Puzzles in other publications 20 December 2022
I have had some of my puzzles included in other publications for the first time! I’m obviously not going to repost them here, but I figured it might be nice to link to them.
Broken Sign Blog
Puzzle #077: Remembered Length
27 January 2023
Puzz.link now supports Remembered Length, which I’m very happy about! However, my previous puzzles in the genre were either gimmicky or very hard, so I wanted to make an approachable one that doesn’t require any loop theory.
Puzzle #076: Compass
21 January 2023
Coincidentally, here’s another puzzle in a genre I’ve come to appreciate thanks to Toketa Vol. 2. Someone on Discord posted a Compass-themed [some other genre] yesterday, and so I wanted to make a [some other genre]-themed Compass.
Puzzle #075: Amoebas
17 January 2023
Amoebas was my favourite genre in Toketa Vol. 2 and now that I’m done with the book, I wanted to construct one myself. I’m really intrigued by the idea of time series puzzles in general. I’ve only seen a couple of other genres like this, and Amoebas seems to be the most interesting one of them.
Puzzle #074: Rail Pool (Elimination)
12 January 2023
This one has been on my list of Rail Pool variants to try since coming across Elimination Tapa in Toketa Vol. 1 a few months ago. I’ve found it really tough to actually construct this though, so I kept putting it off. That said, I’m quite happy with how this turned out now that I sat down to make one.
Puzzle #073: Country Road (Dance)
8 January 2023
More fun with dancing loops to start the year! The solve path after the break-in is a little wider than usual, but there’s a lot of fun deductions in any case.
Puzzle #072: Heyablock
31 December 2022
I love this genre and yet I’ve only constructed two tiny puzzles so far, so I figured it was time to change that. This should be pretty tough, but I think there’s some neat logic here.
Puzzle #071: Rail Pool (Dance)
30 December 2022
I said I would revisit this variant with other loop genres and of course the first one had to be Rail Pool.
Puzzle #070: Loom
10 December 2022
It wouldn’t be a new genre of mine without a tougher puzzle that explores some of the fancier logic enabled by the ruleset. So here you go!
Puzzle #069: Loom
10 December 2022
This was the first puzzle I made to try out the genre and it turned out well enough to publish. It doesn’t require every rule to solve though, so I made a separate introductory puzzle instead.