Friday, 8 March 2024

Walker

Here's a walkthrough for Freddie's Circles and Squares: https://youtu.be/QrlmdCDdVMA

"At long last, your party of brave adventurers reaches the bottom floor of the Syuma Ruins. Entering from stone doorways at the south and east, you find yourselves in a sturdy, well-constructed room, with walls of sandy brick. Piles of loose rubble cover the outer floor; but in the middle of the room, you see a number of white stone tiles, arranged to form a six-by-six grid. Before you can investigate, you hear a rumbling sound, from the northeast.; as rocks tumble to the floor, a large stone golem stands. You ready for a fight…"

Stone Golem | 21 Hit Points

Rules: Place a number from 1 to N into each cell so that each row and column contains every number from that range with no repeats, where N is the side length of the grid. A clue outside the grid represents the sum of all the numbers where the distance from the clue equals the number.

In the example puzzle, the four highlighted clues show which numbers add to the clue's value. For instance, the red clue adds 1 (at distance 1) and 4 (at distance 4) but not 2 (at distance 3) or 3 (at distance 2).

🔍 Perception Check 🔍: This puzzle has a negative constraint! If a number N in the grid isn’t part of an outside sum, it can’t appear N cells away from that sum.

Example (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/25nbmrhv

Solve in 2:30 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 5:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Dungeon Tragopan! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/26b4junb