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Quick summary
BrainsBreaker is a jigsaw-puzzle application for macOS that lets you both solve ready-made puzzles and generate your own from images stored on your computer. It focuses on a realistic puzzle experience, with customizable difficulty and a range of tools to help assemble even very complex pictures.
Customization highlights
- Set the overall challenge level to suit your taste, from gentle to very demanding.
- Pick how many pieces the image should be split into, limited mainly by your screen resolution.
- Use almost any picture on your drive as the puzzle source (note: the program accepts JPG files only).
- For the most satisfying challenge, select detailed or busy images that make assembly less obvious.
How the pieces behave
- Puzzle pieces are rendered with irregular cuts and varied shapes for a lifelike look.
- You place pieces by dragging and dropping with the mouse, making the interaction intuitive.
- Large puzzles can be easier to manage thanks to grouping and other assembly helpers (described below).
Extra assembly tools
- Begin assembly from the borders and work your way toward the center when you want a structured approach.
- Change the overall puzzle size to zoom in or out for more comfortable handling.
- Move clusters of pieces together so you can relocate assembled sections in one action.
Scoring and enjoyment
BrainsBreaker tracks progress by counting how many pieces you’ve connected, but the game’s main appeal is watching the image gradually form. Because it’s digital, you never have to worry about losing pieces, and you can reuse the same image as many times as you like.
Alternate suggestion
If you’re exploring other entertainment options, a demo or trial version of FIFA 19 is sometimes offered as an alternative for a different kind of pastime—competitive sports gameplay rather than puzzle-solving.
Technical
- Mac
- English
- Spanish
- Free
