Think you've seen it all?
Mastered the jigsaw puzzle?

Brace yourself for Whimzzle! Where jigsaw puzzles take an inception-like twist!

Dive into a captivating puzzle solving experience that challenges you to piece together jigsaw pieces of jigsaw pieces! (of jigsaw pieces of jigsaw pieces...)

Complete pieces to reveal the final image!

Challenge your mind, not your patience!
Start small, build big, and master puzzling puzzles of puzzles!

Whether a leisure puzzler completing intermediate pieces one at a time, or a hardcore enthusiast taking on the entire puzzle box at once - Whimzzle offers an adaptable, unique and engaging jigsaw experience for all puzzlers.

Settle in and relax with music themes to match your mood; puzzle solo, or invite some friends to puzzle together with in multiplayer; challenge yourself or others for the best snapping scores!

So pop open a quick single-piece puzzle, or dump it all on the table - and
take a dive into the unique jigsaw puzzling experience of Whimzzle!

(... and yes, you can pet the lupragryph.)

Check out the browser-version of Whimzzle (or on simmer.io)
   (off-site due to file size limitations of itch.io)
Or, Download the Windows version for a more stable experience.
   (Mac and additional platforms coming soon)

Early Access (Beta)

This game is currently in a beta-state, with several features still in development. Your support and feedback are invaluable while continuing to develop and refine the game.

Please consider donating to help Whimzzle reach its full potential!

   

Key Features

• Piece-Inception: Embark on a puzzles-within-puzzles journey, where small jigsaw pieces seamlessly connect to form larger jigsaw pieces. The complexity grows as you delve deeper, creating a dynamic and rewarding experience
  
• Musical Themes: Match your mood with four ambient music themes—Inspiring, Positive, Soft, or Default (a delightful mix)—boasting over 100 tracks enhancing your puzzle-solving experience
  
• Multiplayer: Collaborate to complete intermediate pieces or compete to snap the most pieces together at once. Challenge your friends to a puzzle-solving showdown! Elevate the fun with multiplayer mode, making Whimzzle a social and interactive adventure
• Scoring: Track your progress with a scoring system that records the number of pieces snapped together at once. Aim for the highest number of snapped pieces in a session, adding a competitive edge to your puzzle-solving mastery

Upcoming Features

• Mobile/Tablet Support: Whimzzle on the go!
• Deeper N-Level Puzzles: Explore puzzles with more than two levels of depth.
  
• Improved Tutorial: Better walk-through of controls & UI
• Custom Input: Set your own Keyboard/Controller controls
• Rotating Pieces: Elevate the challenge with puzzle pieces that can be rotated
• More Puzzles: Expand your collection for endless entertainment
• Custom/User Image Puzzles: Personalize your puzzling experience
• Custom & Dynamic Pieces: Choose piece count, depth, edge-types, etc
• Whimsical Board & Pieces: Non-Standard/Rectangle pieces & puzzles
• Improved Accessibility: Enhance inclusivity with more accessibility options and color vision deficiency support
  
• Puzzle-Piece Difficulty Levels: Choose difficulty: Bronze, Silver, Gold
  
• Enhanced Sound Effects & Animations: Immerse yourself further in captivating audio and visuals uniquely themed to each puzzle
• Multiplayer Challenge/Competitor Mode: Compete against multiple challengers on the same puzzle, individually or all at once
• Multiplayer Mixed-Difficulty: Customize multiplayer puzzles with different-sized pieces for varied skill levels
• Puzzle Interactions & Interference: Add challenges that shuffle pieces, break existing snaps, or steal pieces you must retrieve
• Interactive & Animated Puzzles: For an even more engaging experience
• Better Resolution Support: Improve/Support multiple resolutions
• More Lupragryph Petting: Because good lups deserve all the pets
• ...and so much more in the works!

Real/Physical Whimzzle?

If you would like to see a real life, physical version of puzzles in the Whimzzle style (pieces of pieces) - please submit comments! Would absolutely love to see actual puzzles done in this style, if there is enough interest for it - I may start a Kickstarter!

Known Issues & Bugs

• General
  
  • One or two corner-pieces cannot be selected, snap to them instead
  • Stats & Score may be inaccurate
  • Completed puzzle may not load correctly
  • Timer does not stop when out of game or piece is completed
  • Snapping pieces sometimes moves the wrong pieces when joining
  • Completed pieces move when placing the final piece
  • Completing a piece pauses/lags the game
  • Loading pauses music, and loading-bars are not animated
  • Camera may not center correctly on new single-piece puzzle
  • Saving (and piece completion w/ auto-save) can be very slow
  • Puzzle-loading can be very slow
    • Especially in browser, puzzles may take 1-5 minutes to load.
• Browser (WebGL)
  
  • Clipboard (Copy/Paste) does not work
  • Puzzle image artist name does not load correctly
  • Intermittent UI Missing (fails to load)
    • See official Unity Issue UUM-44732 (fix in progress! YAY!)
      
  • Chat messages may not display (Multiplayer) [Also UUM-44732]
  • May run into memory-limitation, resulting in game-crash
    • Notably Full Puzzle of the secondary Trees puzzle
      • Load single-pieces only
• Multiplayer
  • Host disconnect/leave may cause instability/crash
  • Piece layer/stacking may not function correctly
  • Pieces may not load correctly when joining
    • in single-piece puzzle mode (feature not yet supported)
    • already-completed/intermediate/larger pieces (bug)
  • Can only start/join multiplayer from Main Menu
  • Gameplay Timer non-functional for clients
  • Rapidly click-dragging a piece will offset the cursor/piece
  • Start Multiplayer, return to Main Menu, (re)start multiplayer (breaks; bug)

Multiplayer (How-To)

Multiplayer is currently in a very early state with limited functionality and several known issues are slated to be addressed, please be patient as this feature is improved.

In order to participate in multiplayer, the Host must first create the session and then load a full-puzzle, only after which can a Client join.
(Single-piece puzzle in multiplayer is not yet supported)
(Easier multi-player hosting, and 5+ players, is still in development)

Host:

1. Open Settings
2. Click the Multiplayer tab (far-right icon)
3. Optional:
   1. Configure multiplayer username and color
      Note: These *can* be changed at any time, even during a multiplayer session.
4. Click "Start Hosting"
5. Write down the Join Code to send to others to join the session
   Note: In Desktop version, click to copy. WebGL/Browser cannot auto-copy.
   Warning: Do not have anyone join yet
6. Click Apply to close the settings panel
7. Click Alpha Start (if available)
   or: Click Start then select Full Puzzle on the Lupragryph Alpha puzzle
8. Once the game is fully loaded, then you may send the code for others to connect.

Client:

1. Ensure the host has finished loading the puzzle
2. Open Settings
3. Click the Multiplayer tab (far-right icon)
4. Optional:
   1. Configure multiplayer username and color
      Note: These *can* be changed at any time, even during a multiplayer session.
5. Enter the Join Code provided by the host
6. Click "Connect"
7. Wait for the game to load the puzzle board

What is a Lupragryph?

A lupragryph is a type of gryphon, pronounced: Loop-Raw-Griff
Instead of the traditional lion-bird gryphon, they are a combination of otter, wolf, and buzzard. Their species name combines the Latin terms for the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) and Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus) to produce 'lupra', followed by the common 'gryph' suffix for gryphons. While not contributing to the name, their avian ancestry comes from the common buzzard (Buteo buteo).

Typically sporting a canine (puppy-like) mentality, watch out for that thick otter tail wagging back and forth!