October Reward: Padlocked - A Lockout Lines Hunt
Added 2021-10-01 15:01:07 +0000 UTCWe're so excited to share this one with you. The attached document is a Lockout Lines sudoku hunt from some of the great and good of the sudoku world, including the two inventors of the Lockout Lines ruleset: Tallcat and Riffclown.
If you manage to solve the final puzzle send us an email at crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
We'll be awarding a Baba Is You key (giving you free access to the game) to the first correct entry we receive but everyone who sends a correct entry will enter a draw for a second key. [Thanks to Jan Gunter for donating the keys to us!] Entries by 20 October please.
Enjoy!
Simon & Mark
We'd like to thank all of those who contributed to this incredible reward pack: Riffclown, Tallcat, AndrewSarchus, Chilly, Grkles, MaverickJD, Memeristor, Mr Menace, Niverio, Twototenth, Virtual and Zetamath.
Comments
I eventually solved it by concentrating on things I knew must be true, like the lockout digit restrictions and normal sudoku rules! And I don't know how it works on mobile, but on my laptop there's a button that looks like a clipboard? that lists the full set of rules when you click it. I hope it's there on mobile too.
Benny Ng
2021-10-20 06:09:05 +0000 UTCOk, It is official. I am not smart enough for escape room. Not being able to know the solution is killing me...
2021-10-17 19:12:44 +0000 UTCI don't really like the variant, it's just not intuitive. That said, I am probably too stupid for it. I think I understand the rules, but keep running into contradictions even in the first puzzle. Definitely my least favourite of the bonusses in recent times.
Andreas Praefcke
2021-10-16 09:59:53 +0000 UTCDon't think I'll have time to finish the last 3 I've got left but wow that pack is amazing.
2021-10-14 21:45:33 +0000 UTCChuffed to have finished the lockout hunt, thanks to the various setters. In some cases not sure if I should be offering thanks as they were absolute beasts. But I thoroughly enjoyed (almost) all of it.
Athel Stan
2021-10-14 11:03:57 +0000 UTCThis has been an absolute blast so far! I'm not sure I completely understand the rules for Escape Room, but I'm going to keep at it.
Benny Ng
2021-10-08 20:23:30 +0000 UTCIt has been done in the discord community, although I believe it was a somewhat trivial puzzle (like only 4x4). Feel free to ping me there and I'll dig it up for you - @AFrayedKnot
2021-10-08 00:39:25 +0000 UTCI think if you really want to use that distinction, you should word it as ''At least one X or V is missing.'' It is kind of the same argument as the ''All X's and V's are given.'' If you really want the negative constraint, it should be clear. If you don't, just not mentioning it should be enough. (In my opinion of course.)
2021-10-04 03:38:55 +0000 UTCI thought about the same thing! I kind of want somebody more talented than me to make a puzzle that disambiguates at the end based on the knowledge that there must be a hidden X or V.
Scott Joss
2021-10-03 20:45:09 +0000 UTCI agree. Changing it from "Not all X,V are given" to "Not all X,V are necessarily given" makes it the same.
Δημήτρης Δανελλάκης
2021-10-01 20:59:32 +0000 UTCThe first one implies "There exists a place where x and/or v could exist, but doesn't", but second makes no such claim.
Mr Pudifoot
2021-10-01 15:45:44 +0000 UTCWhat would be the difference between those two things?
2021-10-01 15:44:30 +0000 UTCA thought occurs to me. In the PDF it says "Not all X and V are given." and in the CTC link it says "No negative constraint". These do not necessarily mean the same thing. It would be absurd to base a puzzle on this difference, but the thought amuses me.
Mr Pudifoot
2021-10-01 15:30:22 +0000 UTC
