More paper puzzle news!
Posted on 2025-03-18 17:20
As mentioned in the previous post, I noticed there being a bunch of paper puzzle types that I abandoned or never finished, and lately I've been inspired to take a closer look to some of those. Part of this probably stems from the desire to make a proper entry for LITSalike in the paper puzzle collection. That has now been done, and the revisits to old stuff have given me enough material to put out part V of my paper puzzle collection!
Here're the types I've added since T-junction:
LITSalike
The name doesn't make much sense, since in its current form this type doesn't really have much of anything to do with LITS. Also the example puzzle isn't unique, because I simplified the ruleset slightly (based on suggestions from others, IIRC). As mentioned earlier, I included this type in the collection PDF despite all the puzzles for it being made using the old ruleset, but this has now been rectified.
Skatesweeper
I think this was suggested by people on the Baba Is You fan Discord. In addition to the basic rules of Skating, the numbers indicate the amount of Xs in the 8 cells around the numbers; there are no unclued Xs. The number cells may not be shaded or have Xs on them, but the loop must go through them.
Sillytapa
This type follows otherwise the normal rules of Tapa, but the clue cells are regions instead. The positioning of the numbers within each region doesn't matter; treat all numbers within each region as if they were normal Tapa clues for all cells orthogonally & diagonally adjacent to the regions they're in.
Legalese
This type was borne out of an idea to try to recreate an unintelligible signature scribble in paper puzzle form. I wasn't too happy with the end result, but Pedro implemented it in the Kudamono puzzle editor, and that made me want to make a couple new puzzles for the type to make it feel more complete.
Kakugram
Finally, here's Kakugram. I had made a puzzle with the same basic idea, titled "Ohnogram", in late 2020, and decided to revisit the concept. The final ruleset took some ideas from Kakuro, and I was told that this type is almost identical to Japanese Sums; there's a tiny difference that might be neat, though.
Welp, that was a lot. Sorry!
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