New Frenzied ePuzzle Prototype: Whaddya Think?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 2, 2008 at 4:26pm

Good point. Right now I am just messing around, using any 'old' image. My plan is to change the images once/week and introduce one new puzzle pattern once/week... so stay tuned. Steve

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 3, 2008 at 4:35pm

NEW GAME IMAGES just added today, Saturday May 3 !

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Permalink Reply by Susan Miller on May 3, 2008 at 7:31pm

The first time through the pictures didn't appear for quite some time (may just be my computer), and I couldn't separate the puzzle into pieces, so it was frustrating. Second time worked much better! It wasn't clear at first that it was the same piece rotating until I clicked it -- I thought I was missing some and that added to the "frenzy!"

I didn't even realize I was getting muffs when I separated the pieces. If you click fast enough, you can still break 100.

I agree with Sebastian about clicking the "landmarks" in the puzzle without knowing what the shapes are. My other observation is that the randomness of the flashing piece has a lot to do with the difficulty, especially with few pieces. One time I had the same piece six times in a row. I had begun to think I was clicking the wrong one, but my Muff Count wasn't changing!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 4, 2008 at 4:22pm

Hi Susan, Great observations...check out the new images. Thanks for your thoughts, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 4, 2008 at 4:31pm

Sunday afternoon.... please try the new version with new images and shrinking pieces and let me know what you think. Thanks, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 4, 2008 at 4:32pm

Sunday afternoon.... please try the new version with new images and shrinking pieces and let me know what you think. Thanks, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Sebastian on May 4, 2008 at 6:41pm

That was definitely tougher. Especially the last image with small irregular pieces. Great improvement.

Think you could up the challenge even further by keeping the shrinking piece moving about in the right hand section once it is the smallest size. It would be harder to focus on matching those landmarks if the piece is moving.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 5, 2008 at 11:18am

HI Sebastian, Glad you liked the enhanced version. Great idea about rotating once it is super small. A nice programming challenge for me. Thanks, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Bryan on May 6, 2008 at 12:37pm

Much more challenging, and it is far more difficult to break 100. The last puzzle is definitely the most challenging though I did get distracted by the artwork (looking at the cat and dog) and ended up getting a time over 100. The puzzles with four pieces are quite easy. I like the idea of different shaped pieces with each progression. I would suggest the first 'wave' being puzzles of four pieces and like it is now each 'stage' with different shaped pieces. The next 'wave' would be puzzles of five pieces and again with each 'stage' with different shaped pieces. With each successive wave add another piece. One other area of difficulty is to have the puzzle on the left spin counter clockwise while the piece on the right spins clockwise.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 6, 2008 at 1:08pm

Hey, these are great ideas. I like the 'wave' one. This helps to solve the challenge of putting up a new 'set' each week... let me think on that...Thanks, Steve

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Permalink Reply by Jeanne on May 6, 2008 at 10:17pm

After several trials, probably at least 20, I finally scored a total of 98 (with only 5 muffs). The puzzles do
increase in complexity and the lack of separation between the pieces certainly increases the challenge. I
finally learned that it was not worth a 'muff' point for the sake of taking precious time to pull the pieces apart.
Figuring the first or second piece that matches in the middle on the last puzzle and then pulling that puzzle piece aside greatly shortens the reaction time and increases success.

Thank you for a wonderful puzzling time
Jeanne

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Permalink Reply by Steve Richardson on May 7, 2008 at 10:43am

Hi Jeanne, Congratulations on hanging in there and scoring 98... impressive! I like your strategy about pulling out center piece(s). Each week I will be changing images and maybe some of the patterns. Hopefully June 1st, or thereabouts, we'll go live with this game on the Stave.com site... so stay tuned. Best, Steve

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