Fugdale’s Funhouse

Review: You will either love this game or hate it. There are hundreds of different online jigsaw puzzles and this one doesn’t have much to offer the genre other than the challenge of putting together progressively harder jigsaw puzzles which are completely blank. The first puzzle consists of about 12 pieces and it super easy to complete, with each new puzzle the board stays the same size, but the number of pieces increases and the size of the pieces decreases.

As you get to the 10 x 12 puzzles or higher, it becomes harder and harder to see when pieces line up correctly. So you may have to try pieces in different places to finally complete the puzzle. Some people on the comment board for this game obviously find the task tedious, boring or a strain on their eyes. Others find it a fascinating time-killer. I think the game has a definite appeal for those who like to solve jigsaw puzzles just to solve them and who aren’t mainly concerned with completing a final image.

Each jigsaw game online features different mechanics. This one doesn’t rotate any pieces, so the puzzles will always orient the pieces in the correct direction. You can arrange and stack the pieces outside of the solving area, but all pieces start out laid out in a grid, so you can easily see all of them. Additionally, any piece will automatically snap into place on the board even if it doesn’t fit with the adjacent piece. This makes it a bit more difficult to solve the puzzles, as you may assume two pieces fit together when they actually don’t. Most of the time you can tell when pieces don’t quite line up because of the gaps and thicker edge lines. However on the smaller puzzles, you might have to really squint your eyes to figure out which pieces don’t match. Finally, one disappointing aspect of the game lies in the fact that you can’t move completed sections as a unit, so you have to painstakingly move each piece one at a time to adjust a section.

I docked this game points mostly because the majority of players won’t have much patience to continue with this game past the first few levels. But, I enjoyed playing through it for a while. The game offers enough of a challenge and seemingly doesn’t have an end to the number of levels it includes. Eventually the pieces will get so small you can no longer solve it. Luckily, the game will save your progress as long as you always play in the same browser, so when you’ve had your fill, you will be able to pick up later where you left off.