hutt's puzzle dump

 I ought to at least partially discuss Islands of Insight in the opener to this post. I personally enjoyed it as I was exploring it: I knew I wasn't going to be approaching it like a completionist, and I had high hopes that everything that was being introduced would be used to its fullest potential. This unfortunately turned out not to be the case, as the hidden object challenges and most movement challenges especially felt like they were simply inserted to increase the activity density. However, there are a couple enclaves that come to mind that explored puzzle types other than the logic grids with enough rigor to include their own satisfying insights. One of these, which introduced a wall puzzle type with colored tiles, really taught me to appreciate the capabilities of a concept the market tends to present as a pseudo-puzzler, just by tweaking a couple rules to replace luck with satisfying logic. The game's greatest strength is easily the logic grid puzzles, which were hand-...

 I had this idea last year and very nearly forgot about it entirely. I'm glad this genre flows as easily as it does, because it took me about as long as I was hoping it would to set it. https://puzz.link/p?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

With Lingo 2 just around the corner, I've decided to post a compilation of some of my Lingo panel sets. Note that these puzzles use mechanics from Lingo's Level 1 and Level 2. This first one was inspired by some orange blocks and originally shared as a picture on 4/4/23. https://kinuthedragon.github.io/LingoMaker/?eJydkU1vgkAQhv_LnPcgKGlLwoFq_EqhsQGsND3gsoGF7UJglYLxv7tYbdCkB3qYZHYm7zPvzB4AZ6wE_RFBkVUyGSLYsgynMv04AGY7AjrYiSmsxDQAwTfoAwQ16CqCMg7ytn0WyJ5EZYV8Z0XAIyILAS8r0lb8r6c6nKcGHNEvFKteulmPBFbj2l-vLnD1DFf6wMOZt-uCl449u8aLkypdcC_X92B77DZvVEZkXNyO_uN2qnShFo-rYHUL7OnyFvgD0u6d5TQnWgdUxVSQru51rEy62sHfJqKCEH6zhLNo7Imr2k2kWeZ1mYf-18FDj4bzZRzI0_st6PiJQFDBWrk7ZI38E7F0FtVW3TAreZ7idy8OZ2y_5VY7lVGekhB0UewIgj0pSppxedDjCdI24hI) The second one expands on a chain that I thought of years before Lingo but was only able to express concisely thanks to it. The expansion, which involves the green block, was a lucky fit. https://kinuthedragon.github.io/LingoMaker/?eJyd0k1PgzAYB_Dv8px7gDKmkuwKusSDRsv...

 Nothing to see here, just an ordinary Castle Wall ;)         (made on 2/26/25) https://puzz.link/p?castle/6/6/00.02.02202202102304.043d043e042e042e042e

Back in February, I spent some time solving old puzzles on Puzzle Square JP. So far, I've only decided to skip four and am currently procrastinating on attempting a Habanero-level Sudoku. I was reintroduced to Nanro and found it to have lots of promise in its logic, but the region structure made it difficult for me to set. Nevertheless, I have set a couple worth sharing: (Made on 2/15/25) https://puzz.link/p?nanro/10/10/14285ga0k50a1k284g000s0700vv00s07000o2k3l-15zi2h43h3zi3l3k4o (Made on 2/16/25) https://puzz.link/p?nanro/4/4/94g1s0i21o3g https://pedros.works/paper-puzzle-player.html?W=4x4&L=(1)2(3)6(2)7&SIT=2RRRR8UUUU&G=speckled-bands

 Probably not my twelfth Aqre, but rather made around midnight on February 12th: https://puzz.link/p?aqre/7/7/000c631go07u000000cc12