Serial Sums
(Published on 11. March 2025, 21:19 by kyuquu)
Here's my first attempt at setting a puzzle!
Huge thanks to everyone who was willing to playtest (and one friend in particular for coming up with the name).
Please enjoy, and any feedback is greatly appreciated!
RULES:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Killer Cages: Digits within a killer cage sum to a value between 11 and 20 (inclusive) that is unique to each cage. Digits do not repeat within a cage.
Renban: Digits along a purple renban line form a set of consecutive, nonrepeating digits in any order.
Partial Kropki: Digits separated by a white kropki dot are consecutive. Digits separated by a black kropki dot are in a 1:2 ratio. Not all possible kropki dots are given.
Solution code: Row 8 (left to right)
Comments
on 13. March 2025, 07:58 by abadx
spectacular setting. Congrats for your first puzzle
on 12. March 2025, 23:56 by mmarx
This flowed so nicely, very fun to solve.
on 12. March 2025, 20:01 by anyeyeball
Well constructed with a fun flow of logic. This is a very nice puzzle.
on 12. March 2025, 15:09 by florita
What a joy!! Thanks so much <3
on 12. March 2025, 14:46 by Ragna
What a wonderful debut! :-))
on 12. March 2025, 13:41 by Slumped_5
First time setting a puzzle, you sure @kyuquu? Because it's too elegant to be someone's first I suppose! The logic flows like some expert setter has built a solve path, please keep them coming!
on 12. March 2025, 12:40 by AngusWBA
Really enjoyed this puzzle
on 12. March 2025, 11:23 by Rollo
Wunderschön konstruiert :-), bitte mehr davon ;-).
on 12. March 2025, 06:13 by gbrljt
Silky smooth solving path that still took some effort to figure out but ultimately very satisfying in the end. Had I read carefully about the unique to each cage part I would've had a much faster solve time! Curses me.
@gbrljt The wording could probably be a little clearer. I'm glad it wasn't too big of an issue, though! Thanks for solving :)
- kyu
on 12. March 2025, 01:31 by gamlesvarten
Very nice first puzzle!
@gamlesvarten Thank you!
- kyu
on 11. March 2025, 23:09 by Ungesundheit
Great puzzle by any standards, particularly for a first time setter! Really enjoyed the process of elimination and the logic that emerged from it :)
@Ungesundheit Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
- kyu
