hutt's puzzle dump

FYTTE THE FIRST   in which findings are more noteworthy than expected.     By digging in the appropriate spot, the explorers find two things. One is a relic of some previous harvest: a rotting core with its seeds still clinging on. The other is a rusty hatchet. Renn picks up the hatchet and inspects it with a sense of curiosity. Felix says, "I recall you consider yourself somewhat of a berserker. This could be much more fun to whirl around you." With a brief sense of impatience, Renn asks, "What's the power?" Felix carefully picks up the core by its stem and throws it in a slow slight upward arc to Renn, who swings the hatchet at it. Not only does he succeed in slicing it, but the core is cut perfectly in half through and including the stem. A slight smile grows on Renn's face as he says, "It's not half bad. I'll take it for a swing." He runs to an edge of the glade to snap off some low-hanging twigs and spends a handful of minutes trying t...

PRELUDE      A swordsman and an archer travel deep within an apple orchard. The swordsman says, "Felix, you know as well as I that the cave is countless paces behind us. When would you tell me where we're going?" The archer replies, "Now, since we're here. We've come to get you a new weapon." They stop as soon as they enter the glade. The swordsman perks up a bit and claims, "Tell me it's an enchanted blade, capable of piercing the strongest of armors, and I'll be respectful." Felix says, "It is enchanted, Renn. The questmaster said as much." Renn asks, "The questmaster? I was there with you; she said nothing of this... and why would it still be here, anyhow?" In a dash of realization, Felix states, "I went on my own terms to someone different from that woman who wanted the map. He said nobody else wants it." Renn sulks and says, "I care not for lame enchantments," to which Felix assures him: ...

 It feels strange to complain about waiting and then immediately complain about having too much to think about, but such is life. I've been procrastinating the perfect amount on the upcoming series. Between that, new forays, nostalgic returns, grand inspired plans, and responsibility I've felt unprepared for, I have a lot on my plate. Over the summer I could claim I felt like I had everything and nothing to do and happily indulge in the latter when I stayed on pace. Now I think the same and still indulge in the latter while barely on pace. Certain things have fallen through the cracks as I only tend to pursue what I think is most important at any given time rather than keep everything in mind. The following puzzles were made back in July. While searching for them I encountered a couple other standalone puzzles I had forgotten to post here, which were scheduled for the past two days. However, this type seems to fit this post best. Number Wall was invented by Nuujaka. Shade some...

 made on 5/17/26 https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?hamlepaths/15/15/k2zl22i1i22j22i1i22o2h.o3i3zp2g3zh2i3n22i4o22l22s22zm2j

 made on 2/15/26 Shade some cells to solve this as a Chocona . Additionally, every region must individually be solved as a Choco Banana . Number clues are used for both the Chocona and the Choco Banana. penpa link

 This month, I've spent quite a lot of time waiting. There's a couple of games releasing this fall that I'm highly anticipating, although I'll have to wait until November due to the project that will occupy my next two months. I finally got around to checking the prompt list this morning. I have a few scattered ideas but overall this year seems rather hard. What am I going to do for " Hooray "? Outside of that, I started working on a puzzle project this month with the acronym QL, and I think it holds water. If I can complete it, it would be a rule deduction sudokuvania unlike anything most people have solved before. I'm currently about halfway through construction, which is to say I have the prologue complete and three quarters of the main map. I could of course say more, maybe reveal a bit of the beginning, but the real magic is what comes after the prologue. The following puzzles were made on 8/20. https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?aqre/3/5/aqre01g0112