Each step down the ladder changes one DIGIT; each clue has a bonus clue and an indicator of which digit changed so you can scale the challenge difficulty yourself. Green emoji indicates the digit that changed from the above number.
FWIW: No complaints on the zeros puzzle. This ladder was good though. A nice mix of math and non-math clues and a spots that had to be attacked from below to be unique.
As with my favorite number puzzles, the overall solution was singular but particular clues have multiple possibilities. This gives it the feel of a good crossword. While Haven’s 6/10 is greater than my 9/10 my verdict is a well constructed puzzle. I give an extra point for it being a new crossnumber format (you beat me to this one :)
He's aware that my ratings are biased lol. I tend to rate based on how much fun I had, and how much help I needed from him to solve them. I also often give bonus points for clues that are inside jokes or particularly sweet/clever.
All reviews are biased in some way. The best acknowledge it.
Presuming to speak for the non-Havens, we are thankful that Noah has such a wonderful muse to inspire him and that you are willing to allow the rest of us a little window into the joy you bring him. For that, we thank you.
nice! got the factorial one straight away since it was either 120 or 720, which lead me to divisible by 5^3, trying each 125 option. only used an extra hint for the 100th prime since idr what it was
Great job! Glad you enjoyed using the higher difficulty. I like using spoiler tags to allow people to struggle with a puzzle longer before using a hint as needed or immediately using all hints and relying on intuition and guessing. No wrong way to solve a puzzle
Very creative! Fun — good balance of challenge and flow. And nice implementation of the hinting.
Two tiny nits:
I had to keep checking your note on which digit had changed (mainly because I am a suspicious person) so I might have used for unchanging digits and a bright square like for the changing digit
I read your desire to make some clues ambiguous but 4A bugged me (since 561 is also a multiple of 11)… some alternative cluing angles for 341here.
Thank you for sharing. I will take the advice on the hints into consideration. Sorry it was counterintuitive. I’m always trying to grow and learn.
I’m an engineering student, and I feel my math trivia knowledge is above average, but there’s a lot I simply don’t know enough to confidently add it to a clue. Glad you were able to solve the puzzle from surrounding clues
Presuming to speak for the non-Havens, we are thankful that Noah has such a wonderful muse to inspire him and that you are willing to allow the rest of us a little window into the joy you bring him. For that, we thank you.