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Building Blockhouse – Vagabond Gamer
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Design Thoughts From the Road. By the time I decided that I was going to implement Blockhouse. As a commercial iPhone app, the game design was already done. Tilt or swipe in one of the four cardinal directions to cause all blocks to slide as far as they can, and try to put them on their respective targets. What could be easier? I couldn’t afford to keep pouring 8-hour days into it, and yet I couldn’t see how to do what I needed to do without it. I didn’t know what percentage of puzzles would still ...
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The Puzzles of Yavuz Demirhan | Seeking Ariadne's Thread
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Seeking Ariadne's Thread. The Miniature World of Allan Boardman. Tom Longtin’s Puzzling DIY Sculptures →. The Puzzles of Yavuz Demirhan. September 22, 2014. Yavuz Demirhan is one of the most prolific puzzle designers around, putting out new creations every few days. Between 24 April 2011 and 21 September 2014 he published 370 puzzle designs and there is no sign of him slowing down. Mintaka (made from padouk, walnut and maple). Cubax (made from padouk, maple and wenge). The man of the house encouraged me ...
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June | 2014 | Seeking Ariadne's Thread
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Seeking Ariadne's Thread. Monthly Archives: June 2014. Disentangling Dick Hess’s Pendulum. June 19, 2014. When I approached Richard Hess about an interview for this blog I asked if there was a particular puzzle he wanted to discuss. One of his three suggestions was Pendulum, a disentanglement that he noted was an improvement on an … Continue reading →. The Four M s of Hirokazu Iwasawa. Doug Engel’s Sculpturesque EZ Unlink. Tom Longtin’s Puzzling DIY Sculptures. The Puzzles of Yavuz Demirhan.
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February | 2014 | Seeking Ariadne's Thread
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Seeking Ariadne's Thread. Monthly Archives: February 2014. Bernhard Schweitzer’s Black-and-White Tiling Puzzle. February 11, 2014. Bernhard Schweitzer’s Black and White Ls is a difficult two-layered tray packing puzzle that consists of a 6×6 square tray and 12 pieces each composed of a black L and a white L glued together at various angles. The goal … Continue reading →. The Four M s of Hirokazu Iwasawa. Doug Engel’s Sculpturesque EZ Unlink. Tom Longtin’s Puzzling DIY Sculptures. Follow me on Twitter.
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Seeking Ariadne's Thread | Page 2
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Seeking Ariadne's Thread. Newer posts →. The Miniature World of Allan Boardman. September 10, 2014. Allan is known in the mechanical puzzle community for his work producing micro or miniature puzzles, which have been made almost exclusively from wood. The smallest mechanical puzzle he ever made was a 1.5mm three-piece burr but his all-time smallest puzzle was a crossword. 8220;Brass Treasure Chest” Rocky Chiaro’s Puzzling Endeavour. August 9, 2014. Disentangling Dick Hess’s Pendulum. June 19, 2014. A dis...
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PuzzleMad: Not too chicken to pull its' legs off!
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A mechanical puzzle blog from a grown man who should know better! Sunday, 3 May 2015. Not too chicken to pull its' legs off! It's a wooden chicken. I didn't realise until after I had posted but this is my 300th blog post since I began 4 years ago in March 2011! What a lot of puzzling experience! What a lot of cash gone! Luckily this commemorative post (and the next) are about the work of truly fabulous craftsmen. Eric Fuller recently put up an update on his Cubic dissection. And I was caught by surprise!
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PuzzleMad: Funzzle Puzzles - Beta followed by some PAIN!
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A mechanical puzzle blog from a grown man who should know better! Sunday, 14 June 2015. Funzzle Puzzles - Beta followed by some PAIN! Funnzle puzzle - Beta. This is the last of my Puzzle Master. I really must get back to them and place another order soon but I seem to have been pretty busy recently. In fact I have been so busy that I have had a huge number of deliveries over the last few weeks (see here. For a shameful list) and actually not had time to do any more than unpack them and take photos! The P...
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PuzzleMad: Part 2 of the "Two fer" in Honour of IPP35 - a BOX!
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A mechanical puzzle blog from a grown man who should know better! Sunday, 9 August 2015. Part 2 of the "Two fer" in Honour of IPP35 - a BOX! Not just any box! It's the Stickman Edelweiss Puzzlebox. It's not a box! It's a packing puzzle! The decision on the winners of the 2015 IPP design competition. Should have been decided by now so I can safely publish my review of my latest toy! I had heard rumours of a collaboration between the Stickman. Robert Yarger) and the incredible William Waite. Buy a box if t...
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PuzzleMad: Not a box! A sequential discovery puzzle with a cavity!
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A mechanical puzzle blog from a grown man who should know better! Sunday, 28 September 2014. A sequential discovery puzzle with a cavity! It's a sequential discovery puzzle! It is a standing joke amongst the puzzling community (mostly MPP guys but now some of the IPP guys too) that for someone who doesn't collect puzzle boxes, I do seem to have some absolutely stunning examples in my collection! Why do I do this? It's to save my sanity and my bank account from total annihilation! That when the Stickman.
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PuzzleMad: Part 1 of a "Two fer" in Honour of IPP35 - Hemi-spheres Puzzle
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A mechanical puzzle blog from a grown man who should know better! Sunday, 9 August 2015. Part 1 of a "Two fer" in Honour of IPP35 - Hemi-spheres Puzzle. Puzzle - looks simple doesn't it? Last year was my first ever attendance at the international puzzle party and I had the most amazing time finally meeting puzzle friends from all over the world. I dragged the present Mrs S with me and she had a good time too (even if it was non-puzzling) - I was very proud that there were barely any Whack! Yes it’s...