e m p t y = c h a o s
(Published on 28. December 2024, 06:15 by aqjhs)
- Divide the grid into ten orthogonally connected regions and place the digits 0 to 9 once each in every row, column and region.
- Cells marked with a letter will have the same letter if and only if they have the same digit. Only letters from the title are used (shading cells may reveal clues).
- Cells marked with grey letters are in different regions.
- Cells marked with arrows show the combined count of all the cells in its region that are seen in the direction of the arrows (including itself). Region borders do not break arrows sight.
Solution code: Digits on row 2 separated by a dash for each (internal) region border, followed by the corresponding letters for row 9 also separated by dashes for each (internal) region border. (ex. 01-234-567-89empty-chaos)
Comments
on 18. July 2025, 12:45 by saiifh
What a beatuiful puzzle!
I was using row 10 instead of 9 for the solution code and was wondering why it isn't working.
I should’ve stopped my ache sooner by reading the right line!
on 4. July 2025, 10:17 by TitaniaLowe
Never comment on these but I just wanted to say I absolutely adore this. Very cleverly designed, incredibly creative, and above all it's refreshing to see a puzzle from someone who is clearly having tons of fun, cackling like a mad scientist at every step of setting. Shame logic-masters doesn't have a "surrealism" category.
on 12. March 2025, 17:30 by Blake Saligia
nice anagram ;)
I habitually treat the row 9 as the last row and got stuck for a long time lol
on 13. January 2025, 18:01 by aqjhs
added tags
on 5. January 2025, 22:37 by ViKingPrime
Madness.
on 5. January 2025, 00:13 by nassausolver
Best puzzle of 2024 for me. So good that I was working on it well into 2025... But seriously, beautiful and unique and HARD!
on 2. January 2025, 15:55 by Christounet
Solution code = icing on the cake. Very nice ! Thanks :)
on 30. December 2024, 21:24 by brimmy
ouch! ;-)
on 29. December 2024, 04:39 by askaksaksask
I really enjoyed this chaos build. The hardest part up front was adjusting to the blankness and letting the arrows do the initial talking. The first half is considerably trickier than the second half, though the back half of the solve employs some cool geometry with the arrows. I believe this is probably a 4* puzzle though. Very enjoyable. Thank you!
on 29. December 2024, 02:35 by Calvinball
Such a wild and unique puzzle, glad to have conquered the void.
on 28. December 2024, 16:51 by Lorena
Loved this one, thank you so much!!
