bakpao's puzzles

PuzzleDuel added Choco Banana to its genre selection yesterday. Apparently it was also World Chocolate Day. Two fine excuses to doodle a little puzzle!  Also, the next blog entry will be #100. I never ended up writing a big puzzle when I reached 1000 puzzles authored a while back, so maybe this time around I'll find the time to write something 🤞. Difficulty: 2.5/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells. Solve on puzz.link https://puzz.link/p?cbanana/10/10/k65p6i4n3o8x6o8n8i6p48k

Here are two puzzles that I don't really like for the other outlets where I post most of my puzzles nowadays ( WCPN  and LMI Expo ). Good way to get some activity on this blog, I guess! Difficulty: 3/5  (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Connect some pairs of orthogonally adjacent dots to form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues represent the number of edges drawn surrounding the clue (up to four). Solve on puzz.link https://puzz.link/p?slither/11/11/hada77666267666cadar338833draca77886287886caca Difficulty: 2.5/5  (rules from  Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells. Solve on puzz.link https://puzz.link/p?cbanana/11/11/r5m4v7g6m8i4n9n7iam6g4v7m6r

A Choco Banana I wrote a few days ago, trying to get a theme of consecutive blocks to work out. On the easier side. Difficulty: 2.5/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells. Play on pzprxs https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?cbanana/11/11/m35o64h24o53r4zk4r25o43h54o36m

  It feels challenging to construct a balanced puzzle in this genre. I wanted a break-in without using trivial clues and a solve that didn't fall apart right afterwards, while maintaining a double clues theme all the way around the edge. The puzzle went through a lot of iterations, but ultimately I think it came out quite nice. Fun fact - many different values work in the center to give the puzzle a unique solution. I also like how 9 resolves, but felt the 5 was more suitable. Difficulty: 3/5 (rules from Puzzle Rules ) Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells. Play on pzprxs https://pzprxs.vercel.app/p?cbanana/11/11/g33k44g4h33g66h44o4g4m6h4m6l5l6m4h6m4g5o65h44g44h6g55k44g