Introduction and installation:
The installation is a breeze with the unzipped file being a dual activation and set up module, there’s only a few clicks required to install and get this game up and running. You’ll find a shortcut on the desk top, but not in the start menu. If you want one in the start menu check out the post that explains what to do in the forums by following the link below:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2594?replies=1
I'd be here for hours writing a decent review of this excellent game as there are so many options to explore, so I’ve just skimmed over the more important points. I’ve taken loads of Images of the various menus which will give you a good indication as to what to expect from this game, but as I overslept by four hours today (I didn’t actually go to bed until 6am; 2 hours before the giveaway changed over) it’s not as in depth as I’d have liked it to be.
The Game
The 100 puzzles that are supplied with this excellent jigsaw puzzle should be enough to keep the most ardent of fans occupied for a long time, however it’s really simple to input as many of your own images into the games galley as you want by clicking on the load button to the right of the gallery images. I’m not sure whether there’s a size limit with respect to the pictures pixel dimensions, but the one I imputed was 2016 x 1465, so I think you can use most or all sizes of image in this game. Clicking on the load button will open up your computers browser. Select wherever you keep your images and click on the one you want to load into the games Gallery. Once it’s loaded into the gallery it becomes a permanent feature of the game. I think you can load as many as you have on your computer and more by downloading them from the internet; the number only being limited by your time and your hard drive space. This is a great feature that I don’t have on other jigsaw games I bought for my children.
You can change the form of the jigsaw from simple male and female lugs to more complex or simpler ones. There are 10 different types to choose from. And you can make the jigsaw as easy or hard as you like not only by selecting simple or more complex forms, but choosing jigsaw puzzles from anywhere between 15 to 1040 pieces. Each puzzle can be left at any point and your progress will be saved. Each jigsaw will retain its own information and includes the amount of time you’ve spent on the puzzle, the best time taken to solve the puzzle and the percentage amount of the puzzle solved as well as the number of previews you’ve had. There’s several hot keys available to help you with the puzzle, from an outright cheat that selects all the pieces to finish the puzzle, one that selects all the borders, a button at the bottom of the puzzle that previews your next easiest move as well as a boss key just in case your playing this when you should be working. You can even add special effects to the images such as a painting effect. I won’t go into any more detail though as it’s really late, except to say that this is a fabulous giveaway that is well worth the effort of downloading. It may take you ages to explore all the options available. See the screen captures below for details of the many menus that enable you to tweak the game to your liking. The game can be tailored to most people’s preferences even down to changing the color and textures of the backgrounds and changing the monotonous loop of music that the game comes packaged with. (see below for details).
There are in menu information balloons that pop up occasionally when you're in the menu's, as someone has already noted some do show as German, but these are rare and hardly spoil the overall quality and feel of this fantastic giveaway.
Conclusion:
This is well worth 9 out of 10 in my opinion and I don’t even like jigsaw puzzles, I never have and probably never will, though I am going to spend my spare moments today exploring this game further to see about adding some family pictures and other images I’ve acquired. Maybe that’ll change my mind about jigsaw puzzles (I reckon it’s because all the jigsaw puzzles I remember ever doing always had the last few pieces missing)>
All on one page:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Infinite%20Jigsaw%20puzzle/?start=all
As a slideshow:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/Infinite%20Jigsaw%20puzzle/?albumview=slideshow
Thank you Fly games and the Media Research Group for an excellent take on the traditional jigsaw puzzle. Also I’d like to thank the game giveaway team for yet another new game.
Notes about changing the music
With respect to the music loop we get with this game; it does get a little tedious after a while, though as it’s an MP3 track you can change it by replacing the original with some of your favorites. You have to rename the music tracks that you choose though to nmu001. It definitely works as I’ve changed the track myself. If you want to retain the original just create a back up folder within the music folder. I thought I’d see if you could place more than one mp3 in the folder by renaming several tracks to nmu002, nmu003, nmu004 etc, and it works I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many mp3’s you can add but from the numbering system it seems like you can add 999 mp3, lol.
I have four tracks in the music folder at the moment, and have already loaded up several family photos and some excellent images that I got from digital blasphemy a wallpaper site that gives away the occasional wallpaper:
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/freegallery.shtml
Though there are probably hundreds or more sites that you can download extra images from. Anyone who still has Wire Changer that was given away almost a year ago can access a dedicated site that links you to a site that has hundreds of images taken with the Hubble telescope, and other links to a whole host of different categories of images. Just Google ‘wallpapers’ and I’m sure you'll find something you like. Maybe someone could start a thread in the forums entitled Wallpapers. :)
