Keeping balls in the air
(Published on 31. May 2025, 22:23 by ralphwaldo1)
Somedoku: Fill each cell with a digit from 1-6. For each N from 1-6, row N (counting from the top) has exactly N distinct digits; and column N (counting from the left) has exactly N distinct digits. These digits repeat as necessary to fill each row/column.
A line segment is a section of line between two matching dots with no other matching dots in between. (Any non-matching dots on a segment can be ignored. Shapes and colours are used to match dots and have no other significance). A line segment can also be the entirety of a loop if there is only one dot of a given shape/colour on the loop - that segment is regarded as having that dot at both ends.
Split Krokpea: The value of a dot is the positive difference between the two digits it connects. The sum of digits along a line segment is given by the two-digit number given by the values of the dots at its ends, taken in one order or another. The two dots marked 'a' have the same value.
Example: 3·1 2 6 3·2 works as a valid line segment as the dots have values 2 & 1 (being the differences between 3 & 1 and 3 & 2), and the cells between the dots sum to 12, which has those values as its two digits.
Solution code: Row 4
Last changed on on 31. May 2025, 23:34
Solved by SKORP17, Elker, ThePedallingPianist, QuiltyAsCharged, gnidan, garage
Comments
on 7. June 2025, 00:06 by QuiltyAsCharged
Nifty
on 2. June 2025, 00:12 by ThePedallingPianist
Very neat setting and a lovely preview to the bigger puzzle!
on 31. May 2025, 23:34 by ralphwaldo1
typo in sol code
on 31. May 2025, 22:58 by SKORP17
code = Row 4!