A New Sudoku Layout With 81 Uniquely Shaped Cells
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- A new puzzle called 'Cracked Sudoku' was invented, inspired by a daily Sudoku habit and named after cracked dirt.
- The rules involve filling 81 cells with numbers 1-9 without repeats in dark-outlined groups or along colored run lines.
- Cracked Sudoku innovates on layout using Voronoi diagrams, allowing cells of any shape instead of a standard 9x9 grid.
- Runs are strips of 2-9 cells that cannot have repeated numbers, generated by connecting neighboring cells with opposite sides.
- A puzzle generator creates puzzles in four phases: layout, run creation, number placement, and validation.
- Thousands of puzzles were generated for daily use, with potential for human-designed versions.
- The creator seeks collaboration with experienced Sudoku constructors for a human-made Cracked Sudoku featured on Cracking the Cryptic.