Thank you for the solve! I did indeed keep careful accounting of the total cells/regions in the puzzle while setting, but it didn't turn out to be necessary when solving. I'm glad you enjoyed it! ❤
Excited to hear Maddie will be filming with Simon!!! Hope we get to see it!! I hope everyone who wins the monthly challenge takes solving with Simon as their reward!!!
Solved in 36:11. Having the circle count in the puzzle description is a big help. It's interesting that this puzzle is supposed to be solvable without keeping track of the total cells in the grid, because I used that to make some critical deductions about what regions are in the grid (the same ones you did).
I didn't count the cells until I had about 70% of the grid coloured. That's when I realized I should've done that from the beginning cause it turns out you can pretty much know what all the regions are. I counted only because I wanted to quickly check if I had any stray 1 or 2 cell regions around but I can see that I could've continued without it.
I finished in 68:59 minutes. This was an absolute joy of a puzzle to solve. I really like how the early count restricts some of the given cells forcing them to move in certain ways. I have so many favorite parts. One was forcing the 26 region by use of the circle in r7c7. This also forced a 6 region to appear. The 8 cage being hemmed in was also amazing to see. My favorite part by far has to be the ending. I counted all the cells and it summed to exactly the amount remaining left, leaving no room for error. That led to an amazing spot that 4 had to go in r6c2. The rest practically finished itself. I very much enjoyed this one. Great Puzzle!
Given there can only be one region of size 8, that region has to be on an area with 8 contiguous circles, thus making the other 15 region impossible to be there. He didn't explicit it at that moment but the logic is correct
Or the other size 6 region. But yes, if he's using the fact the 8 region has to be somewhere in those contiguous circles, then you can't fit a 6 or 15 in there too. It might have been clearer if he had restated that.
In minute 34 Simon deliniates R4C10 from R5C10 without any explaination. It is correct, as there can't be another 4 region in the grid, but I don't think that is obvious at that point.
1:06:52 - Very happy with that. My favourite bits were the 26 area forcing a second 6 region, the two 15 regions and of course realising there was an 8 region.
I'm currently waiting, wondering how long before Simon realizes that the 26 region is constrained and boxed in, so he works it out. He's currently taking the long route. 41:28 There it is.
@@Boy314 I don’t think he could say it for sure then but after the work defining the 26 and 8, the 2 and 5 would block the top part from joining the rest of the 15.
It's penned in by the 2 and 8. The 2 forms a wall with either the 5 or 3 region, and the 8 region can't get enough circles if a 15 region escapes to the right of the 2.
@@RichSmith77 Yes, I agree! I came looking to see if anybody else thought that and so I replied to the comment after I saw how you could come to the conclusion later, without depending on it at that earlier stage.
53:57 for me. Took a good while to convince myself that 3 and 7 could not be in any circles, then got a bit stuck by the end trying to figure out how the two 15 regions fit without touching each other, without choking the 5s and without making 1s next to other 1s!
59:06, I figured out (with math!) what digits were in the circles pretty quick, figuring out the 5 region in the top center of the grid took a bit of logic, and using logic for the 15 and 26 regions at the end was a surprising amount of work.
Wow my solve path was way different, I didn't count the total number of cells and available regions. At that point I slowly proved the shape of the 26 region (the logic that Simon uses by 42:30 is available sooner, that circle has to be minimum size 4), which fixed the 7 region and the upper 6 region.... The gray region by that point would either be 5 or 8 (4 not allowed because the other 2 4s have to take at least 3 circles) and couldn't touch the 5 (8 would pen the 2, 5 would create a 6 region), then counting the circles by that area proved that the "inside" had to be 8, and the gray region had to be 5.... Which then forced a path out for the 5 in the corner (needed to grab at max 2 circles). At that point our solve path merged!
Simon leads quite the life - sitting in his perch all day with a little window providing both his air and his natural light while he does sudoku. Meanwhile his friend Mark is subjected to drilling from the neighbors for years and years.
I finished the puzzle, was super confused why it wasn't passing the check, then realized I put the tens digit in for 26 and 15 and not the units digit. Guess I shouldn't be trying these when I'm really tired.
I also tend to stick to just nine colours from a single palette. The reasons are fairly simple. Nine colours are usually sufficient (not sure why would you ever need more?). If I used colours from multiple palettes, then I have to remember which palette each colour came from when trying to fill in future cells with matching colours to ones already used. That gets complicated.
a thursday stream (my day off :D last 2 have been while i'm in work XD) I hope simons got a nice red picked out to blame for the wine clicks (or my jager bombs)
Considering the number of clashes between 15 and 5 regions and 26 and 6 regions, entering the units digit of the region size didn't seem the most sensible solution checking method...
Thank you for the solve! I did indeed keep careful accounting of the total cells/regions in the puzzle while setting, but it didn't turn out to be necessary when solving. I'm glad you enjoyed it! ❤
Excited to hear Maddie will be filming with Simon!!! Hope we get to see it!! I hope everyone who wins the monthly challenge takes solving with Simon as their reward!!!
Solved in 36:11. Having the circle count in the puzzle description is a big help.
It's interesting that this puzzle is supposed to be solvable without keeping track of the total cells in the grid, because I used that to make some critical deductions about what regions are in the grid (the same ones you did).
I didn't count the cells until I had about 70% of the grid coloured. That's when I realized I should've done that from the beginning cause it turns out you can pretty much know what all the regions are.
I counted only because I wanted to quickly check if I had any stray 1 or 2 cell regions around but I can see that I could've continued without it.
I finished in 68:59 minutes. This was an absolute joy of a puzzle to solve. I really like how the early count restricts some of the given cells forcing them to move in certain ways. I have so many favorite parts. One was forcing the 26 region by use of the circle in r7c7. This also forced a 6 region to appear. The 8 cage being hemmed in was also amazing to see. My favorite part by far has to be the ending. I counted all the cells and it summed to exactly the amount remaining left, leaving no room for error. That led to an amazing spot that 4 had to go in r6c2. The rest practically finished itself. I very much enjoyed this one. Great Puzzle!
Enjoyed this and the coloring of the 26 region looks a little like a fist holding the 8 circles.
Could do with some note space outside the grid to note the possible digits in circles.
I happened to be taking a sip of wine at 1'34", when Simon said "... but Mark's an expert..." and it nearly went all over the keyboard. :D
Oooh this year for my birthday since it's a Saturday I get a Non-Sudoku puzzle, I'm here for this!
Happy Birthday! 🎁
Happy birthday!
33:40, you shouldn't fail to consider the other 15 region.
Given there can only be one region of size 8, that region has to be on an area with 8 contiguous circles, thus making the other 15 region impossible to be there. He didn't explicit it at that moment but the logic is correct
Oh, right, because of the 2.
Or the other size 6 region.
But yes, if he's using the fact the 8 region has to be somewhere in those contiguous circles, then you can't fit a 6 or 15 in there too. It might have been clearer if he had restated that.
More to the point, the r6c9 circle couldn't be more than 2 and be permitted in a circle And fit the 8 region next to it unless it is part of it.
@@minamagdy4126 My issue pertained to the r1c5 square as well where I missed the 2 playing gatekeeper.
In minute 34 Simon deliniates R4C10 from R5C10 without any explaination. It is correct, as there can't be another 4 region in the grid, but I don't think that is obvious at that point.
1:06:52 - Very happy with that. My favourite bits were the 26 area forcing a second 6 region, the two 15 regions and of course realising there was an 8 region.
Around 38:20, why did he decide the square under consideration can't be 5? It could have reached the given 5 up and to the left of it?
Love the Saturday puzzles!!
Easy to do, but in your first count, you had 13+6 and came up with 20 which threw you off by that 1. Off by one errors are the worst.
I'm currently waiting, wondering how long before Simon realizes that the 26 region is constrained and boxed in, so he works it out. He's currently taking the long route.
41:28 There it is.
why couldn't the top region between the 3 and 6 be the second 15 region?
@@Boy314 I don’t think he could say it for sure then but after the work defining the 26 and 8, the 2 and 5 would block the top part from joining the rest of the 15.
It's penned in by the 2 and 8. The 2 forms a wall with either the 5 or 3 region, and the 8 region can't get enough circles if a 15 region escapes to the right of the 2.
@@physicsdavidTrue, but it doesn't seem like Simon considered it even.
@@RichSmith77 Yes, I agree! I came looking to see if anybody else thought that and so I replied to the comment after I saw how you could come to the conclusion later, without depending on it at that earlier stage.
53:57 for me. Took a good while to convince myself that 3 and 7 could not be in any circles, then got a bit stuck by the end trying to figure out how the two 15 regions fit without touching each other, without choking the 5s and without making 1s next to other 1s!
59:06, I figured out (with math!) what digits were in the circles pretty quick, figuring out the 5 region in the top center of the grid took a bit of logic, and using logic for the 15 and 26 regions at the end was a surprising amount of work.
Great video. Can’t believe how dark it was by the end of the video!
Fantastic puzzle.
Amazing puzzle really, I seemed to get stuck at and after the 8 part, however great puzzle!
That was nifty, very brain bending at the end, took me a while to resolve all that, including a small mistake.
At 27:50 the discrepancy is because your first count was incorrect: you summed 6+7+3+3=20
Wow my solve path was way different, I didn't count the total number of cells and available regions. At that point I slowly proved the shape of the 26 region (the logic that Simon uses by 42:30 is available sooner, that circle has to be minimum size 4), which fixed the 7 region and the upper 6 region.... The gray region by that point would either be 5 or 8 (4 not allowed because the other 2 4s have to take at least 3 circles) and couldn't touch the 5 (8 would pen the 2, 5 would create a 6 region), then counting the circles by that area proved that the "inside" had to be 8, and the gray region had to be 5.... Which then forced a path out for the 5 in the corner (needed to grab at max 2 circles).
At that point our solve path merged!
33:24 for me. i got stuck in my brain several times.
Very interesting puzzle!
Simon needs to invest in a studio light or room light for his attic. He just looks like a detached face by the end of the video.
That's part of the charm.
Simon leads quite the life - sitting in his perch all day with a little window providing both his air and his natural light while he does sudoku. Meanwhile his friend Mark is subjected to drilling from the neighbors for years and years.
Seems Sceptical Mario have been three times on channel but i think all times his puzzles solved by Mark.
At 32:00ish, why wasn't 15 included in that cell?
It would make the 2 impossible
I finished the puzzle, was super confused why it wasn't passing the check, then realized I put the tens digit in for 26 and 15 and not the units digit. Guess I shouldn't be trying these when I'm really tired.
Why doesn’t Simon use the other color palettes? There are so many colors to choose from in the app.
I also tend to stick to just nine colours from a single palette. The reasons are fairly simple. Nine colours are usually sufficient (not sure why would you ever need more?). If I used colours from multiple palettes, then I have to remember which palette each colour came from when trying to fill in future cells with matching colours to ones already used. That gets complicated.
it's logic puzzle saturday 😃 🎉
That was a joy.
33:40 Why consider 5 an option for the gray region but not for this area amidst the 7 region?
Because there are 6 cells to play with, so two 5 regions would be too many
35:58 for me. Just do a little math :)
a thursday stream (my day off :D last 2 have been while i'm in work XD) I hope simons got a nice red picked out to blame for the wine clicks (or my jager bombs)
37:50 how can this region not be part of the 5 region with the given five?
Considering the number of clashes between 15 and 5 regions and 26 and 6 regions, entering the units digit of the region size didn't seem the most sensible solution checking method...
May i habe a wish for chrismas? Please give me the gift of a light bulb puzzle.
I vastly misunderstood the rules regarding the 15 and 26 cells. By being told to leave them empty i assumed they were not part of any fillomino
Same
It literally says “Note for solution checking” before it so it is obvious that doesn’t change any of the rules…
@leeuwevdh I know. In hindsight, it was stupid
@leeuwevdh i just completely misread i guess
An hour long video, just what is needed to watch while recovering from a bad cold. Thank you CtC for making being ill bareable.