Puzzle 214 (Kakuro)

Have a Kakuro.  I originally wrote this puzzle for the Logic Puzzle Open held back in April, but we decided to use two of Michael Tang's creations instead.  

Online interface (puzz.link) 

Online interface (Penpa)

 

Puzzle 213 (Choco Banana)

I haven't posted here in a few months!  During this time I've been mainly focusing on my PhD research and summer teaching jobs.  I have posted some puzzles to puzsq, but have otherwise not been active on this front.

Here is a Choco Banana I constructed one night as a late-night doodle.  It exemplifies my style pretty well, I think.

Online interface (puzz.link)

Puzzle 212 (Tapa (Rope))

This puzzle type is a Tapa variant invented by Mitchell "DireKrow" Clarke two years ago.  It allows for some interesting logic not seen in normal Tapa puzzles.

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells along the length of rope attached to the clue, not necessarily in order. No 2×2 region may be entirely shaded.

Online interface (Penpa+)

Puzzle 211 (Multiplication Link)

Last night, several users on PuzzleSquareJP posted puzzles in a genre called Multiplication Link.  I decided to try writing one myself.  It's an interesting idea!  While it's somewhat similar to Balance Loop, the use of product clues rather than sum clues gives it a different feel while solving.  Constructing this reminded me of Cave (Product): clues are harder to tweak but can yield interesting results when done correctly.

Rules: Draw a single orthogonal closed loop through some of  the grid vertices. The loop must turn at cells with circles, and numbers give the product of lengths extending from the clue.

Online Interface (Penpa) 

Puzzle 210 (Numberlink)

Have a Numberlink.  Not much else to say.

Online interface

Puzzzle 209 ("One of Each", Pentominous)

It's been a bit since I've posted here.  Most of my puzzle writing energy has been directed toward this year's edition of the Logic Puzzle Open (which will be taking place in a month, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa).

In the meantime, have a Pentominous puzzle.  The last time I posted one of these was way back in early 2022, more than two years ago!  The improvement in my construction ability should hopefully be pretty clear.

Online interface (puzz.link) 

Puzzles 207 and 208 ("Diagonal Streaks", Yajilin)

Last night I constructed two Nikoli-style Yajilin puzzles.  The 17×17 was constructed first, while the 10×10 was added later.  This pair emulates willow's style, who will always post puzzles in pairs (one smaller, one larger).  I don't expect to continue following this pattern, but it is an interesting idea.

Smaller puzzle interface (puzz.link)

 

Larger puzzle interface (puzz.link)