[Kde-games-devel] Puzzle game for KDE

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday 20 March 2008, Ian Wadham wrote:
>  - the size and configuration of the convex and concave interlocking
>     bits (e.g. two convex bits can be in six (?) configs, such as N+S,
>     N+E, E+S, etc. and there can be 1-4 convex bits on a piece),

0-4?

a zero convex piece could be, for example, a NorthWest corner piece that 
connects to an edge piece below with a North convex and an edge piece to the 
right that has a West convex.

random notes:

* i'd love to see a jigsaw puzzle thing (they are great for kids, and are lots 
of fun with motion sensitive devices like wii-motes)

* happy bday Ian! =)

> I have also seen puzzles that appear to be "hand-sawn", where
> pieces can have irregular shapes and no connectors and can even
> be cut to follow parts of boundaries of objects in the picture,
> thus removing a valuable "clue" when hunting for pieces.

high quality hand designed jigsaws often even have pieces in the shape of 
identifiable objects, e.g. a duck, key, bucket, etc .. not that one needs to 
go that far though ;)

> stamp out cardboard jigsaw puzzles have cutter-patterns that are
> somehow computer-generated and created.

these days i would expect so 

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