Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Puzzle 113 (Four Winds)

Hi, here's a Four Winds puzzle (also known as Wall Logic according to the puzz.link database).  This genre seems to be pretty rare in that database, so let's give it some love :)

This one is kind of tricky, especially in the beginning.

EDIT: It might be worth clarifying that every unused cell is connected to a clue cell via a wall; I thought this was an implied constraint in Four Winds, but I'm not sure anymore, and it certainly seems like the standard puzz.link Wall Logic rules don't enforce this condition.  Of course, summing the numbers in all the clues implies this extra constraint, but I feel that's an unfair step on its own.

Online interface


Friday, May 6, 2022

Puzzle 112 ("Knight Moves", Hebi-Ichigo)

Another Hebi-Ichigo!  Compared to some of my other more recent puzzles, this one is definitely on the easy side, but I think it's cute.

Online interface (puzz.link)


Thursday, May 5, 2022

Puzzle 111 (Fillomino)

It's been a long time since we last had a Fillomino on this blog.  Have another one.

This puzzle has the same fate as the Slitherlink I posted a few weeks ago: harder than intended because of a mistake, but somehow still completely unique.  (Though, in this case, there's an actual reason as to why this is still unique.)

Online interface (puzz.link)

 

Monday, May 2, 2022

Puzzle 110 ("Plusses", Regional Yajilin)

Yikes, compared to vanilla Yajilin, Regional Yajilin is way more annoying to construct.  In particular, the black squares are strong enough that having slightly too many in a small space creates lots of impossible configurations.  In any case, here's my take on this genre.  This took a long time to set (especially since I kept making mistakes), and apart from the 1×2 rectangles in the corners, I'm happy with how this turned out.

Online interface


Saturday, April 30, 2022

Puzzle 109 (Herugolf)

Herugolf is a weird genre!  Also somewhat difficult to construct nicely, especially with clue symmetry.  Here's a recent attempt; it's not hard but should still have some wiggle room in the beginning.

Online interface (puzz.link)


Thursday, April 28, 2022

Puzzle 108 ("Hexagon", Bosnian Road)

Hi!  Have a Bosnian Road puzzle.  I would have preferred if the middle clues weren't there, but at least they don't affect the solve too much.

Rules: Shade some cells to form a non-intersecting loop which does not touch itself, not even diagonally. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.

Online interface (Penpa)


Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Puzzle 107 ("Parquet?", Combi Block)

Hi!  Here's a fairly silly Combi Block puzzle designed around a particular common theme.

Rules (cf. Eric Fox): Combine pairs of orthogonally connected regions such that no pair forms a rectangle and no two orthogonally adjacent pairs are the same combined shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same.

Online interface (puzz.link)