Eric Fox's Puzzles

     For my 300th post, I've put together a collection of example puzzles for all of my original puzzle genres. As I create more in the future, this post will get updated. I hope you enjoy!     1.  Ovotovata  (oh-VOH-toh-VAH-tuh)      Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some cells which visits each shaded region at least once. When the loop exits a clued region in any direction, it must travel in a straight line for exactly the indicated number of cells (turning on the Nth cell, where N is the value of the clue). Solve online                                                    Solve online View solutions     2.  Aqre  (AY-kurr)      Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated am...

     This was one of three puzzles I entered into Logic Showcase #22 (Small Gifts). The theme was to make puzzles in grids of 36 cells or fewer.     This is an idea for a "genre" (if you could call it that) which I've wanted to do something with for a while, and finally took this opportunity to since a 6x6 is far less intimidating than a 10x10.      My other entries:      Tapa (Transparent)      Yajisan-Kazusan (Double)      Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. If a cell with a statement in it is unshaded, the statement must be true. If a cell with a statement in it is shaded, the statement may or may not be true.