rhodri2112 Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
@Gareth. Not to be a jerk, and I appreciate you checking the queues after my comment on the 11th. However, I think there may still be an issue. Since then, of all three Killers (not Killer Pros), there's been:
Jigsaw: 2 9x9, 1 6x6 (I want more, but this is fine by percentage of size). Killer-X: 1 6x6 (This seems light, especially you've had a total of 3 of these in all sizes over the last three months) Killer: 1 9x9, 4 8x8, 2 6x6 (Appropriate quantity, but definitely skewed to non-standard sizes).
Of note: I know you pull the old ones and combine them into 50 packs. I've bought all the puzzle packs of these types of puzzles and all the Hanjies. I daresay I'll buy any new packs of these types, if I get the option :)
Thanks much and sorry to pester.
Posted 2nd Jul 2024 at 00:45
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
No worries about commenting - it's always good to have feedback! However the puzzles are there and I haven't changed the distribution probabilities in years so they will show up eventually. :)
I should definitely make new puzzle packs, though, so thank you for the prompting! For what it's worth, these sets aren't compiled from previous puzzles but are separate puzzles and I take care not to re-use them in the daily feed. Occasionally for the 5x5 puzzles there is the odd duplicate solution (or occasionally puzzle) just by chance because there are only so many ways to make them, but they are at least made separately.
Posted 2nd Jul 2024 at 16:35
rhodri2112 Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
Well, I for one would pay for access to puzzles from days gone by, especially Hanjie, which is humorous because I actually remember Hanjies because of the visual aspect.
Seriously, I've played hundreds of Killers et. al. Not only that, I tend to replay them to challenge me to get faster. I wouldn't notice *or* mind if I did if you pulled say, Killers 1-50 and so on.
I'm going off the assumption that gathering these would be easy, as they're already created, though I have no clue of the backside of how this all works. If it is easy and quick, then I'd say you're better off giving us a chance to throw you money. Let me put it this way, if it takes you an hour to do that (and I bet it's far quicker), you'd have to sell, what 5 to get a decent return on an hour.
I thought about this sort of thing a lot for my riddle Patreon where I write Old English alliterative style riddles on the side. I knew it'd be niche and I'd get really small numbers of followers, but since I write those in about an hour, it's still profitable as well as fun.
Anyway, there's my two cents worth. Or two shillings worth (yes, I know they went away from shillings, which I think is dumb as the word is fun :) )
Posted 5th Jul 2024 at 13:45
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
It's a good idea, and thank you. I really should create more sets one way or another. I did add lots more content recently but it was only to fill up the daily puzzle queues, and there's really no fundamental reason why I couldn't have added more sets at the same time, at least for some of the types of content on the site. I'm afraid I spend so much time thinking about the books that I'm working on (a dozen or so this year alone) that I have been limited on time to add extra things to Puzzlemix for a while - but I absolutely should!
Posted 5th Jul 2024 at 18:39
rhodri2112 Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
I understand that. I write fantasy and science fiction. I also run a fantasy imprint. My wife and I own a quilt store and book store. Oh, and I write and edit D&D stuff. Time is such a valuable thing :)
Anyway, thanks for keeping up Puzzlemix. I use these to get my brain going, especially to help it get loose for writing the next novel.
Posted 16th Jul 2024 at 02:14
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
That's really interesting! What is the name of the fantasy imprint? I've just completed writing a fantasy puzzle adventure book, being published this autumn.
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Jigsaw: 2 9x9, 1 6x6 (I want more, but this is fine by percentage of size).
Killer-X: 1 6x6 (This seems light, especially you've had a total of 3 of these in all sizes over the last three months)
Killer: 1 9x9, 4 8x8, 2 6x6 (Appropriate quantity, but definitely skewed to non-standard sizes).
Of note: I know you pull the old ones and combine them into 50 packs. I've bought all the puzzle packs of these types of puzzles and all the Hanjies. I daresay I'll buy any new packs of these types, if I get the option :)
Thanks much and sorry to pester.
I should definitely make new puzzle packs, though, so thank you for the prompting! For what it's worth, these sets aren't compiled from previous puzzles but are separate puzzles and I take care not to re-use them in the daily feed. Occasionally for the 5x5 puzzles there is the odd duplicate solution (or occasionally puzzle) just by chance because there are only so many ways to make them, but they are at least made separately.
Seriously, I've played hundreds of Killers et. al. Not only that, I tend to replay them to challenge me to get faster. I wouldn't notice *or* mind if I did if you pulled say, Killers 1-50 and so on.
I'm going off the assumption that gathering these would be easy, as they're already created, though I have no clue of the backside of how this all works. If it is easy and quick, then I'd say you're better off giving us a chance to throw you money. Let me put it this way, if it takes you an hour to do that (and I bet it's far quicker), you'd have to sell, what 5 to get a decent return on an hour.
I thought about this sort of thing a lot for my riddle Patreon where I write Old English alliterative style riddles on the side. I knew it'd be niche and I'd get really small numbers of followers, but since I write those in about an hour, it's still profitable as well as fun.
Anyway, there's my two cents worth. Or two shillings worth (yes, I know they went away from shillings, which I think is dumb as the word is fun :) )
Anyway, thanks for keeping up Puzzlemix. I use these to get my brain going, especially to help it get loose for writing the next novel.
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