I got the idea for this puzzle from a comment by Angie Martin. She suggested that the collage that I blogged about yesterday, HERE, would make a nice puzzle. That reminded me that I have a program on my computer that can create digital jigsaw puzzles that can be shared. The program is called BrainsBreaker and you can get more information about it HERE.
The BrainsBreaker version that I have is VERY old so I can't say for sure if the puzzle that I've made will work on newer versions of Windows. It does work on Windows XP, which is what I'm using. The latest version of BrainsBreaker works on Window 10 and also on Mac. What I don't know is if the latest version can open puzzles created with an older version like the one I have. The old version saves the puzzles as EXE files that can be opened by anyone, even if they don't have the program on their computer. Puzzles created with the latest version require that the program be installed but you don't need to buy a copy of it to play a shared puzzle that was created with the new version. You can run shared puzzles using the free trial version according to what I read on their website. It remains to be seen though if old free-standing puzzles can be opened through the free trail version that's currently available.
So, if you want to give my puzzle a try, click HERE to download a ZIP file containing a stand-alone EXE puzzle. Let me know if you are able to run it on a more recent version of Windows. If you're using a Mac, you'll probably have to buy the new version and I don't know if my puzzle will open or not. Let me know how that goes, if you do try it.
Wow cool! I have a new computer with Windows 10 and the link does work! Off to have a play...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that the puzzle works on Windows 10.
DeleteThat was fun! Took me just over 20 minutes. You should do a beady one LOL!
ReplyDeleteAngie, what did you think of the size and number of puzzle pieces? I had the option of having more pieces, which would be smaller of course. There are also options for differently shaped pieces, but I'm partial to the traditional puzzle piece shape. I like your idea to do a beady puzzle.
DeleteAngie, did you notice that if you right-click on the puzzle, a menu pops up with various options? From the menu, you can minimize the puzzle or view only the edge pieces, etc. Also, you don't need to use the pop-up menu in order to rotate the pieces. When you click on a puzzle piece a shadow will appear under it. While the shadow is visible, you can right-click on the piece to make it rotate.
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