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I found that creating Numberlink puzzles in a 10x10 grid limits the complexity. Could the studio be grown to 15x15?

Yes, sure. I increased the maximal grid size to 15x15 and the range of numbers to [1,20].

Nikoli frequently publishes 15x15 Numberlink puzzles; they almost always have symmetrical givens. I hope that I can manage to construct one, too, although so far, I've had enough difficulty so far composing a 10x10 with symmetrical givens.

I admit, there are times when I wish some of the other puzzle studios -- like LITS, Fences, and Masyu -- could be expanded to allow me to post 10x18 or 17x17 puzzles; Hitori, after all, goes up to 20x20.

LITS, Fences and Masyu have all been expanded to allow 20x20 grids.

A drawback of this measure could be that when creating smaller puzzles, the elements are unnecessarily small. Perhaps we could increase the size of the studio applet to deal with that, but also, some large puzzles might not be easy to solve with the current puzzle applet size (I didn't check what is reasonable given the current settings). This could mean we'll decide to hold on to too large puzzles for a bit until we come up with an appropriate way to deal with them, but for now go ahead and we'll keep you updated.

Thank you; I hope to make effective use of the larger canvas. Best of luck in making this all work out!