Easter Egg Loop

 Enjoy this Easter egg loop hybrid which consists of six different loop puzzles.

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Masyu - big empty black and white circles

Geradeweg - big white circles with number or question mark

Mid-Loop - small black circles

Castle Wall - bolded black and white cells with number and arrow

Tapa-Like Loop - bolded white cells with number(s) (no arrow)

Disorderly Loop - bolded gray cells with numbers and arrow tip

Sudoku Variants 2

Pack of seven new sudoku variants is here. All the extra rules for constraints are included in online versions and PDF.

This one was inspired by a logo of an asian cultural festival FanAsia, which I have the pleasure to co-organize.

Constraints: German Whispers, Kropki, Coded

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Next two sudokus were made for the Secret Puzzle Santa event on Cracing the Cryptic discord server. My santee and me are a big fans of Taskmaster show, so it wasn't hard to choose a theme for these.

Constraints: Killer Cages, XV, German Whispers, Renban, Thermometers

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Constraints: Killer Cages, Kropki, Thermometers, German Whispers, Renban

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I was trying to make a puzzle with arrows in a circular shape. With a little help from thermometers it finally clicked.

Constraints: Thermometers, Arrows

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I came up with the idea for this one after playing cooperative card game EXIT: Dead Man on the Orient Express.

Constraints: Clones, XV, Renban, Killer Cages, Kropki, Thermometers, German Whispers, Arrows, Odd

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Last two sudokus were inspired by our garden in the spring - spring onion in our greenhouse and peach trees in full blossom.

Constraints: German Whispers, Even/Odd, Killer Cages

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Constraints: Palindrome, Renban, Kropki

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Fresh Puzzle Pack

 I wanted to make a post with puzzles I've never tried to set before. So I chose five types that were added to puzz.link database just this year (which means, it's now possible to solve them comfortably online). And of course the main criteria for choosing these was that I really enjoy solving them.

No Three

In the recent months, No Three became quite popular in the online puzzle community. So naturally, it was my first choice for this puzzle set.

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All or Nothing

I'm a simple man, I see regions with a loop, I like. This one kinda reminds me of Country Road puzzle but it's more like a simpler version.

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Mukkon Enn

This puzzle type looks like Compass (which I don't really like) but luckily, it's something different and moreover, it's a loop puzzle (yay!).

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Aquapelago

I see this one as a weird version of Nurikabe - it also has islands but with its own unique logic.

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Wittgenstein Briquet

Similarly to Mukkonn Enn, when I saw this one for the first time I thought it's a puzzle I don't like (Tren), but as it turned out, it's much more enjoyable object placement puzzle (and it's also fun to set it).

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Halloween puzzles

 I don't celebrate Halloween in any form, but I think it's an interesting theme for various creations - in my case it's usually food and puzzles. Since I can't share food via internet, enjoy these two spooky puzzle-treats instead :)

Akari

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Regional Yajilin

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Masyu variants

As promised, a bunch of nasty masyu variants is here. Deformable and total masyu are pretty standard, well established types. Double, maxi and hidden variants are my ideas.

If you are not sure about your masyu-solving skills, I would recommend to do some warm-up first.

And as usual, you can find download link for PDF with puzzles and solutions at the bottom of this post.

Deformable Masyu

Variant rules: This puzzle have a solution only when you shade some white circles, so they will become black circles. You will have to figure out, which circles should be shaded.

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Total Masyu

Variant rules: All the possible circles are given. When the loop passes through an empty square, it cannot undergo rule for white or black circle there.

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Double Masyu

Variant rules: Draw TWO masyu loops - standard one, that travels between centers of the cells with circle hints in the cells, and second one, that travels on the grid lines (with smaller circle hints). Loops cannot cross each other.

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Maxi Masyu

Variant rules: Numbers around the grid show the lenght of the longest continuous loop segment in corresponding row/column.

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Hidden Masyu

Variant rules: Except the given circles, there is exactly one invisible black circle in every row and column. Identified invisible black circles together with given black circles are the complete set of possible black circles (like in total masyu), that means, no other square can undergo rules of black circle.

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Masyu Cube

Variant rules: Given grid is a net of a cube. Use classic masyu rules, but solve this puzzle as if it was printed on the surface of this cube.

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Recommended way to solve masyu cube: print it, construct the cube and chill.

Masyu Warm Up

I was planning to throw some nasty masyu variants at you (don't get me wrong, I'm still doing that later), but I thought it would be nice to have a warm up before the real challenge.

This time I used an online solver to measure the difficulty of each puzzle (1-5 stars), so you can progress from easy ones to not-so-pleasant-to-solve-but-still-somehow-enjoyable ones.

Masyu rules here.

 

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The last one is actually not that hard, it's just bigger and requires a variety of techniques.

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No, I haven't made any 5-star monstrosity so far. If my experiments will ever give birth to such abomination, I will definitely share it here. Believe that!

Akari special: 20th anniversary of Max Payne 2

 Last weekend, I found out that one of the most memorable and replayable games I've ever played - Max Payne 2 - is celebrating 20th anniversary. I immediately decided to make a thematic akari puzzle on the same day. Since I was in a hurry to finish it in time, I didn't make it too hard, so hopefully you will enjoy solving it. 

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(akari, not Max Payne :))