Themes. Brain Amusement. _ Boxesanddots. Wild West by weewam. Hanger Game & Walkthrough - GamesButler. Not Doppler - Links to Free Online Games | Updated Every Thursday. Puzzles by Eric C. Harshbarger. In my mind a "puzzle" differs from a "game" in that the former is designed to be pretty much a solitary exercise, while the latter is meant to engage two or more people in some sort of competition. On this page I'm listing various puzzles that I have invented.
They are heavily leaning toward the mechanical and geometric type of puzzle. One of the joys for me, as a designer, is to figure out how these are best made (what material and so forth). I generally try to create prototypes that can be made simply and quickly, drawing upon the resources I have handy. I often end up selling copies of these to friends (especially during the holidays) when they are looking for one-of-a-kind gifts. Trickier than actually creating interesting puzzles seems to be naming them. But this is led to unforeseen consequences, as Mary (though not solving it) later suggested I name 8CTO "Jimmy Is A Punk-Ass". Maybe I will just come up with my own names... Encaged 2006 Pentomino Daily Calendar Eclipse Hexerei Jimmy Cube.