To be honest, I'm not very good at solving sudoku, but somehow I'm still able to create my own sudoku puzzles. Interestingly, for me, it's much easier to make variants than classic ones. Let me show you some of my designs and stories behind them.
(Variant rules and PDF with puzzles can be found at the bottom of this post)
This one is my all time favorite so far. Looks nice, is quite hard (at least for me) but it's still possible to solve it without guessing.
Palindrome Sudoku
Four-leaf clover
Next three sudokus were made during my last year's trip in Korea. I didn't originally plan to make puzzles there, but well, when inspiration hits, I can't resist.
This puzzle was made as a celebration of my first experience with a bullet train, travelling across Korea from Seoul to Busan. After watching the movie "Train to Busan" I was expecting at least some zombies on board, but none of them showed up.
Antiknight Sudoku
Seoul to Busan
While exploring the local gastronomy scene in Busan, I stumbled upon Momos Coffee - a cafe with super friendly staff, beautiful roastery and world-class quality coffee.
Antiknight Sudoku
모모커피 - momos coffee
One month and four cities later, I returned to Seoul and I just had to immediately visit my most favorite cafe in the whole world - Mesh Coffe. They make such a delicious espressos even though it's not very popular in there, since Koreans drink almost exclusively americano.
Thermo Sudoku
Mesh Coffee espresso
Kimchi theme was a must for me since I'm a huge Korean food enthusiast. If I remember correctly, this was my first variant sudoku. It took me a while to set those thermometers right, but it was very satisfying to finally finish it.
Thermo Sudoku
김치 - kimchi
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This one was made really quickly during my visit of my friend's cafe Goriffee in Bratislava. Quite easy, but still fun to solve.
Thermo Sudoku
Goriffee
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There was not much to do during last year's Easter, so I made quite a few thematic puzzles. I'm still surprised, how was I able to produce such a neat looking sudoku, despite my lack of sudoku-solving skills.
Clone Sudoku +
Easter eggs
Clone+ rules: Outlines of every big egg go through 8 cells. These 8-cell groups contain same set of numbers in the same positions in every big egg. Cells with small colored eggs contain 4 different numbers.
Palindrome rules: Sequence of numbers along the gray line is palindromic, which means, it reads the same from both directions.
Antiknight rules: Symbols cannot repeat in any cells separated by a chess knight's move.
Thermo rules: Numbers (or lettes from the given set) in the thermometer shapes must be strictly increasing in each cell from the round bulb to the flat end.
If you solve any of these puzzles, please let me know what do you think about them. I would really appreciate your feedback.
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