March Patreon Reward - Alice in Sudokuland

Cracking The Cryptic

No, we haven't got as far as March 10 yet with the shoutouts!

We submitted the keyphrase on March 10, but it seems that we never got a shoutout :( Did we miss it?

Couldn't do any of them haha

Mhairi McNeill

Works for me in Chrome!

Athel Stan

I used Firefox on a desktop and they all worked.

Athel Stan

Thanks Panthera, TheAsylum and Montinox for the puzzles.

Gherkin Soon

For those who have managed to open all the puzzles, which browser or app are you using?

Gherkin Soon

I just tried this and the network connection error disappeared, but now I’m having the other issue of the puzzle trying to re-load every second

Shawn Kiewel

For those having problems with opening the puzzles, after opening them, change app.cracingthecryptic.com with sudokupad.app, and it should work.

Gherkin Soon

Yes, an error message says that there’s no network connection. The CBF version will load, but I CBF doing it that way…

Gherkin Soon

I tried to use the app but the coloured boxes were obscuring the numbers

I can’t load most of the multicolour puzzles either, it just says no network connection..

I can’t load most of the multicolor puzzles. Just keeps saying I already finished the puzzle even though I haven’t been able to even begin. The page reloads automatically every second or so. I’ve really enjoyed the puzzles I’ve been able to access, so it’s really a shame. I do hope this gets resolved or there’s a way around it. I should mention I do them on my iPad. Anyways, thank you for the amazing puzzles

As a fan of Japanese sums, this pack was a blast!! Thank you for a great hunt!

Mystic Argus

This is my first time participating in one of these, and I'm having a lot of fun! I've finished all the easier puzzles, and now I'm stumped by The Lory. I've only just managed to place my sixth digit after a couple hours. I'm definitely still a novice, but I'm determined to give it my best shot!

ARDavis

Yeah I'm confused by rows 1 and 2.

N+T Sudoku Solving Ltd.

Same problem with puzzle 9 with iOS Sudoku pad app. Didn’t even load in safari. Solution was correct in android chrome.

Thanks for making this hunt. Made it till the end and enjoyed it very much.

Benny Ng

Simple, fun, & straightforward puzzles this month! And I liked that the poetic intros were self-aware about how convoluted rulesets can get. But the hunts are always a lot of fun, and I appreciate those who put them together. Thank you all!

Christian John Hazlett

is anyone else having issues loading the caterpillar puzzle?

iOS or android?

Yes I just put my exact same solution into the web app and it judged it correct. There is a problem with the puzzle when loaded into the iOS version of Sven’s SudokuPad

Mario

Big round of applause for TheAsylm, Montinox and Panthera for creating a truly beautiful hunt. Enjoyed each and every puzzle in the pack. Hats off!

Mario

Played in Sven's Sudoku Pad myself and didn't encounter any problem with any solutions.

Is anyone else playing in Sven’s SudokuPad? As when I check my solution to puzzle 1 I get “doesn’t look quite right” but I’m certain the solution is valid!

Stinky Pete

I was only able to force the 5,33,4 row at first, but looking again I see that once you have some "unshaded" cells marked (I use salmon for unshaded) you can expand that if you have a shaded cell and only one run.

David Carroll

In my case, the teapot always had some place to look at and figure out, so it flowed quite smoothly (at least for me, who is not fast at these things). But once most of the rabbit had been coloured in, I got majorly stuck trying to disambiguate the numbers.

ARDavis

Some of the rows are forced by the sums and the fact that you need to put a grey cell between them.

Agree to David's statement, the first one took me way longer than the second one

Stinky Pete

That's surprising to me, because the first one gives 2 free columns to anchor the runs on the rows. I found it a lot harder to place colors on my first go at the second one. Any tips?

Stinky Pete

The white rabbit is probably the hardest puzzle I've ever solved, personally. I'm grateful for the 1-star caterpillar but I will have to really think to make the teapot work!

David Carroll

So far so good, but I did find the second puzzle a lot easier than the first. Gives me hope for those 4 stars...

Jurgen Landrie

I'm already having problems with understanding that long sentence in the rules haha

Jim Newman

Made it through the first which is more than i expected! Thanks to all involved in these :)

Having a lot of fun solving the first two puzzles. The poetry and colouring adds to the fun.

Panthera Cheshire

We are on the discord if you need extra help! !