{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"skyscraper","version":1,"difficulty":"expert","level":9,"size":{"rows":12,"cols":12},"languages":["en","hu","de","fr","es","it","nl","pl","pt","ro","ca","cs","fi","vi","tr","el","ru","uk","ar","ko","ja","zh-Hans","zh-Hant"],"defaultLanguage":"en","title":"Wolkenkrabbers","tagline":"Een miniatuurpark · een lichttest in de avond · tien torens, één werkplaats","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-10-23","story":"Een miniatuurpark aan de rand van Istanbul, de sectie „Torens van de Wereld”, eind september. Het park is gesloten, maar de schijnwerpers van de tien wolkenkrabbermodellen worden getest, dus de modelbouwers, drie parkmedewerkers en vier bezoekers zijn nog buiten op de kavels. Voor de test wordt het park verduisterd – en als de lichten aangaan, wordt Volkan, de hoofdmodelbouwer, dood gevonden. De show werd afgelast.","rules":{"standard":["Elke rij en elke kolom bevat precies één persoon. Zodra je iemand plaatst, streep je zijn hele rij en kolom door.","„Naast” = direct links, rechts, erboven of eronder, en in hetzelfde gebied. Vakjes met voorwerpen (de tien modellen, de bomen, de borden, de lampen, de fontein, de automaat, het kassahokje, de paaltjes, de tafel, de plank, het krat) kunnen niet bezet worden; de banken en de krukken wel. Een hoek van een gebied is een vakje ervan dat aan een horizontale en aan een verticale zijde naar buiten wijst (naar een ander gebied of de rand van het bord).","Richtingen slaan op rijen, niet op dezelfde kolom: „precies één rij ten noorden van haar was een man van het parkpersoneel” = de persoon in de rij direct erboven is een man van het parkpersoneel, in eender welke kolom.","„Ergens in haar kolom was een bord” = een bord staat op een van de vakjes van haar kolom, in eender welk gebied; „ergens in haar gebied was een bank” = op een vakje van het gebied waarin ze was. De „eerste rij” is rij 1, de „laatste kolom” is kolom 12.","De moordenaar was alleen met het slachtoffer: niemand anders was in dat gebied."],"special":["In elk wolkenkrabbergebied was precies één persoon."],"notes":["De wolkenkrabbergebieden zijn de tien gebieden die naar een toren zijn genoemd – het hele terrein rond het model, niet alleen de vakjes ernaast; de Werkplaats hoort er niet bij."],"example":{}},"roleNames":{"maker":"modelbouwer","visitor":"bezoeker","staff":"personeel","victim":"slachtoffer"},"personGroups":[{"id":"makers","name":"Volkan en de modelbouwers","persons":["A","B","C","D","V"]},{"id":"visitors","name":"De bezoekers","persons":["E","F","G","H"]},{"id":"staff","name":"Het parkpersoneel","persons":["I","J","K"]}],"map":{"groups":[],"gaps":[],"areas":[{"id":"Petronas Towers","labelAt":[2,3],"cells":[[1,1],[1,2],[1,3],[1,4],[1,5],[2,1],[2,2],[2,3],[2,4],[3,1],[3,2],[3,4],[4,4]],"fill":"#d9e4d2","pattern":"tiles","name":"Petronas Towers"},{"id":"Empire State 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Hij was in een hoek van zijn gebied.","job":"modelbouwer, 3D-printen","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"maker","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Burj Khalifa"]},{"type":"corner_of_area"}]},{"id":"D","name":"Defne","gender":"F","role":"maker","color":"#6a1b9a","avatar":{"bg":"#5a4a3a","skin":"#f3d3b5","hair":"#5a3a22","style":"bob","shirt":"#6a7a3a","glasses":true},"clue":"Ze was in het gebied The Gherkin. Ze was in een hoek van haar gebied.","job":"modelbouwster, landschapsinrichting","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"maker","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["The Gherkin"]},{"type":"corner_of_area"}]},{"id":"E","name":"Emre","gender":"M","role":"visitor","color":"#e65100","avatar":{"bg":"#2f3f4f","skin":"#efc7a3","hair":"#1c1a1a","style":"slick","shirt":"#2a2a30","glasses":true},"clue":"Hij was in de laatste kolom.","job":"architectuurstudent","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"visitor","constraints":[{"type":"col","cols":[12]}]},{"id":"F","name":"Fatma","gender":"F","role":"visitor","color":"#00838f","avatar":{"bg":"#5a2a3a","skin":"#f3d3b5","hair":"#3a2a1a","style":"bun","shirt":"#7a2a3a","scarf":"#c8a050","lips":"#b03050"},"clue":"Ze was in het gebied Shanghai Tower. Ze was in een hoek van haar gebied.","job":"reisbloggster","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"visitor","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Shanghai Tower"]},{"type":"corner_of_area"}]},{"id":"G","name":"Gökhan","gender":"M","role":"visitor","color":"#5d4037","avatar":{"bg":"#3a4a3a","skin":"#d9a77c","hair":"#4a4a4a","style":"bald","shirt":"#4a3a2a","beard":true},"clue":"Hij was niet in een hoek van zijn gebied.","job":"fotograaf","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"visitor","constraints":[{"type":"not_corner_of_area"}]},{"id":"H","name":"Hande","gender":"F","role":"visitor","color":"#ad1457","avatar":{"bg":"#3a3a5a","skin":"#f2d2b4","hair":"#8a4a1a","style":"ponytail","shirt":"#1f3a6a","necklace":true},"clue":"Ergens in haar gebied was een bank. Precies één rij ten noorden van haar was een man van het parkpersoneel.","job":"lerares","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"visitor","constraints":[{"type":"area_has","obj":"bench"},{"type":"rel_any","dir":"N","exact":1,"gender":"M","role":"staff"}]},{"id":"I","name":"İsmail","gender":"M","role":"staff","color":"#558b2f","avatar":{"bg":"#2a2a3a","skin":"#e9c6a4","hair":"#2a1a10","style":"short","shirt":"#2b3a4f","mustache":true,"mustacheColor":"#2a1a10","cap":"#2a2a30"},"clue":"Hij was niet naast het krat.","job":"nachtwaker","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"not_beside","obj":"crate"}]},{"id":"J","name":"Jale","gender":"F","role":"staff","color":"#283593","avatar":{"bg":"#4a4a3a","skin":"#f1c8a5","hair":"#1c1a1a","style":"bun","shirt":"#3a4a4a","glasses":true,"earrings":true},"clue":"Ze was in het gebied The Shard.","job":"kaartverkoopster","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["The Shard"]}]},{"id":"K","name":"Kerem","gender":"M","role":"staff","color":"#f9a825","avatar":{"bg":"#4a3a3a","skin":"#efc7a3","hair":"#5a3a22","style":"short","shirt":"#5a4a2a","beard":true,"cap":"#2a2a30"},"clue":"Hij was in de eerste rij.","job":"elektricien","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"staff","constraints":[{"type":"row","rows":[1]}]},{"id":"V","name":"Volkan","gender":"M","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#2a2a3a","skin":"#e9c6a4","hair":"#8a8a8a","style":"slick","shirt":"#1f1f24","mustache":true,"mustacheColor":"#8a8a8a","apron":"#6a5a4a"},"clue":"Het slachtoffer. Hij werd gevonden in de Werkplaats, naast de tafel – alleen met de moordenaar.","job":"de hoofdmodelbouwer","avatarSvg":"","solverRole":"maker","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Workshop"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"table"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"I","solution":{"A":[10,10],"B":[11,8],"C":[9,4],"D":[12,5],"E":[4,12],"F":[8,9],"G":[3,11],"H":[2,1],"I":[6,3],"J":[7,2],"K":[1,6],"V":[5,7]},"walkthrough":[{"place":[],"cand":{"E":[[2,12],[3,12],[4,12],[5,12]],"K":[[1,3],[1,4],[1,5],[1,6],[1,8],[1,9],[1,10]],"A":[[10,10],[12,9],[12,11]],"C":[[8,3],[9,4],[12,1]],"F":[[7,9],[8,9],[8,10]],"D":[[7,7],[8,6],[8,8],[11,4],[12,5]],"J":[[3,3],[4,1],[4,2],[4,3],[5,1],[5,3],[6,1],[7,2],[7,3]]},"text":"The bookkeeping. Every square of Emre’s is in the last column, so column 12 is his and nobody else may stand in it; Kerem’s squares are all in row 1, so row 1 is his. Five suspects name their skyscraper area – Jale The Shard, Fatma the Shanghai Tower, Cem the Burj Khalifa, Defne The Gherkin, Ahmet the Transamerica Pyramid – and every skyscraper area held exactly one person, so those five areas are theirs alone: cross everybody else out of them. Cem’s corners of the Burj Khalifa area are R8C3, R9C4 and R12C1; Defne’s corners of the Gherkin area R7C7, R8C6, R8C8, R11C4 and R12C5; Ahmet stands beside a lamp on R10C10, R12C9 or R12C11."},{"place":[],"cand":{"C":[[8,3],[9,4],[12,1]],"D":[[7,7],[8,6],[8,8],[11,4],[12,5]],"B":[[2,8],[3,1],[3,8],[4,8],[5,8],[6,8],[7,8],[11,8]],"G":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[2,6],[2,10],[3,4],[3,6],[3,10],[3,11],[4,6],[4,9],[5,5],[5,7],[5,9],[5,11],[6,4],[6,5],[6,6],[6,9],[7,4],[7,5]],"I":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[2,6],[2,8],[2,10],[3,1],[3,2],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[3,7],[3,9],[3,10],[3,11],[4,4],[4,6],[4,7],[4,8],[4,9],[4,11],[5,4],[5,5],[5,7],[5,8],[5,9],[5,11],[6,3],[6,4],[6,5],[6,6],[6,7],[6,8],[6,9],[6,10],[7,5],[7,6],[7,8],[9,9],[11,8]]},"text":"The skyscraper. Rows 9 and 11 each have only two free squares left: R9C4 (Cem’s Burj corner) and R9C9 (a corner of the Flatiron Building) in row 9, R11C4 (Defne’s Gherkin corner) and R11C8 (the other Flatiron corner) in row 11. The two “feet” R9C4 and R11C4 stand in the same column, so at most one of them is occupied – which means at least one of the “roofs” R9C9 / R11C8 is: the Flatiron Building area’s one person stands on one of them. The area’s third free square, R10C8, is therefore nobody’s – cross it out for everybody."},{"place":["A"],"cand":{"F":[[7,9],[8,9]],"C":[[8,3],[9,4],[12,1]],"D":[[7,7],[8,6],[8,8],[11,4],[12,5]],"B":[[2,8],[3,1],[3,8],[4,8],[5,8],[6,8],[7,8],[11,8]]},"text":"Row 10. With R10C8 gone, row 10 has a single free square: Ahmet is on R10C10, beside the lamp of the Transamerica Pyramid. Column 10 is closed, so Fatma is left with R7C9 and R8C9 – column 9 is hers."},{"place":["C","D","F"],"cand":{"B":[[3,1],[11,8]],"K":[[1,3],[1,6]],"E":[[2,12],[3,12],[4,12],[5,12]],"G":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,6],[3,6],[3,11],[4,6],[5,7],[5,11],[6,6]],"H":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,6],[3,1],[3,2],[3,6],[3,7],[5,11]],"I":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,6],[3,1],[3,2],[3,6],[3,7],[3,11],[4,6],[4,7],[4,11],[5,7],[5,11],[6,3],[6,6],[6,7],[7,6],[11,8]],"J":[[3,3],[4,1],[4,2],[4,3],[5,1],[5,3],[6,1],[7,2],[7,3]],"V":[[4,6],[5,7],[6,6]]},"text":"The chain. Column 9 being Fatma’s, R9C9 is nobody else’s, and row 9 keeps one square: Cem is on R9C4. Column 4 is closed, so Defne loses R11C4 and row 12 keeps one square for her: Defne is on R12C5. Row 8 is left with R8C9: Fatma is on R8C9. Row 11 now has a single free square, R11C8 – Berna or İsmail stands there; either way column 8 is closed for everybody else, so Berna is down to R3C1 or R11C8."},{"place":[],"cand":{"V":[[4,6],[5,7],[6,6]],"K":[[1,3],[1,6]],"G":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,6],[3,6],[3,11],[5,11]],"I":[[2,1],[2,3],[2,6],[3,1],[3,2],[3,6],[3,7],[3,11],[4,11],[5,11],[6,3],[11,8]],"J":[[3,3],[4,1],[4,2],[4,3],[5,1],[5,3],[6,1],[7,2],[7,3]]},"text":"Two columns, two people. Volkan was beside the table: his squares R4C6, R5C7 and R6C6 are all in columns 6–7. The Empire State Building area’s free squares – R1C6, R2C6, R3C6, R3C7 – are in columns 6–7 too, and that area holds exactly one person. Columns 6 and 7 hold exactly two people, so they are Volkan and the Empire State Building area’s person and nobody else: the Workshop’s squares in columns 6–7 (R4C6, R4C7, R5C7, R6C6, R6C7, R7C6) are not Gökhan’s or İsmail’s."},{"place":["I","J","K","V"],"cand":{"B":[[3,1],[11,8]],"E":[[2,12],[3,12],[4,12]],"G":[[2,1],[3,11]],"H":[[2,1],[3,1]]},"text":"The murderer. Row 7 is left with Jale’s squares only, R7C2 and R7C3. The Workshop must hold a second person beside Volkan – the murderer – and the only suspect who can still stand there is İsmail, on R6C3: İsmail is the murderer. Column 3 closes: Jale is on R7C2, Kerem on R1C6 (the Empire State Building), and Volkan loses R4C6 (Kerem’s column) and R6C6 (İsmail’s row): Volkan lay on R5C7."},{"place":["B","G","H","E"],"text":"Column 1. Hande’s two remaining squares, R2C1 and R3C1, are both in column 1, so the column is hers: Berna is on R11C8 (the Flatiron Building), Gökhan loses R2C1 and stands on R3C11 (the Chrysler Building), Hande on R2C1 (the Petronas Towers – Kerem, a man of the park staff, is indeed exactly one row north of her) and Emre on R4C12 (Taipei 101)."},{"final":true,"text":"All twelve are placed: ten skyscraper areas with one person each, and in the Workshop only İsmail was with Volkan – the night guard is the murderer."}],"solver":{"rules":[{"type":"area_count_min_each","areas":["Petronas Towers","Empire State Building","Chrysler Building","The Shard","Taipei 101","Shanghai Tower","Transamerica Pyramid","Burj Khalifa","The Gherkin","Flatiron Building"],"n":1},{"type":"area_count_max_each","areas":["Petronas Towers","Empire State Building","Chrysler Building","The Shard","Taipei 101","Shanghai Tower","Transamerica Pyramid","Burj Khalifa","The Gherkin","Flatiron Building"],"n":1}],"occupiable":["bench","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-23"},"score":255.071}