Scribbled art in deranged colors
(Published on 4. October 2024, 09:57 by bboom)
This puzzle is part of a series I'm making, exploring the odd anti-knight / even anti-bishop mechanic. Other puzzles in the series can be found here:
- First Practice (easy puzzle to try out the anti-bishop/anti-knight rule)
- Deranged scribbles or modern art?
- Knight and Bishops, dancing around dots
- Anti-Knight and Anti-Bishop Killer
- Bishops eat their sandwiches at 5:29
- Minimalist art or more deranged scribbles?
- Directionless Knights and Bishops
Puzzle rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Odd anti-knight: Cells separated by a knight’s move in chess cannot have the same odd digit.
- Even anti-bishop: Cells separated by a bishop’s move in chess cannot have the same even digit.
- Palindromes: All four colored lines are palindrome lines. Digits on a palindrome line read the same forwards and backwards.
- Individual colors: Each of the four colors represents one of the line types below. Each color is a different type. The solver must determine the correct type for each color.
- German Whisper: Two cells connected by the German whisper line must have a difference of at least 5.
- Kindred line: Adjacent digits on the kindred line line must have a difference of less than 3.
- Parity line: Digits on the parity line alternate between odd and even numbers.
- Region sum line: Box borders divide the region sum line into segments. Digits in each segment sum to the same value.
Solution code: Column 1 from top to bottom (9 digits, no spaces)
Comments
on 23. July 2025, 16:37 by Frankster
A brilliant puzzle. Tough (for me) but great fun once you get the hang of it!
on 31. January 2025, 03:08 by Frank Puzzles
https://youtu.be/t2Np4EjQ-cQ
Here's my solve of your puzzle. I enjoyed trying to figure out which line was which!
on 19. January 2025, 14:18 by goldennumber
Excellent puzzle, very enjoyable ruleset throughout
on 14. November 2024, 17:52 by snuuba
Wuhuu - a pure joy to solve. This anti-knight/bishop ruleset really shines with palindromes. I was glad that I didn’t have worry too much about all the possible kindred line combinations. Thanks.
on 11. October 2024, 04:08 by jordanza
This is such a banger! Love it!
on 9. October 2024, 23:40 by itsid
that was a blast, thanks a lot for this nice series
on 9. October 2024, 22:25 by Twan2797
Very nice puzzle! Don't understand why it is only solved 13 times...
on 5. October 2024, 23:34 by Gullie
I’m really enjoying this series! Having different constraints for evens and odds keeps messing with my brain, I often have to restart a puzzle because of that, but finally solving it gives so much satisfaction :-). Please keep them coming!!
on 4. October 2024, 13:32 by zonny
Really nice puzzle - nicely sequential with a fast finish!
