How to Play

The goal

Every puzzle is split into interlocking pieces and scattered across the play area around the board. Your job is to drag each piece onto the board and rebuild the original picture. When the last piece snaps into place, the puzzle is complete.

Placing pieces

1. 1 Grab a piece from anywhere around the board. On a mouse, click and drag; on touch, press and drag with one finger.
2. 2 Drop it on the board. Get it close to where it belongs and it will snap into the correct spot automatically.
3. 3 Not sure yet? Drop the piece anywhere to set it aside and come back to it later — pieces only lock in once they're in the right place.
4. 4 Read the colors. Correctly placed areas are outlined in green; a piece resting in the wrong spot shows a red outline.

Moving around the board

The board sits in a larger play area so there's room to spread the pieces out. Drag an empty part of the area to pan, and scroll or pinch to zoom in on the details or out to see the whole picture. Use the minimap in the corner to keep your bearings, tap fit to view to bring every piece back on screen, or go fullscreen for a distraction-free workspace.

Helpful controls

• Hint — places one random piece for you. The number of hints depends on the difficulty, from 3 on the easiest puzzles up to 10 on the hardest.
• Preview — shows a faded version of the finished picture behind the board so you can find your bearings.
• Restart — reshuffles every piece to start the puzzle over.
• Pause — stops the timer when you need a break.
• Zoom & fit — use the dock buttons to zoom in, zoom out, or fit the whole puzzle back into view.
• Fullscreen — expands the play area to fill your screen; press it again to exit.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Space or Esc — pause / resume
• H — use a hint
• P — toggle preview
• F — toggle fullscreen
• C — fit board and pieces into view
• + / − — zoom in / out
• 0 — fit the whole puzzle back into view

Time, moves & stars

The status bar tracks your time, moves, and progress. When you finish you earn up to three stars based on how many hints you used: solve it with no hints for 3 stars, use a few for 2, and use them all for 1.

Sign in to save your progress

Sign in with Google to sync your results to your account. Every puzzle you complete is recorded against your profile — your completed count, total stars, and play time all add up there, and each finish appears on that puzzle's leaderboard so you can compare your time and moves with other players.