Show HN: I built an aesthetically pleasing puzzle

(jigsawhaiku.com)

15 points | by windowshopping 3 days ago

3 comments

  • pimlottc 28 minutes ago
    The borders on the pieces obscure the edge details that you need to help match the pieces up. Often there were pieces with letters that looked like they were needed another piece to complete them but actually they were whole but the border covered the edges.

    It would also be nice if I could position pieces freely outside of the board so I could test out potential matches.

    In the end, it became easier to just keep trying to place pieces on the board until they stuck together automatically.

    • shermantanktop 22 minutes ago
      I was baffled by this because the rightmost square didn’t seem to have any pieces where the letter would fit vertically — the unplaced pieces had a border which made it impossible to see which might.
    • deckar01 14 minutes ago
      That would make it very easy and less about the words. They gave you a whole day to finish it for a reason.
  • blobdole 28 minutes ago
    That was a lot of fun!

    It would be cool if I could kind of place things "wherever I want" because sometimes I want to test if this fits here or not, and the easiest way is to place the piece there and drop it. Because the borders are less distracting/smaller after dropping it. But if I do that in a place that is not valid, it snaps back to the original position.

    I once had to drag two completed chunks sequentially to one side of the puzzle area before I could test a piece I was looking at and discover it was wrong.

  • mid1221213 17 minutes ago
    Nice, fun and poetic! GG I <3 it!