perhaps the possible times for clock sudoku could be more accurately put.. "all times will fall between 12:34 and 23:59" and/or "hours can be 12-24 and minutes 12-59" just sayin...
Permalink Submitted by detuned on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 23:34.
Hi mikeylyk,
Writing instructions can be a tricky business, and having written quite a few now I'm sure some aren't completely perfect. My thought process for the instructions to this puzzle was influenced by the inclusion of 0-8 Skyscrapers Sudoku - you could easily do clock sudoku with numbers from 0-8 instead, so the wider than necessary round potentially offers a little more flexibility. Whether that's the right thing to do or not can only really be judged if the instructions are clear and unambiguous to all solvers.
Tom Collyer
Competition Director,
WPF Sudoku GP 2016
instructions for clock sudoku
Hi mikeylyk,
Writing instructions can be a tricky business, and having written quite a few now I'm sure some aren't completely perfect. My thought process for the instructions to this puzzle was influenced by the inclusion of 0-8 Skyscrapers Sudoku - you could easily do clock sudoku with numbers from 0-8 instead, so the wider than necessary round potentially offers a little more flexibility. Whether that's the right thing to do or not can only really be judged if the instructions are clear and unambiguous to all solvers.
Tom Collyer
Competition Director,
WPF Sudoku GP 2016