The puzzle itself is somewhat gimmicky, but I think there’s potentially interesting variations of the idea.
Each grid obeys regular Skyscrapers rules. Additionally, the numbers in the rightmost column of the grid on the left act as clues for the grid on the right, and vice versa.
(Thanks to edderiofer for pointing out the old version was broken!)
Hello again! It’s been brought to my attention that it is yet again time to post something on this blog.
To apologise for keeping quiet, here’s a slew of Star Battles I’ve made as presents for various people on various occasions. As they were made for casual puzzlers, please don’t expect them to be too hard.
I really like making Star Battles as gifts: the rules are very simple to explain and grasp, even for non-puzzlers, and they allow for theming well. I offer no explanation for the themes of these puzzles.
Given how I didn’t have to worry about inducing difficulty while making these, I concentrated on trying to make the regions look as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I think I did well in most cases.
I got a bit carried away when constructing that last one so it may be a bit harder than the rest.
Regular Star Battle rules. Note that the shading and extra lines within regions are purely aesthetical, and are to be ignored when solving.
I thought it was high time I made one of these.
Because I wanted the layout to stay symmetric, and that all the clues appear in pairs, and that the clues in a pair have a difference of 1, forcing uniqueness was tricky and the puzzle ended up being a lot easier than what I was going for. Oh well.
Regular Cave rules.
Whoops that’s another month’s worth of nothing posted.
Anyways, here’s a Nurikabe originally made for someone’s birthday some time ago. I might have been saving it for it to be the 58th puzzle posted, but I thought it’s about time I post something again.
Regular Nurikabe rules.
I got the urge to write a snake puzzle, and this came out. I’ve made one of these before, and I haven’t seen them elsewhere, so I suppose I’m the originator (please correct me if I’m wrong).
EDIT: The puzzle had a big issue with uniqueness that I missed, thanks for Prasanna Seshadri for pointing it out.
Regular Skyscrapers Snake rules.
Happy New Year!
Here’s a 20×16 Heyawake to celebrate the occasion. I think it’s on the easy side, so despite the size it might make for a good introduction (but I’m also horrible at gauging puzzle difficulty, so maybe not).
Regular Heyawake rules.
EDIT: Fixed a small ambiguity in the top left corner.
I was hoping to make a puzzle with a perfectly symmetrical clue layout, the asymmetry stemming from the Tapa/Pata division, but try as I might, I couldn’t get this one to work satisfactorily. I’ll probably revisit this kind of puzzle, but for now it shall do.
By the way, do these kind of puzzles that combine many puzzle styles, have a name for themselves? I’d hesitate to call them hybrids, since each section is vanilla on its own.
Regular Tapa and Pata rules. The clues on the left side are Tapa clues, while the clues on the right are Pata clues.
The original theme for this one was going to be six columns each using only one number (you can still see it on the right with the 2s and 4s), but I couldn’t get it to wrap up so I relaxed the constraints and this came out. It’s not a hard one, but I like it.
Regular Tapa rules.
Hello!
It’s been a long time since I’ve last posted here, and I assure you I’ve been feeling guilty about it. University has been keeping me busy, and I sort of lost interest in pen-and-paper puzzles for a while, but in the past few months I’ve been trying to get back into it. Most of the puzzles I’ve made since I last posted were gifts for friends and family, and I haven’t yet decided whether I’m going to put them here.
Anyways, given that today is Finnish Independence Day, I made a puzzle to honour it. I thought I’d make a larger-than-usual Skyscrapers puzzle to challenge myself, since so far the largest Skyscrapers I’ve made have been 6×6-sized. Forcing uniqueness turned out to be a real chore.
Regular Skyscrapers rules.
The Modern Experience 