Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Puzzle 188 ("Abyss", Choco Banana)

Recently, I made a 9×9 Choco Banana puzzle where the middle 7×7 portion of the grid was empty.  Last night, I decided to do it again, but upgraded to an 11×11 grid.  This is the result.

Online interface (puzz.link) 

Monday, August 21, 2023

Mustang Math 2023 Puzzles! (Double Choco)

It's been months since I made these, but now that the international version of the 2023 Mustang Math Tournament is complete, I can finally post some of them on my blog!

This year, we decided to go with Double Choco as our genre of choice.  I wasn't responsible for almost all the puzzles this year, mainly because of the Logic Puzzle Open; massive thanks to Linus Tang for writing some of them as well.  That said, I did manage to construct several puzzles that I like enough to replicate here.

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Puzzle 187 (Slitherlink)

One more post today for good measure.

A while ago, wolog asked me for a theme for a Slitherlink, which I happily gave. He later challenged me to make a puzzle out of that same theme, which I also did!  This is the result.  Comparing wolog's puzzle with mine, it's interesting to see the differences in design philosophy; even though both puzzles have the same given distribution, they solve quite differently.

Online interface (puzz.link)


Saturday, August 19, 2023

Puzzle 186 ("T Time", Star Battle)

Wow, this is the first Star Battle puzzle I've published on my blog!  Surprised it took so long.  Not much else to say other than the fact that this was also a Bachelor Seal revenge puzzle.

Online interface (puzz.link)