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vestiges of an epicyclic castle

(Published on 10. March 2025, 02:06 by DubiousMobius)

This puzzle is the result of a collaboration with aqjhs, and was one of two such puzzles that we set for Scojo's weekly prompt. This puzzle combines Castle Wall loop building rules with Mod-Length Region Sum Lines. If you want to try the other puzzle, which is a mod-length RSL deconstruction, you can find it here. All feedback is welcome, and hope you enjoy! Click the puzzle to play!

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply

Cells joined by a white dot have consecutive digits. Not all possible white dots are given.

Castle Walls:
Draw a loop that moves orthogonally, it can touch itself but not cross itself or cover a cell more than once.
• Cells marked with arrows, circles or squares may not be on the loop.
• Cells marked with circles must be inside the loop, cells marked with squares must be outside the loop.
• A cell with an arrow contains a digit that indicates the number of line segments in that direction (i.e. the number of times the loop crosses a cell border traveling in that direction). Vertical arrows only count vertical lines, and horizontal arrows count horizontal lines.

Mod-length Region Sums:
The loop is a mod-length region sum line:
• Box borders split the line into connected components.
• Cells on a component of length L with a digit D have a value equal to the remainder of D divided by L. (If D is a multiple of L then the cell has value equal to 0.)
• All components have the same value sum.

Below is an example of a valid loop:

Solution code: Digits in row 6 that are on the loop

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Solved by aqjhs, tuturitu, Piff, Joyofrandomness, karlmortenlunna, Nell Gwyn, roflsalot, CauchySchwarz, brewring, Scojo, Frank Puzzles, BeeBoi, Lithusei, Kallor
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Difficulty:3
Rating:96 %
Solved:14 times
Observed:4 times
ID:000MBW

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