure to solve, thank you so much for setting and sharing :)
on 14. December 2022, 18:23 by ONeill
Very nice!
on 14. December 2022, 16:44 by Snookerfan
Lovely and smooth as butter! Thank you
on 14. December 2022, 13:54 by henrypijames
The break-in isn't that hard, but then a second break-in is required that's trickier.
on 14. December 2022, 12:07 by twobear
Beautiful puzzle. Thank you!!
on 14. December 2022, 07:50 by Jesper
Very nice and original, thanks!
on 14. December 2022, 05:47 by marcmees
great new idea with potential. thanks.
on 13. December 2022, 21:07 by Prutsbeest
Wow, what a puzzle! Very nice logic indeed!
on 13. December 2022, 16:31 by Al Fresco
Another excellent puzzle. Thanks Agent
on 13. December 2022, 14:35 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle as usual! This combination of rulesets lead to some really interesting new and unexpected logic.
on 13. December 2022, 11:48 by Piatato
Very nice and smooth!
on 13. December 2022, 11:03 by PrimeWeasel
Such a flirt!
