Puzzles
I spend a lot of time doing puzzlehunts. These types of puzzles are hard to define, but a common thread is that they don’t come with clear instructions. You are presented something and need to figure out how to solve it, typically resulting in an English word or phrase. This post gives a much better introduction than I can.
Here are my puzzle-related blog posts.
During undergraduate, I wrote puzzles for the University of Maryland’s Puzzle Club. I became the project lead starting Fall 2019.
Here’s a selected list of puzzles that I have written and/or contributed to. If you are attempting any, feel free to ask me for hints.
UMD Puzzlehunt 2021
In addition to writing puzzles, I served as the lead editor and contributed ideas to several others. I was also responsible for a majority of website operations for this project, so I encourage you to look at the whole project.
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Gallery of Art: metapuzzle
- Recycled
- Tactile Inference
- Splitting at the Seams
- Severely Mangled Semantics* by Ryan Thomas
- ASMR Audio Tour
- Crazy Eights* by Josh Fernandes
- Legendary Escape: metapuzzle
UMD Puzzlehunt 2020: Jeopardy!
I served as the lead editor for this event. This event was designed for a UMD audience, but was held online due to COVID-19.
- Triple Threat
- Legends of the Hidden Temple
- Fear Factor: metapuzzle
UMD Puzzlehunt Fall 2019: Wild Goose Chase
This was my first year as the lead.
- Unova’s Premier Ball
- Nowhere to be Found: metapuzzle