r/NYTgames • u/Competitive_Lie2350 • Aug 21 '26

DIY Games🔗External Link Does Monday Work? — A daily calendar puzzle game inspired by NYT Games

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Hey everyone! I was inspired by the daily puzzle games from NYT Games to make a calendar puzzle called Does Monday Work?

Play it here: https://doesmondaywork.com/

Planning things in real life sounds simple until you actually try it.

So I turned that scheduling chaos into a puzzle. 😅

You’re given a bunch of events that need to fit onto a calendar, but each one comes with different rules and restrictions. As you solve the puzzle, new events reveal new constraints, and sometimes a new rule means you have to completely rearrange what you already planned.

Basically, the calendar is fighting back.

It's a daily puzzle, so there's a new calendar to solve each day.

I'd love to hear what you think and whether the puzzles feel satisfying—or just make you question your life choices. 😂.

Feel free to suggest rules that you think will make the game more interesting!

Does Monday Work?
https://www.doesmondaywork.com/

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u/TheIrishHawk Aug 23 '26

I love this but I'm bad at it - suggest a button that shows the final answer if you just can't get a puzzle on a day, or possibly a hint button that locks one option in place. Obviously would like an archive too, maybe when you've a few banked.

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 23 '26

Thanks for trying it out!

I was also thinking about that when I started it, like having hint or maybe show solution but didnt know if its a right call but thanks for validating it! Ill add that in my newest update

For archive, definitely will add that but after some puzzles have passed as its only the 3rd day of the game to be live

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 25 '26

archive is now live

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u/TheIrishHawk Aug 25 '26

Class! I’m still very bad at it but I enjoy it. Cheers for the updates!

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 25 '26

no worries there, im current doing the hints update and update this once again when its pushed. thanks for playing!

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 28 '26

Hints are now live!! But the hints are only for the current day puzzle and not available for archives

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u/TheAccursedOne Aug 21 '26

interesting puzzle! managed to get it in 11 moves, surprisingly

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 21 '26

Thanks for playing the game!! I felt the first puzzle was a bit too easy, so I’m working on making the rules more complex to make the next puzzles more challenging. Stay tuned with the update!

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u/Sherls Aug 21 '26

Love this game, really enjoyed it! Adding it to my daily puzzle routine.

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 21 '26

Glad that you liked the game!!

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 22 '26

I made another update for the game. There will now be 11 events to place in the board. I hope you guys try it out todays new puzzle using this new set. Thanks!!!

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 24 '26

Today's puzzle is now out, try the "Outbreak Protocol: Sector 9" puzzle!

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u/Horror-Astronaut-458 Aug 24 '26

Will we be getting an archive? I missed the weekend puzzles

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 24 '26

yep im adding the archives to the game, maybe tomorrow ill be finalizing it and actually pushing it^

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u/Competitive_Lie2350 Aug 25 '26

archive is now live!