[Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Hi Folks,

I proudly present you with my latest application, called Puzzle Master.
It is a jigsaw puzzle game. It works on the N900 quite nicely. It contains a bunch of built-in images, plus you can open any of your own images too. It is possible to change the puzzle size and the difficulty.

Here's how you play it:

1. Choose a picture:
http://puzzle-master.colorful.hu/ima...agechooser.png

2. Set the difficulty:
http://puzzle-master.colorful.hu/ima...difficulty.png

3. Assemble the puzzle:
http://puzzle-master.colorful.hu/ima...ego/3-play.png

4. If you're stuck, tap "..." for the menu and click "Get a hint!"
http://puzzle-master.colorful.hu/ima...4-getahint.png

Here is the official web site of the app.

I would be glad if you guys gave it a spin. Let me know of any bugs and new ideas you have!

The game also runs on desktop machines (both Linux and Windows). It's also ported to Windows Phone and Symbian. I do not distribute it for other platforms at the moment, but it takes a click of a button to compile.

• Source code
• Maemo 5 package
• MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan package
• Maemo 4 Puzzle Master
• Puzzle Master in the Fedora repository
• WP7 Puzzle Master

Features:

• There are quite a few nice built-in images, but you can choose any image (including your own photos) for the puzzle.
• After choosing an image, the application slices it up according to your settings, and it mixes up the pieces with a nice animation.
• Your objective is to move the matching pieces next to each other and assemle the whole image.
• When you move two matching pieces together, they snap together and stick together.

For the record, here is an old screenshot of Puzzle Master 1:
http://i53.tinypic.com/rkaaag.png

If you wish to support the development of this application by making a donation, click here:
https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif

Any further feature requests or ideas are welcome! :)

I wish to thank MohammadAG, joerg_rw (aka DocScrutinizer), Tswindell (aka alterego), and Noobmonkey for testing the application in its early stages and providing valuable ideas!

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Thanks for this!
I've compiled a Qt game like this some time ago, but it was a crap, cause needs to be hildonized.
This looks a lot better

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

great game :)

works brilliant and not spotted any bugs :)

thanks mate ;)

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Yessssss ! Great game ! Many thanks ! :)

It works very well, no bugs found.

I love this puzzle type games and i missed a lot SBP puzzle i had in my N97 before switching to maemo.

Just two requests:

- is it possible to add the traditional piece contour of the real puzzle games.

- what is the n900 surprise ? :confused: :D

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Awesome! Been waiting for game like this ;-)

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Sorry, but I don't know what you mean by this. Could you please elaborate?

Think, think... Accelerometer rings any bells?

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Sorry for my poor English but i mean the traditional irregular shape (not rectangular) of the real puzzle pieces.


Well just turned on the accelerometer option. Now i will try to find it. :D

Thanks

Edit:

I think i got it. But that is cheating :o

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

cool stuff thanks! but what to do when i complete the puzzle? time is still running!!!!!!!!
edit: congratulation masssg pop up now!!! cheers

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

I've been thinking about it, but haven't found an easy way yet to implement it. Maybe later.

The surprise is that pieces drift as you tilt the phone.

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The puzzle is not considered finished if the pieces just "drift" to the right place. You have to assemble them with your fingers!

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rakhatnál bele valami védelmet a darabszámra, ugyanis az első ötletem persze hogy akkora baromság volt, hogy felrakom 300x300-ra XD. Szét is fagyott az egész telefon. :D

Amúgy nagyon király, le a kalappal :)

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

What ???? :confused:

That's not fair.

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I wrote to Venemo, cuz he is hungarian too :)
so, Venemo pls put protection(max value) to Puzzle size, cuz im stupid as Hell, and i set this to 300x300, then my N900 froze :D

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Okay, good idea. I will set a max allowed value.

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I love it! really well made! :D
I like the controls and how softly it moves.
If you're still improving it, i have a little suggestion... why not allow pulling images from Flickr?
Would be really nice to search for photos, then piece them together. :P

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Thanks for the nice feedback guys. I'll release a new version with some minor updates tomorrow.

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Venemo..

Thanks a lot for this nice game and I appreciate your efforts. This is really nice.

Just one question. Even though my accelerometer is working fine..when I bring two matching pieces nearby(by adjusting device position), those pieces do not join..this happens sometimes....What could be reason?

Improvement : I observed that when you launch game by selecting any image, all the matching pieces stand close to each other and puzzle becomes easy to solve. May be you have to add logic to scatter pieces so that there should be some difficulty to search for the matching piece. (This is my personal observation, it may not be happening everywhere)

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i think the accelerometer function just for fun :)

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As I said, you have to assemble the pieces with your fingers. They will not join when they just drift near each other.

This is because the game would be too easy if they did.

The game randomly scatters the pieces in the game area. If it is too easy, try adjusting the puzzle size. :)

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cool game try a couple of imagines and it runs nice.
great job!

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Thanks guys for your positive feedback. If you happen to have any ideas for future improvements, you're more than welcome to do so.

I will update the 1st post tomorrow or sometime later with some details about the upcoming version of the game. I already received some useful ideas which are worth to be incorporated into the game.

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Hi,

Even my daughter liked your game..!!!

Just one question: I see my highscores based on date. Is there any way I can see based on "best time"? Or this feature you are planning in next release?

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Yes, I am planning it in the next release. :)

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Hi guys, I've updated the first post in this thread and added a list of planned features!

I like the loads of ideas I'm getting! Keep them coming! :)

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Nice work!

Could you add full screen mode (ie. withouth the menu bar), that would allow more screen space for the puzzles.
Also maybe hide the Surrender button and just show a small time counter in one corner. Use swipe left/right or long press for menu.

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Good idea. I added to the planned features section. :)
Thank you mrjola!

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Hi guys,

An update to Puzzle Master is coming tomorrow. I asked a few friends to test it and if they say it's okay, I'll uplad to Extras-devel.
I'll also update the screenshots tomorrow.

Here is the changelog:
* The app now uses the Qt Graphics View framework
* Hardware graphics acceleration is enabled
* Fixed bug of the timer stopping when some of the dialogs were open
* Fixed bug with invalid image files
* Added drop shadow effect
* Added setting to the change background of the board
* Improved settings GUI
* Improved puzzle board GUI and animations
* A bigger puzzle piece now can't completely cover a smaller one
* The puzzle board now correctly scales according to window size
* Enabled automatic screen rotation
* Ability to set snap difficulty
* Maximum limit to the size of the puzzle
* Full screen mode

For any other feature ideas, just write in this thread as usual.

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Newsflash!

Puzzle Master 1.1 is now uploaded to Extras-devel.

Source code for this release can be found here
Exact changelog can be found here

I also updated the planned features section in the first post.
As always, I'm eagerly awaiting your feedback and ideas :)
I hope you'll enjoy it! :)

(Screenshots should come shortly)

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Works fine and very nice, but a liitle bit slow with enabled drop shadow effect @1GHz
Could you implement zoom out function for easier pieces handling? Just an idea :)

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It wasn't slow for me. (I'm on default 600 MHz.)
What size was the puzzle for which it was slow?

(Also, please try with turning the accelerometer off. I found out that the accelerometer is what makes it quite slow sometimes.)

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No matter which size... Not too slow, but slower than without shadow :D
So doesn't negatively affect the gaming experience :)

It was switched off

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Yes, that is expected.
The GPU of the N900 is really (I mean REALLY) bad at doing alpha transparency, this is probably the reason for it.

(Also because the app uses the GPU, you won't get any better performance if you overclock the CPU :p)

This is good to hear. :)

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Hehe, i know :)

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Hi i really like you game.

But i have a problem: when i finish a game and start a new one, the timer doesn't restart. Here a few pics:

I finished this puzzle in 62 seconds:

http://www.imagengratis.org/images/screenshoun4zu.png

I decided to start a new one but the timer started at 62 seconds:

http://www.imagengratis.org/images/screenshozu8lz.png

so if i want to restart the timer, i have to restart the app.

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A suggestion:
in my opinion, the tiles shouldn't "snap" immediately when one happens to be moved near one of its matches, because this way, one is likely to simply make a match by sheer luck.

Instead, a match should only be checked for after lifting the stylus/finger, or alternatively, after some given amount of time without being moved.

Thanks for the nice game anyway, and for porting it to OS2008!

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yay! my photo! love seeing them in someones app! :) - (West Wittering sea front beach huts - HDR, UK)

p.s. - been playing on this for a few weeks, really does rock!!

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Yeah, thank you for offering your photo for the app!

Thanks! :)

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Newsflash!

• Good has just became better
• Puzzle Master 1.2.0 is now coming to Extras-devel
• You may know that thanks to some great people who tested on their devices, Puzzle Master is now available on N8x0 devices - Find the details here.
• Massive UI improvements

Here is the changelog:

* Fixed a bug with the timer not being reset correctly
* New user interface (icons from Oxygen)
* Added ability to manage images
* The accelerometer works correctly when in portrait mode
* The screen orienation is fixed when the accelerometer is used in the game
* Images are scaled in such a way that they won't look ugly after upscaling
* Added ability to pause game

Here is a teaser screenshot:
http://i53.tinypic.com/rkaaag.jpg

You can find more updated screenies in the first post of this thread!

Re: [Announce] Puzzle Master - a jigsaw puzzle game
 

Hi,

Just curious: Can you use the up/down etc. keys to move the pieces? My touchscreen is broken for the most part... It's not a request; I'm just wondering

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I thought about this, but then you would need:
- Some logic to select which piece do you want to move (which I have no idea for, without a mouse or touchscreen) - your idea wanted
- Move the selected piece - Now this could happen with the arrow keys