Seashell Sudoku





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How to Play

This is a standard Sudoku puzzle. In order to solve the Sudoku puzzle, you must use all 9 candies in each square, row, and column. In any square, row, or column, you cannot use any candy more than once.

If you are unfamiliar with solving Sudoku puzzles, I'd suggest searching the internet on how to solve them before attempting this puzzle.

Important: The seashells are randomly ordered and assigned. They are NOT ordered left to right as if they were 1-9. So you most likely cannot just replace the seashells with 1-9 at the bottom and solve the puzzle simply in that manner.

Additionally, please do not say that this puzzle is impossible to solve. It is possible. It has a proper answer.


Rules

1. You must complete the Sudoku by yourself. No exceptions.

2. DO NOT post or share your Sudoku or any answers anywhere on Sylestia!!! You will automatically be disqualified from all Forum Games if you do this and you will make me very unhappy!

3. You must submit your completed Sudoku using the candies. You cannot replace them with numbers. Failing to use the candies will disqualify your entry.

4. After completion, you must upload your Sudoku to an image uploading site, such as http://imgur.com. If you choose to print out the Sudoku, then you will need a way to scan the completed Sudoku back onto your computer and then upload it to an image uploading site.

A Player Guide on How to Upload Images

5. After you have uploaded your completed Sudoku, send a PM to OfficialGames with your completed Sudoku image and title the PM "Summer Festival Sudoku".

6. Please DO NOT PM me your Sudoku!!! I will ignore it and your entry will NOT be counted. Additionally, please also do not PM me asking me to check your Sudoku to see if you've gotten it correct or if it's been sent. The onus is on you to follow the rules and submit your entry correctly. Feel free to ask any questions regarding the rules directly here in this thread.

7. The due date for submitting your entry is by the end of the Festival. Check the Festival Overview thread for when the official end date will be. Please note, the end date may change so you may end up with more time.


Prizes

There will be 3 prizes awarded. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. Everyone who submitted a correctly solved entry will be placed into a random drawing where the top three names will be the winners.

There will also be a Participation prize for everyone who submitted a correctly solved answer.


Have fun and enjoy!

This seems like fun (cuz I actually enjoy playing Sudoku) but I'm unsure how to play this.
Like, where do you go to use the shells and stuff, because it is unclear to me.

You will have to use some sort of art program to edit the Sudoku image.

Ahh. Alright. Thank you for the clarification!

Fai, this is amazing! *squee* OMGGLODJSHANAKFIEHWKWUCNSOQI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *spazzes out of forum*

Is there anything we can do if we don't have Photoshop or other image software?

I'd recommend looking into GIMP. It's a free image editing program. Not quite as powerful as photoshop, but it's quite amazing for what it is! Paint.net is another option. These are both programs you must download.

You could also just use microsoft paint too if you have that!

Is Deviantart an acceptable place to post the puzzle? It's the only art site I have an account on.

Fai - just to mention, you called the shells "candies" in the bold red text.
"Important: The candies are randomly ordered and assigned."
Saber - I used to use DeviantArt to upload my Sylestia projects, and I might again should another coloring page come up. So yes, unless the admins have something against Deviantart, you can use it.

No, this puzzle isn't impossible but it's pretty challenging! I like it, I love sudoku puzzles and the hard ones really get me thinking so thank you for posting it. Hopefully I can figure out the rest of the shell placements, I've only been able to get three so far!