Update: October 2025
I think it went well again this year. Of course mistakes were made; such is inevitable. However, whereas last year's puzzles were typically more creative and convoluted, I tried to interweave this year's puzzles as best as I could. For example, Puzzling relied on Inferno and Blast, which itself was a remix of Arctic, and the concepts of minesweeper adjacency and path length run throughout. Perhaps I overused the general logic puzzle, but I can try to justify it as practice for the meta. As for my drawings, I can be proud of Mustache, but the rest were admittedly lackluster. I tried to compensate by framing the drawings, which was often a creative exercise in itself. I can at least claim with certainty that I did better with the narrative. I'm glad I gave myself the head start because it let me piece things together with the level of nuance I was hoping for. I'd been marinating on the twist ending probably since mid-September but I only decided on a satisfying conclusion in the final week.
It also certainly helped that this time I used a spreadsheet to keep track of my pace and what elements needed to be completed for each prompt. Nevertheless, I came within a few hours of not uploading on time on a couple occasions.
On the subject of almost being late, the following puzzle was originally shared a minute before midnight on 9/16/25. I was scrolling before bed and read an observation about the date with nearly five minutes to spare. I'm really glad I didn't miss the special opportunity.
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