I remember when I got the central aha, I justified it to my teammates as “it’d be so cool, so it has to be right”. — Nathan Pinsker This is a post meant to explain what makes puzzle hunts appealing to people who haven't done them before. If you do care about the actual mechanical… Continue reading An advertisement for what puzzle hunts are about and why they’re cooler than everyday puzzles
Category: Puzzles
Mystery Hunt 2023
This is a retro-post for the Mystery Hunt 2023, for which I played a somewhat minor role on the organizing team (teammate). You can play at interestingthings.museum. There is an ongoing list of write-ups about the hunt being kept at puzzles.wiki, and you may also be interested in the reddit AMA from teammate. Puzzle shoutout… Continue reading Mystery Hunt 2023
MOP 2021 puzzle hunt
I worked with a few friends on writing a mini one-round puzzle hunt for this year's MOP students. If you want to play, you can do so now at the following URL: https://web.evanchen.cc/mop I'm not sure whether or not this is going to become a recurring tradition. On the one hand, it was loads of… Continue reading MOP 2021 puzzle hunt
Unnecessarily detailed stories of my Mystery Hunt puzzles
As a follow-up to the previous post, I am recording here some details about the (numerous, varied, and deep) revisions that a bunch of my puzzles went through during the production process. These puzzles are in chronological order of when I wrote the puzzle. Spoiler warning: Unlike the last post, these will completely spoil all… Continue reading Unnecessarily detailed stories of my Mystery Hunt puzzles
Some puzzle-writing thoughts from an amateur
The 2021 Mystery Hunt concluded a while ago, and wow, what an experience. I was lucky enough to be on the organizing team, and I am so proud right now to be able to say I am a ✈️✈️✈️ Galactic Trendsetter ✈️✈️✈️. (If you don't know what a puzzle hunt is, betaveros has a great… Continue reading Some puzzle-writing thoughts from an amateur
Power Overwhelming 