{"format":"murdoku-puzzle/1","id":"sunday-pizza","iconSet":"catalogue","version":1,"difficulty":"easy","level":3,"size":{"rows":6,"cols":6},"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":"Pizza du dimanche soir","tagline":"Naples, dimanche soir · une pizzeria familiale dans la vieille ville · dernières commandes et une facture de farine impayée","author":"mathace","concept":"Murdoku – Manuel Garand (murdoku.com); unofficial fan-made case","created":"2026-10-19","story":"Vieille ville de Naples, pizzeria familiale de la Via dei Tribunali, un dimanche tard le soir. Valentino, le fournisseur de farine, venait régler sa note et a dit, assez fort pour que la terrasse l’entende, que quelqu’un revendait ses sacs de farine dans le dos de la famille. Une demi-heure plus tard, son scooter était encore près de la terrasse, mais lui avait disparu. Valentino a été retrouvé mort. La note est restée impayée.","rules":{"standard":["Chaque <b>ligne</b> et chaque <b>colonne</b> contient exactement <b>une personne</b>. Dès que tu places quelqu’un, barre toute sa ligne et toute sa colonne.","<b>« À côté »</b> = directement à gauche, à droite, au-dessus ou en dessous, et <b>dans la même zone</b>. Les cases avec un objet (le parasol, les tables, le comptoir, la caisse, l’étagère, la boîte à pizza, l’évier et le four à pizza) ne peuvent pas être occupées ; le banc, la chaise et le tabouret, si.","Les directions se réfèrent aux lignes et aux colonnes, pas à la même ligne droite : <i>« exactement une ligne au nord de lui se trouvait un invité »</i> = la personne dans la ligne juste au-dessus était un invité, quelle que soit la colonne ; <i>« la personne la plus au nord de sa zone »</i> = personne d’autre dans sa zone ne se trouvait dans une ligne plus haute.","Le meurtrier était <b>seul avec la victime</b> : personne d’autre ne se trouvait dans cette zone. La victime n’a fait aucune déclaration – sa case découle, elle aussi, de celles des autres."],"special":[],"notes":[],"example":{}},"roleNames":{"family":"membre de la famille","guest":"invité","supplier":"fournisseur","victim":"victime"},"personGroups":[{"id":"family","name":"La famille","persons":["A","B","C"]},{"id":"visitors","name":"Les visiteurs","persons":["D","E","V"]}],"map":{"groups":[],"gaps":[],"areas":[{"id":"Terrace","cells":[[1,1],[1,2],[1,3],[2,1],[3,1],[3,2]],"fill":"#dfe9ee","pattern":"tiles","labelAt":[1,1],"name":"Terrasse"},{"id":"Dining Room","cells":[[1,4],[2,2],[2,3],[2,4],[2,5],[3,3],[3,4],[3,5],[3,6],[4,5],[4,6]],"fill":"#e6dcc8","pattern":"boards","labelAt":[1,4],"name":"Salle"},{"id":"Bar","cells":[[1,5],[1,6],[2,6]],"fill":"#efd9c9","pattern":"marble","labelAt":[1,6],"name":"Bar"},{"id":"Store 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The stool is at R1C6 in the Bar, and the only other Bar square next to it is the counter at R2C6, which nobody can occupy: <b>Brunella is at R1C5.</b> Row 1 and column 5 are hers, so Ettore, who was beside the chair at R2C4 in the Dining Room, loses R1C4 (row 1) and R2C5 (column 5); the table at R2C3 is no place for anyone, so only R3C4 remains: <b>Ettore is at R3C4.</b> Assunta had the sink (R5C2) in her column, so she is in column 2, and not in the Dining Room (R2C2). The umbrella (R1C2), the sink and the shelf (R6C2) cannot be occupied, and R3C2 lies in Ettore's row: <b>Assunta is at R4C2.</b>"},{"place":[],"cand":{"C":[[2,1],[5,1],[5,3]],"D":[[2,1],[5,1],[5,3],[5,6]],"V":[[6,1],[6,3]]},"text":"Rows 2, 5 and 6 and columns 1, 3 and 6 are still open, and row 6 needs somebody. Three people are left: Ciro, Doriana and Valentino. Ciro was not in a corner of his area, and the free squares of row 6 are R6C1 and R6C3, both corners of the Store Room (R6C6 is the oven): Ciro cannot be in row 6. Doriana had a woman exactly one row north of her, so in row 6 the woman would have to be in row 5 – and no woman can be there: Assunta and Brunella are already placed in rows 4 and 1, and Ciro and Valentino are men. So Doriana is not in row 6 either, and R6C1 and R6C3 drop out for her. Only Valentino can be in row 6, at R6C1 or R6C3, which means his other squares are gone: R2C1, R5C1, R5C3 and R5C6."},{"place":["D","C"],"cand":{"V":[[6,3]]},"text":"Column 6 needs somebody too, and its open squares are R2C6 (the counter), R5C6 and R6C6 (the oven). Valentino is in row 6, so he cannot be there, and Ciro was not in a corner of his area – R5C6 is a corner of the Kitchen. So only Doriana can be in column 6, and R5C6 is her single square there: <b>Doriana is at R5C6.</b> Row 5 is hers now, so Ciro loses R5C1 and R5C3 and keeps only R2C1 on the Terrace: <b>Ciro is at R2C1.</b>"},{"place":["V"],"cand":{},"text":"Valentino is at R6C1 or R6C3, and column 1 is Ciro's now: <b>Valentino is at R6C3.</b>"},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Assunta was alone with Valentino in the Store Room – the owner who had been quietly reselling his sacks of flour behind the family's back, and could not let him say so out loud. <b>Assunta is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["bench","chair","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-19"},"score":5.1218}