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@ 2019-01-17 9:51 AM (#26462 - in reply to #26461) (#26462) Top

amitsowani




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amitsowani posted @ 2019-01-17 9:51 AM

Initially I was slated to do this round on my own but I was happy to collaborate with Hemant on this round who ended up creating a larger share of the sudokus.

We wanted to introduce some variety into the puzzle within the theme of outside and neighbours, which led to the selection of these set of variants. The Unordered Distances variant was an accidental miscommunication where Hemant assumed that the order is not implied in a standard Distances Sudoku puzzle. The puzzles he sent for testing were of high quality and hence we decided to introduce his new twist in the round.

Adjusting the level of difficulty was a challenge and the first few submissions were on the difficult side. We decided to tone down the difficulty on the last few puzzles which were left to be created.
There were a few examples where we could have made the puzzles more difficult, e.g: The first coded pair reduced to a domino sudoku but was solvable without needing to realize that. The unordered distances 9X9 IB example was more difficult than the puzzle in the test. I think the balance was right for most participants so some of those efforts did help.

I hope all the participants enjoyed solving the sudokus and are encouraged to participate for the rest of SM.
@ 2019-01-17 3:50 PM (#26463 - in reply to #26417) (#26463) Top

An LMI player



An LMI player posted @ 2019-01-17 3:50 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Irregular Frame Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Most puzzles were worth the right amount


@ 2019-01-18 4:21 PM (#26464 - in reply to #26417) (#26464) Top

vjain9



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vjain9 posted @ 2019-01-18 4:21 PM

where can we view the complete ( filled in ) answers to the sudokus , as opposed to the solutions ?
@ 2019-01-18 4:22 PM (#26465 - in reply to #26417) (#26465) Top

vjain9



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vjain9 posted @ 2019-01-18 4:22 PM

OK got it !
@ 2019-01-21 1:18 PM (#26468 - in reply to #26417) (#26468) Top

ChaiT



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ChaiT posted @ 2019-01-21 1:18 PM

 What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? Just right
 What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? Very nice
 Which set of puzzles did you like the most? Fortress Sudoku
 Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? Many puzzles were worth too much or too little


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