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Authors of individual puzzles

For every puzzle in the hunt, this is who wrote it. If the author's name is linked, click it to see a picture of him, or her, or a duck. If not, the author does not expect to be at the wrapup reception.

The meta puzzles were a team effort; the people to whom they are attributed here are only very loosely the authors. If you want to find all the metas listed together, look here.

If you want to talk about a particular puzzle, and can't find the author, you might see whether one of the editors remembers enough to help you.

Hunt Worlds:       Mario       Mega Man       Zelda       Civilization       Katamari Damacy


Mario World
Metameta: Joel Corbo

World 1-1
Meta: Ian Tullis

Question Mark — Aaron Dinkin
Keyboard Cat — Cat Miller Reid Barton
Squared Key — Julian West
Rivalries — Aaron Dinkin
Karaoke Night — Chris Luhrs Jason Zuffranieri
Mario Clash — Alex Fink Sai Emrys
Cut and Paste — Alex Fink Joel Corbo Sai Emrys Allen Rabinovich

World 1-2
Meta: Ian Tullis and Ari Nieh

Toad's List — Chris Luhrs
Pipe Dream 2: Rapid Transit Aaron Dinkin Seth Kleinerman Iolanthe Chronis
English Expectations — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
Pattern Recognition — Alex Fink Joel Corbo Sai Emrys Allen Rabinovich Roger Hanna Val Morash
Another Small Collection of Immense Integers — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
Two Heads are Better than One — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
Everybody's Got to Be Somewhere — Aaron Dinkin

World 1-3
Meta: Julian West

Hammer Time — David Poland Tracy Yonemoto
Vive la Différence — Julian West
Photo Album — David Speyer
Flat Head — Julian West
Worthy of Picasso — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
Mountain Pass — Ricky Liu
Unfair Cryptogram — Aaron Dinkin David Speyer

Mega Man
Metameta: Seth Kleinerman, Ricky Liu

Bebop Man
Meta: Aaron Dinkin and Ricky Liu

One More Try — Andrew Thomas Cindy Keeler Noah Snyder
Favourites — David Speyer
Meta Testing! — Aaron Dinkin
Timbales — Ricky Liu
Famous Faces — Joel Corbo Allen Rabinovich

Bio Man
Meta: Seth Kleinerman

Stuff Nerd People Like — Cat Miller
Recombination — Alex Vandiver Cindy Keeler Oliver Kosut
Life of the Party — Clarence Applegate Allen Rabinovich
The Eternal Struggle — Aaron Dinkin
Pesky Bugs — Andrew Thomas

Blackberry Man
Meta: Ricky Liu

N-tris — Cally Perry James Whiting Mira Whiting Oliver Kosut
Redundant Obsolescence — Joel Corbo Allen Rabinovich
Powder Monkey — Kate Baker Andrew Thomas Bryan Ruddy Cindy Keeler Lee Keyser-Allen
Expletive Deleted — Clarence Applegate
The Least You Could Do Is Phone Me — Aaron Dinkin

Craps Man
Meta: Roger Ford

Scrambling Attributes Yields Conundrum — Cat Miller Reid Barton
Basic Knowledge — Joel Corbo Chris Luhrs
Good Times in the Casino — Ari Nieh Seth Kleinerman
Good Vibrations — Aaron Dinkin Noah Snyder Malia Jackson
Genius Test — Ricky Liu

Minus Man
Ricky Liu

Magnitude — Ari Nieh
Metrology — Jane Chronis Iolanthe Chronis
Nik-holey — Ricky Liu
Games — Chris Luhrs Anna Gladstone
You Shall Understand What Hath Befallen — Ricky Liu Reid Barton

Stagecraft Man
Meta: Aaron Dinkin, Noah Snyder, Ricky Liu

The Cat's Meow — Alex Vandiver Ricky Liu Katherine Reid Oliver Kosut
Rocky Horror — Alex Vandiver Cat Miller
Pointillisme — Julian West
Where's Antoinette? — Joel Corbo
The Writing on the Wall — Joel Corbo Allen Rabinovich


Zelda
Metameta: Noah Snyder, Andrew Thomas, Bryan Ruddy

Triforce of Fellowship Meta: Noah Snyder and Aaron Dinkin
Triforce of Holiness Meta: Aaron Dinkin and Julian West
Triforce of Inspiration Meta: Noah Snyder

Making the Possible Impossible — Alex Fink William Reading Sai Emrys Jane Chronis Jonathan Sheffi
Forsaken Fortress — Steve Nagy Joia Hertz
Build Your Own Acrostic — David Speyer
Counting the Ways — Yoyo Zhou Noah Snyder Matthew Goral Malia Jackson
The Word — David Poland Joel Corbo Chris Luhrs
The Light World — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
Song of Birds — Jacob Schwartz John Danaher
Execution Grounds — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut
The Crypt — Andrew Thomas Oliver Kosut

Civilization
Metameta: Seth Kleinerman

The Scroll: A Modern Palimpsest — Alex Fink Sai Emrys Julian West Cat Miller Oliver Kosut
Agriculture: Technological Crisis at Shikakuro Farms — Jason Zuffranieri John Danaher
Exogamy: Charm School — Ricky Liu
Mathematics: Showcase — David Speyer
Draftsmanship: Drafting Table — Clarence Applegate
The Wheel: Racking your Brains — Aaron Dinkin Jane Chronis
Gladiatorial Combat: Crowd's Chant — Noah Snyder Oliver Kosut
...and Literature: Hints, with a Bit of Love! — Aaron Dinkin Noah Snyder
Plant-Based Ink: Letter Bank — Andrew Thomas, Seth Kleinerman
Epic Poetry: This SHOULD be Easy... — Alex Vandiver
Procrastinating: Soooo Cute! — David Speyer John Drake
Philosophy: Advanced Maths — Bryan Ruddy Cindy Keeler Oliver Kosut
Stoneware: Painted Potshards — Lanya da Silva and Allen Rabinovich
Legal System: Cheaters Never Prosper — Jen Selby
Doors: The Doors of Cambridge — Aaron Dinkin Ari Nieh
Literacy: Literary Collection — Aaron Dinkin
Alchemy: Amateur Hour — Jen Selby Amber Archenko Joel Corbo Allen Rabinovich Roger Hanna Drew Edelberg
Invention: Puzzle Box — David Speyer Roger Hanna
Trading: Sufficiently Advanced Technology — Ari Nieh
Oratory: Part of Speech — Aaron Dinkin Steve Nagy Joia Hertz
Private Property: Inventory Quest — Chris Luhrs Roger Hanna
Carbon Nanotubules: Laureate — Julian West
Monarchy: The Sport of Princesses — Ricky Liu
Social Clubs: Fascinating Kids — Kate Baker Andrew Thomas Bryan Ruddy Cindy Keeler David Poland Oliver Kosut Tracy Yonemoto

Wonders (Metas)
Da Vinci's Workshop: Andrew Thomas and Seth Kleinerman, paths pre-puzzle by Aaron Dinkin
Granary of Ur: Andrew Thomas
Palace of Versailles: Andrew Thomas
Space Elevator: Andrew Thomas and David Poland
St. Andrew's Links: David Poland, Tracy Yonemoto, Aaron Dinkin, Andrew Thomas and Seth Kleinerman
Wall Street: Seth Kleinerman, ordering pre-puzzle by Lee Keyser-Allen


Katamari Damacy
Small Katamari
Meta: Noah Snyder and Julian West

Charitable Collection — Jennifer Berk Aaron Dinkin Tracy Yonemoto
Charges — Yoyo Zhou
Heard but Not Seen — Aaron Dinkin
Efficiency — Alex Vandiver Reid Barton
A Representative Sampling — Chris Luhrs
The Baddest Man — Aaron Dinkin
Plotlines — Cindy Keeler Daniel Speyer

Medium Katamari
Meta: Noah Snyder and Julian West

Food for Thought — David Speyer Joel Corbo Cally Perry Allen Rabinovich Roger Hanna Lee Keyser-Allen Val Morash
Losing My Nerve — David Speyer Oliver Kosut
Toto, I Have a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore — Julian West
Payroll — Cindy Keeler David Poland Ricky Liu Tracy Yonemoto Seth Kleinerman
Walkthrough — Amber Archenko Chris Luhrs Roger Hanna
The Path More Stumbled — Alex Fink Sai Emrys
Unnatural Law — David Poland Joel Corbo Chris Luhrs

Large Katamari
Metameta: Noah Snyder

Clues and Coordinates — David Speyer
E Pluribus Unum — David Speyer Julian West
Study Materials — Chris Luhrs
Electronic Love — Andrew Thomas
The Higher They Climb, the Farther They Fall — Jennifer Berk
Unlikely Situations — Amber Archenko Joel Corbo Geoffery Iwata Allen Rabinovich Chris Luhrs Drew Edelberg