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Windows/DOS jigsaw puzzle, 2000-2010

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:09 am
by AlexML93
a game contained around 6-10 images.
the most memorable was the house of parliament with Big Ben during the daytime, and the weather wasn't very sunny. I definitely remember clouds in the gray-ish sky. The view was from the side of the river.
it also had picture of a wooden house or a horse-driven cart against autumn trees (probably a painting) and another painting that was winter-themed. There was also a picture of a town area with a large garden of purple flowers in the centre (it was triangular in shape with two roads forming the Y pattern).
While there were not many images, in game settings you could set the difficulty by the amount of pieces. At lowest difficulty it would cut the picture into 96? pieces but you could increase difficulty to something ridiculous like a thousand pieces.
the interface of the game consisted of two screens (only one visible at a time) and four "pockets". Right clicking on a piece teleported it to the other screen (second if you are currently in the first and vice versa). Pockets were like smaller screens where you could store parts of the puzzle for convenience.
The second screen to which the pieces were teleported was not obvious to reach so it seemed like right-clicking a piece makes the puzzle unsolvable (I was a noob...and a child)
there was also an option for the pieces to rotate, without it all pieces were properly oriented.
I also think that there was an option for pieces to be spread on the surface (so they don't overlap), making it much easier to find a specific piece, but I am not sure about the last one.
ANY help will be appreciated.

jigsaw puzzle

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:43 am
by Rwolf
To find the exact one might take some time, but here is a list of +350 games to start with, most having multiple jigsaws to do:

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/ge ... saw-puzzle

As no timeframe or platform was given, I'll leave that to you to select.

jigsaw puzzle

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:05 pm
by AlexML93
thanks for the list but the game was not in it. The game was rather old so you can ignore newer releases. It was in 2D so all those immersive 3d puzzles and puzzles with animations are off the table. If the rotation of the pieces was allowed, it was only in steps of 90 degrees cw or ccw.
I forgot to mention that the game was on PC (my bad). So it was windows/DOS. Consoles can be ignored. Oh, and the time frame was around 2000-2010. But this is the time when I played it. The game could be released before 2000 but not after 2010.