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Puzzles, interactive art, experimental software toys, games by Jim Bumgardner.

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Self publishing tips, Part 1

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here! I’ve been collecting some material for a book on computer-aided puzzle construction and publishing. I’ll get around to the book eventually, but some of the material probably has a relatively short shelf life, so I thought it would be good to put some of it in [ ]

About those pictures…

NOTE: This post was edited Jan 2nd, to reflect a modification to the settings. If you are doing the interactive puzzles on the puzzle website, you have probably noticed that when you complete a puzzle, instead of getting a pithy quote, you get an illustration (often, but not always, of a hedgehog, sometimes a kitty [ ]

A Panoply of Puzzle Books

In the past month I ve published four puzzle books, you can read about them here. It is no secret that the puzzles in my books are produced using computer software that I write. I ve been writing such software for nearly twenty years. I ve spent a lot of time working on that software, and I m proud [ ]

Early 80s dial up

When I was still going to CalArts in the early to mid 1980s, I parlayed my recently acquired BASIC programming skills (via a Timex Sinclair 1000) into a part time job at a little mom-and-pop company in Granada Hills. The company did chemical recycling. They would buy used or surplus chemicals, such as industrial solvents, [ ]

Montague Island Mysteries book review

Over the course of the Pandemic, I ve purchased a LOT of puzzle books, and I thought I d review some of the better ones over the next few blog posts. First up is one of my favorites, Montague Island Mysteries by Wayne Schmittberger. I picked up this book because I m a fan of old fashioned logic [ ]

Diabolical Two Not Touch

Diabolical Two Not Touch is the latest addition to my Star Battle puzzle offerings on Amazon. My original Two Not Touch book series contains puzzles which start at the same difficulty as my puzzles in The New York Times and then get increasingly more difficult. The three new diabolical books start where the previous books [ ]

I get so Haunted that I fall in your dreams

Why, hello there! My name is Phil, and I m going to be talking about a spooky new puzzle type in a moment, but I thought I d take a moment to introduce myself first. You may have seen my name already associated with a couple of recent additions to the Krazydad oeuvre; after being in contact [ ]

Two Not Touch puzzles in the New York Times

Starting Monday April 20th, 2020, Krazydad puzzles will appear in The New York Times, where they are being published in the print edition as Two Not Touch. This is part of a larger effort to expand the puzzle offerings in the Times to a full half-page, a much-needed resource in these challenging times. I have [ ]

Finding the Fun in Math at Home

Editor s note: Hi folks, meet Heather Moore, who I ve been collaborating with on Pixidoku puzzles. Heather is a math teacher and has some great tips to offer for those of you who are looking for at-home learning activities for your kids. Take it away, Heather! — Jim In the midst of a global crisis, I ve [ ]