Puzzle #107 - Bandage (Masyu)

Logic Showcase 12 is upon us, and Puzzler's Club submitted a total of 13 Masyu puzzles where all pearls are in clusters of 4 or 5. This is not my entry, but instead a puzzle I made after entries closed to keep making these. I think I'm finally getting the hang of the type.

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Puzzle #106 - A Masyu Puzzle

This is a Masyu puzzle.

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It turns out these are actually quite difficult to make.

Puzzle #105 - Triangle Power (Shakashaka)

A couple days ago, I had an interesting idea for a break-in to a Shakashaka puzzle. Tonight, I finally sat down and made it. The hardest part was trying to make sure my deduction couldn't be circumvented- though to any veteran of the type, this should be an easy snack.

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Puzzle #104 - Down the River (Creek)

I made another Creek puzzle based around diagonal chains of clues. They aren't as powerful as in Slitherlink, but there's still a lot to deduce here.

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Puzzle #103 - Stone's Throw (Creek)

A type that I don't think gets enough attention despite having very interesting logic is Creek. Perhaps it's in the presentation?

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Thanks to bmcfluff for catching a small ambiguity in the top left corner that has since been corrected.

Puzzle #102 - Yet Another Yajilin

As the title suggests, today's puzzle is a Yajilin inspired by a faulty deduction I made in another puzzle. The deduction was sound, my counting was not.

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Puzzle #101 - Cipher Matchmaker

I signed up for the Puzzlers' Club Secret Solver event this past December, and was tasked with making a puzzle for pwahs, who is one of the top solvers at the WPC. That was intimidating. From what little I knew from the signup spreadsheet, I knew that the best type of puzzle to make would be a shading puzzle of some sort, and one single puzzle (even a large one) seemed a bit underwhelming. My solver set a high bar, and so I wanted to reach for it- so I decided on a Matchmaker puzzle. A few days later after picking types I had an outlandish idea. Why not attempt a Cipher Matchmaker, something that I couldn't find another example of anywhere? Would it be possible?

Yes.

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Rules for each type are linked here: Cave | Kurotto | Nurikabe | Tapa | Tasquare

After some initially planning, making and testing this took about 10-15 hours. If you're interested in a semi-detailed, spoiler filler breakdown of how I made this puzzle or a video walkthrough I made then feel free to check them out, or if you just want to solve the deciphered puzzles then those will be linked below. I would highly recommend giving the full puzzle a serious attempt before checking either of these, however.

Deciphered Puzzles

Cave | Kurotto | Nurikabe | Tapa | Tasquare