Liar Japanese Sums #1
(Eingestellt am 21. Dezember 2022, 18:27 Uhr von Niverio)
This next puzzle I am publishing right now is the start of a series of puzzles I intend to set using this new ruleset, inspired by this awesome KNT puzzle. It has been my favourite puzzle I solved this year, and although that puzzle is extremely complex, the core ideas of it have huge potential and they can be simplified quite a bit, which I have tried to do here with this first iteration of puzzles. As I set more, I will be incorporating either other puzzle genres, or sudoku variants into it as well (and probably leave the strict boundaries of Sudoku itself). But don't get the wrong idea, this puzzle is still not a pushover by any means. :) Hope you enjoy!
Rules:
- Sudoku: Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box.
- Liar Japanese Sums: Shade some cells in the grid such that clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the continuous blocks of unshaded cells in that row or column. At least one shaded cell must separate the blocks. For every clued row or column, 2 different sets are provided (Left / Right for rows, Top / Bottom for columns.) One set is correct, with correct sums in the correct order.(Always left to right or top to bottom.) The other set is a lie. Which sets are correct must be determined by the solver.
- Empty rows and columns simply indicate that there are no clues provided for that row or column.
Puzzle Links: You can solve the puzzle in F-Puzzles, CTC or in Penpa+. CTC and Penpa versions have answer check included for correct number placement.
Lösungscode: Number of shaded cells in Column 5, followed by the digits of Column 5 (10 digits, no commas or spaces.)
Kommentare
am 14. September 2023, 19:39 Uhr von Playmaker6174
A sheer plethora of interesting interactions from start to finish, and I had a great fun till the end! :)
am 11. September 2023, 03:34 Uhr von Krokant
Not gonna lie, this was fantastic. :)
am 31. Mai 2023, 03:59 Uhr von damasosos92
Beautiful puzzle, thank you Niverio1
am 5. April 2023, 17:13 Uhr von Christounet
Loved this ambiguity puzzle ! I'm really starting to get the sense of how one needs to approach a japanese sums puzzle. This one was intimidating at first, but surprisingly easier than I thought. Thanks !
am 12. März 2023, 22:52 Uhr von zetamath
One of my favorite Niverio puzzles, and that is a hard club to get into!
am 2. Januar 2023, 22:37 Uhr von MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle, very nice!
am 25. Dezember 2022, 09:32 Uhr von AnnaTh
Fantastic puzzle. So much fun!
am 23. Dezember 2022, 17:19 Uhr von ddx2407
Very nice puzzle. I enjoyed it a lot. Waiting the the rest of the series.
am 23. Dezember 2022, 06:28 Uhr von vitaminz
Would a bottom clue both be read top to bottom and placed in the grid top to bottom?
~Yes, that's correct
am 23. Dezember 2022, 06:09 Uhr von Agent
Very nice puzzle! The solution path is very narrow with many beautiful steps.
am 22. Dezember 2022, 19:09 Uhr von Qodec
Pure entertainment! Thanks for setting this beauty!
am 22. Dezember 2022, 16:16 Uhr von Perladel
My first Japanese Sums solved on my own.
Thank you very much Niv for sharing this marvellous puzzle!
am 22. Dezember 2022, 14:36 Uhr von Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Thank you
am 22. Dezember 2022, 08:38 Uhr von marcmees
very nice. thanks.
am 22. Dezember 2022, 04:07 Uhr von cdwg2000
Very nice!
am 22. Dezember 2022, 01:12 Uhr von Xendari
I loved this! I'm glad to see #1 in the title, this ruleset was very fun to solve with :)
am 22. Dezember 2022, 00:00 Uhr von ONeill
Wonderful first of the series, thanks :)
am 21. Dezember 2022, 22:57 Uhr von Jesper
Great puzzle, thanks!
am 21. Dezember 2022, 22:38 Uhr von Myxo
Beautiful puzzle!
am 21. Dezember 2022, 18:28 Uhr von KNT
Super fun Japanese Sums puzzle! I hope this encourages more people to get interested in variants of the genre.
