Puzzle 171 ("Diagonal Alley", Akari)

Akari is one of the most pleasant and flowy genres to solve, I believe, so it was a no-brainer to include in the Open.  This puzzle was originally constructed to be the difficulty 1 Akari, but we decided it was a bit too difficult for that purpose. 

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Puzzle 149 (Akari)

Hi!  Have another Akari puzzle; it's been a while since I last posted one here.  Not much else to say about it.

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Puzzle 135 (Akari)

I actually made this Akari about a month ago, but I didn't post it at the time for some reason.  Found it again and I like it!  It has a bit of a tricky start but resolves smoothly.  (Also, yay clue symmetry!)

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Puzzle 95 (Akari)

Have another 10 × 18 Akari!  Not much else to say about it, except that constructing Akari feels more relaxing than constructing other types.

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IPC 2021 Puzzles

I got to write a few puzzles for the Indian Puzzle Championship this year!  Thanks to Prasanna for allowing me to write puzzles (bold move for a contestant to recommend constructors!).

Puzzle 86 (Akari)

Have another Akari puzzle!  Writing 10x10 is quite a different experience from writing 10x18 Akari, IMO; the latter grid gives you a lot of space to play around with lightbulbs, but in a 10x10 you need to use the given space more wisely.

My Akari construction preferences are very much Nikoli-style (that is, smoothness over difficulty), definitely more so than other genres.  This one isn't much of an exception.

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Puzzle 85 (Akari)

Have a late-night Akari 🙂  Intended to replicate the types of puzzles found on the SmartNikoli app, since I've been solving quite a few of those the past six months.

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Puzzle 40 ("Square", Akari)

Two posts in one day again!  This time it's a little Akari puzzle I whipped together that got positive reception in the PC Discord.

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Puzzle 31 (Akari)

First Akari puzzle!  I started dabbling in this genre a few days ago for Puzzle Ramayan purposes; some of the logic is quite nice :)

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