Battling with Snowballs

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Published on February 16, 2023 11:00:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4GAP4VeNUg

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Here's where you can try Snowballs by Nordy: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/T8mg9QGpdf
Normal sudoku rules apply. Each blue circle in the grid is a Snowball. Snowballs roll in straight lines—either horizontally or vertically—through a set of orthogonally connected cells. The total length (in cells) of a Snowball's path is given by the number in the top left corner of its starting cell. The digits along a Snowball's path behave as follows: after the first two digits, each digit is the sum of the two preceding digits (just like the Fibonacci Sequence). Snowballs may cross paths, and therefore may share one or more cells with other Snowballs.

▶ Our newest sudoku pack: GAS ◀
Now available: our GAS pack with brand new Genuinely Approachable Sudoku puzzles by clover!, Philip Newman, and Sam Cappleman-Lynes, an in-app purchase from the (free) Cracking the Cryptic app. In that app you also get a free pack of puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri (one puzzle of each variant of our existing apps), a FREE pack of 23 puzzles in celebration of our reaching 500k subscribers, and can purchase DOMINO SUDOKU, a pack of 100 handmade puzzles (40 available at launch, 5 added each month until it reaches 100) by some of the best constructors in the world.
AppStore https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934
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Also: seven videos of Simon and Mark solving the 500k pack puzzles in live streams. See the playlist to get to them.

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Links are ALL here: https://crackingthecryptic.com/#apps or search for Cracking the Cryptic and the app name on your favourite app provider: Classic, Killer, Chess, Miracle, Thermo, Arrow, Sandwich, Domino and GAS (brand new!)◀

All our apps are full of handmade sudoku puzzles by ourselves and many of the best constructors in the world, tested and hinted by Simon and Mark!

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Released February 1 is Fossil Hunt, a fascinating sudoku hunt by Glum Hippo. Complete the hunt by the 20th to have a chance to win a cute hippo plushie! All correct solvers who turn in their answer by February 15th will have their name read out on the channel! Join us on Patreon at the $2/month level or higher to try these puzzles, $3/month or higher to have access to solution videos! (Also access to a patreon-only discord channel to discuss the Patreon Reward puzzles and get help if you need it!)

* Lots of other content on Patreon, including past Patreon rewards, crossword solves and Simon and Mark engaging in a couple of collaborative sudoku solves. *

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▶Credits◀
Music: Tim McCaskey (Guitar) or Lucy Audrin (Piano) or Riffclown plays Mozart's Sonata no 16 ("Sonata Facile"), and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini

Opening Credits: Joel Blundell

▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times championship and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.

Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark