EnigMarch is once again here! A month long challenge for designing puzzles. As an enjoyer and a puzzle designer… I’m sold!
Whether you’re following along as a designer or solver, what you might not be aware of is that there’s a spreadsheet cataloguing all of the puzzles as they’re designed. Since some designers design theirs for social media like Instagram, Twitter, BlueSky, others post on their personal websites, and others on gaming platforms like Itch.io, it can be a little tricky to keep up with your favourite creators. This spreadsheet lists all the days, designers, and how to validate your answers:
About Enigmarch
From the website:
EnigMarch is a daily puzzle creation challenge. Every day in March, @EnigMarchHQ will share a prompt that can be used as inspiration to create any kind of puzzle you like, from cryptograms to mazes to chess problems to those fruit-counting ones you see on Facebook. All skill levels are welcome, from expert puzzlesmiths to absolute beginners—you don’t have to create a masterpiece, just something that’s convincingly a puzzle.
As we mentioned in this earlier article:
EnigMarch was born in a Discord community, from a general wish of many enthusiasts for a puzzle-making challenge. Sarah W and a few additional volunteers put the plan into motion and already it has many high profile board game designers and escape room enthusiasts committing to the challenge.
So what else do we know so far?
Takes Place: March 1st – 31st
Where: Online, here
The best part about EnigMarch is that it’s entirely self-paced. So unlike NaNoWriMo where you’re committing to 1,667 words a day, you can take EnigMarch at your own pace. Create for yourself, create for someone else, write a little riddle, or build out a full complex game that’ll have your friends and enemies scratching their heads.
Whether puzzling or solving, have fun!
