There is, however, one major, major caveat:Īs puzzle-writer, you are ultimately playing to lose.Īnyone can write a puzzle no one else can solve. This analogy can hold, and some texts on puzzle-writing use this comparison. Sometimes puzzle-writers see themselves as playing a game of wits against the solver. Yourself, "Is this fun for the solver?" This should be the high-level It is worth revisiting this for every puzzle, and every step-ask Ultimate goal should be to provide a fun experience for the solver. Individual-puzzle level as well, but there are some common themes Large, competitive team, winning the entire hunt might be fun, whereasĪ noncompetitive team might want to figure out a few puzzles and get a What makes an experience fun varies from solver to solver-on a Every solver's ultimate goal is to have fun. Hunt), or "to win", or for a non-competitive team "to solve puzzles".īut this is a surface goal. The nominal answer might be "to find the coin" (in the Mystery Why do solvers participate in puzzle hunts? This document CONTAINS SPOILERS for numerous puzzles in previous Mystery Hunts, mostly but not exclusively 2014. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Mystery Hunt team (whose 2014 name was ), with special Numerous in-person and email interactions with members of my.A puzzle-writing seminar given to my Mystery Hunt team by Chris Morse.Puzzlecraft and the ideas/philosophy of Selinker and Snyder (see sec.Foggy Brume's posts giving tips on puzzle creation (see sec.Though a lot of this content is my explanation of other people'sĪdvice that I've encountered. Mystery Hunt, for the simple reason that I'm the most familiar with Most of the references to specific puzzles are from the 2014 MIT
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"teaching how to fish") try to explain why they are good. I will attempt toĮxplain not just some good practices, but (in the interest of Written a substantial number of puzzles before. Those who have participated in one or a few puzzle hunts, but not Will likely be useful in other puzzle-writing. Geared toward the MIT Mystery Hunt, though the techniques and ideas This document is advice for writing puzzles. Version 1.0 - cleanup, add metapuzzle and solving tools sections Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles Introduction to Writing Good Puzzle Hunt Puzzles
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