Puzzled Blocks app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Christopher Brushwood
First release : 18 Dec 2012
App size: 1.4 Mb
Puzzled Blocks is a game that lets you take pictures from your Camera Roll or Photo Library and turn them into simple, or not so simple puzzles.
Tap on the small puzzle grid to choose the picture you want to use. You can move and size the picture to focus on one part or the entire image. Choose a level of difficulty and tap "Start" to get the puzzle.
Your job is to put the picture back together by switching blocks. Press on a puzzle piece and drag it to where you want it. Other pieces will switch places with it along the way. Keep switching blocks until the original image is complete.
There is no blank space in this puzzle so each action creates an equal, and sometimes undesired, reaction. Moving one block into place may slide another out of place. What you have done can quickly get undone.
Choose from 5 levels of difficulty.
Easy - A simple 3 x 4 grid which can be completed in under a minute and less than 20 moves.
Okay - A more challening 4 x 6 puzzle. You wont break a sweat solving this one.
Hard - No lie. This 5 x 7 matrix may take a little time and effort to rearrange.
Tuff - A 6 x 9 grid that is just what the setting implies - tough to solve.
Crazy - If you take on this 7 x 10 matrix you are on your own. 1,000 moves would not be too many!
Puzzled Blocks will keep track of the number of moves you made (block switches) and how long it took to complete the puzzle. Once competed Puzzled Blocks will show you the full picture and your final time and moves. If you think you can do better you have the chance to try the same puzzle again, and again, and again...
Options include the ability to turn on a faint help image behind the puzzle that might help you put the pieces together. Game sounds can also be turned on or off as needed.
Puzzled Blocks is a great game for teaching cause and effect relationships. Working each puzzle helps to develop critical thinking skills. Each one is a challenge of determination and logic.
Do you think you are up to the challenge?