I recently created and posted a puzzle online. I was looking back at it and kind of regret how I set it up.
I was wondering if someone can take a look at it, as well an alternative, and give me their opinion. These are basically the same puzzles and the differences are in the break-in. The break-in in my opinion, is easiest in my original puzzle, and less obvious in the new one. The break-in revolves around determining the very center digit. In the first puzzle, with some trial and error, you can fairly easily guess the center digit. This is not how I wanted that digit found. I think the second forces you to determine this digit in the method that I wanted. The first puzzle uses a lot of variables for the killer cage sums, the updated one uses no variables.
I did make a note in the first version that clarifies that guessing the center digit is not required, which kind of indicates that that's not the method I want the solver using.
I would appreciate any opinions, and if you want to know how to break it in, I can provide that information. I'm not super familiar with posting here, so I don't know how to include text that reveals itself once you click on it. My apologies for that.
Original: https://sudokupad.app/9sxe7q81rb
Updated: https://sudokupad.app/zkh3hp1vqs
I was wondering if someone can take a look at it, as well an alternative, and give me their opinion. These are basically the same puzzles and the differences are in the break-in. The break-in in my opinion, is easiest in my original puzzle, and less obvious in the new one. The break-in revolves around determining the very center digit. In the first puzzle, with some trial and error, you can fairly easily guess the center digit. This is not how I wanted that digit found. I think the second forces you to determine this digit in the method that I wanted. The first puzzle uses a lot of variables for the killer cage sums, the updated one uses no variables.
I did make a note in the first version that clarifies that guessing the center digit is not required, which kind of indicates that that's not the method I want the solver using.
I would appreciate any opinions, and if you want to know how to break it in, I can provide that information. I'm not super familiar with posting here, so I don't know how to include text that reveals itself once you click on it. My apologies for that.
Original: https://sudokupad.app/9sxe7q81rb
Updated: https://sudokupad.app/zkh3hp1vqs