First up, a Cipher Shikaku. Standard Shikaku rules, except each number has been replaced by a letter, different letters represent different values and the same letter must represent the same value. Pretty obvious why I rejected this one- I had 3 that I liked a lot more. There's not much substance here though it's pretty amusing that it works at all.
Secondly, I tried revisiting one of the very first puzzles I posted on this blog, a Fivecells/Palisade puzzle where the areas must be size 1-8 exactly once each. I couldn't quite get something overall satisfying out of it- everything felt too clue dense and my first attempt was broken. After it was brought to my attention, I made this antisymmetric one to replace it- low difficulty but it has a nice flow.
Also, someone entered a Fillomino variant where each shaded cell must contain a different value- which is an idea I wish I thought of. I wasn't quite able to make one of those I liked, either, though I did make one that worked that I preferred to the showcase entry. Maybe I'll have one of those to share soon?
Lastly, here's a Ringring. Low clue 6x6s were being discussed, and an idea I had didn't quite work on that size grid. So I tried it on an 8x8 and it didn't play nice, so I tried a 7x7 which was just right.
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