Another constraint? You always bring this new "stuff" and I love it!!🤩 I tought it would be a hard puzzle. But this video has 22 min and you started after 6min, so I decided to try it, and it was worth it! Started the same way was you. But I did a mistake in R8 C4C5 because I used 5 and 6, not 5 and 7 (as possible values of the line), almost at the end but I could not place 6 in box, come back, did again, but still got a very good time! 😊 Lovely puzzle, but I guess this one would be sooooo hard in the near future, doing things like 36 and 37, rather than 10 and 9. 😅 Thanks for this puzzle! You can do the hard one, and even if it is difficult, is ok, I like watch the solve too and we always can learn more! 🤗
Yeah, I did the same. Everything was going so well and then I was like "Wait, why are these two lines in the same box only one apart?" It's a nice and simple puzzle if you actually follow the rules, shocking that. (I suppose I should be grateful none of the lines leave box 5 via a corner, otherwise that logic will be out the window too!)
I had to watch your intro and initial start to fully understand how the variant worked but then it did flow nicely once I knew the whole sum line increased or decreased, not just the digit as lines crossed boxes. That meant I did not find the initial break in in box 1 myself so can't really consider it a solve but at least I know how to approach consecutive sum lines in future puzzles.
This was an interesting constraint! I started by coloring the line to indicate odd or even totals (not knowing which was which to start with), and was about three boxes in before realizing that each box contained totals all with the same parity, and the parity changes between boxes. It makes a lot of sense, but it's not necessarily the case with this type of puzzle, because a line could cross a corner between four boxes and break that parity rule. After watching your solve, I realize that I got lucky in assuming that the last segment that runs into row 9 has to have an 8 total rather than 10. If I had been mistaken there, I'm not sure how long it would've taken me to find the source of the mistake. As it turned out, my time was 7:09, solver number 245.
That's a really nice puzzle and an interesting rule set. Gotta keep your thinking cap on to keep from slipping into region sum lines (which I failed to do at one spot, fortunately without too much damage). I have seen a similar concept before using kropki dots between killer cages, with the cage totals limited by the dots. So there was a little bit of crossover reasoning available to me there. Very fun solve.
Hats off for getting your head around this variant Sleuth. I couldn’t - very hard not to apply the region sum logic which continuously caught me out even when watching your video solve. You have inspired me to give it another try!
Yes, look forward to more of these.
Wow, this kind is neat! I like the consecutive sum lines! I had not seen those anywhere else.
Another constraint? You always bring this new "stuff" and I love it!!🤩
I tought it would be a hard puzzle. But this video has 22 min and you started after 6min, so I decided to try it, and it was worth it! Started the same way was you. But I did a mistake in R8 C4C5 because I used 5 and 6, not 5 and 7 (as possible values of the line), almost at the end but I could not place 6 in box, come back, did again, but still got a very good time! 😊
Lovely puzzle, but I guess this one would be sooooo hard in the near future, doing things like 36 and 37, rather than 10 and 9. 😅
Thanks for this puzzle! You can do the hard one, and even if it is difficult, is ok, I like watch the solve too and we always can learn more! 🤗
Simple but lovely. Or better still, simply lovely.
Neat solve. Looking forward to more of these.
Beautiful puzzle!
Took me half-century to notice the 4 cell line in box 1... after that everything went smoothly
😁
An easy 17 and 45. After a very long work day, nice to have an easy one. Thanks!
Looking forward to another consecutive sum line video
More to come!
19:11 that was a really good one
enjoyed the solve thanks
Fabulous puzzle. I set one segment equal to its neighbor and had to rewind a bit to fix it, but other than that, very straight forward.
Yeah, I did the same. Everything was going so well and then I was like "Wait, why are these two lines in the same box only one apart?" It's a nice and simple puzzle if you actually follow the rules, shocking that.
(I suppose I should be grateful none of the lines leave box 5 via a corner, otherwise that logic will be out the window too!)
I had to watch your intro and initial start to fully understand how the variant worked but then it did flow nicely once I knew the whole sum line increased or decreased, not just the digit as lines crossed boxes. That meant I did not find the initial break in in box 1 myself so can't really consider it a solve but at least I know how to approach consecutive sum lines in future puzzles.
This was an interesting constraint! I started by coloring the line to indicate odd or even totals (not knowing which was which to start with), and was about three boxes in before realizing that each box contained totals all with the same parity, and the parity changes between boxes. It makes a lot of sense, but it's not necessarily the case with this type of puzzle, because a line could cross a corner between four boxes and break that parity rule.
After watching your solve, I realize that I got lucky in assuming that the last segment that runs into row 9 has to have an 8 total rather than 10. If I had been mistaken there, I'm not sure how long it would've taken me to find the source of the mistake. As it turned out, my time was 7:09, solver number 245.
That's a really nice puzzle and an interesting rule set. Gotta keep your thinking cap on to keep from slipping into region sum lines (which I failed to do at one spot, fortunately without too much damage). I have seen a similar concept before using kropki dots between killer cages, with the cage totals limited by the dots. So there was a little bit of crossover reasoning available to me there. Very fun solve.
Hats off for getting your head around this variant Sleuth. I couldn’t - very hard not to apply the region sum logic which continuously caught me out even when watching your video solve. You have inspired me to give it another try!
31:42 took me a while to see the break-in
15:24 :)