Sunday, October 31, 2021

Puzzle #387 - Trick or Treat

Recently, someone on Puzzler's Club was solving a Double Choco and made a mistake with a 2, thinking it had to be a certain way that it didn't. That mistake gave me an idea- what if it did have to be that way? So I made this Double Choco with the additional rule that all regions (combined light and dark, so the parts you outline) must be point symmetric, as in Spiral Galaxies. The first two iterations both missed a possibility but this one is unique I swear.

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Puzzle #386 - Almost... (Doppelblock)

I actually made this Doppelblock almost a month ago, but didn't post it because it wasn't quite the theme I was going for. Rather than sit on a nice construction indefinitely because I had to clue R5, I figured I should post the puzzle now. Except somehow I posted the wrong version, no longer have the right version, and came up with this working puzzle from the same start. Oops.
I'll probably keep trying to get that theme to work later- it would be really slick and I'm sure it's possible.

In other puzzle news, I haven't had too much constructing time lately and what I have has been going towards the same two projects. One of them will hopefully surface within a year, and the other I'll publicize once it gets closer to completion. Let's just say that it aims to address one of my biggest complaints for now...
There's also been a third project of a Chip's Challenge set that's finished the design phase, now it's just testing and fixes before release. That will also free up a decent chunk of time to not have on my plate.