New feature: You can solve puzzles in any number of pieces with the resize feature
Over time, many of you have written to us because you saw puzzles that were speaking to you, but the size of the puzzles did not fit you – so you asked for a resizing feature.
And we have danced around this feature for a long time, wondering how to go about making it while taking good care of both the solver and the creator experience.
And now, your Jigidi world has gotten a whole lot bigger, as just a few days ago, we released a resizing feature that enables you to change the number of puzzle pieces on all puzzles on Jigidi ♥
Many of you have already dived into using this feature, now experiencing Jigidi as an open sea of jigsaw puzzle opportunities. And we are beyond thrilled to see that.
To those who have yet to experience this new feature – let's go through it together and explore what it means for solvers and creators.
How do you activate it?
You find the option to resize puzzles on all puzzles on Jigidi. And it is located in the side panel of your chosen jigsaw puzzle:
When you click 'Change a number of pieces,' you'll have the option to select a number of pieces to better suit your preference:
Now, you will notice that the selection you meet on a puzzle is not endless. The selection is determined by mainly three things:
1. Image resolution
The quantity of pixels in an image determines the number of pieces it can be divided into. Our aim here is to not compromise the puzzle's quality. Consequently, a smaller image cannot be enlarged as much as a big image (meaning with many pixels) as it will make the puzzle pieces blurry.
Please note that the image, once uploaded to Jigidi, may be resized to best fit the number of pieces chosen by the creator, so it doesn't necessarily match the size the image had before uploading it to Jigidi (we are looking into this but cannot promise a time frame).
2. Keep a good user experience
You will find that the gaps between the smaller-sized choices are shorter, while the gaps between the larger-sized options are longer. There is a mathematical reason for this, but more importantly, the significance of scaling up with a few pieces is bigger in the lower numbers.
To strike a balance between offering ample options and maintaining a clean interface that facilitates a seamless puzzling experience, we do not offer the complete range of sizes possible for a given puzzle. We have chosen a selection of sizes that allows for a gradual progression of difficulty.
3. Inspire scaling difficulty level
One of the key elements in brain training is scalability in challenges. With this new feature, we hope to inspire you to scale up (or down) to gain new puzzle experiences. We're all creatures of habit, and sometimes we need a nudge to push it a bit further ?
It is the same puzzle
It is the same puzzle everyone solves, regardless of whether some have resized it to better fit their preference. This means that a resized solve counts on the original puzzle and that all solvers have access to the comment section on the puzzle.
You get to the comments section by choosing "Exit to comments and leaderboard" in the side panel of the puzzle.
Time tracking and completion messages follow the original size
As you see in the image below, time is not registered for your solve. That is because time tracking follows the original size. Consequently, only the original size has a leaderboard.
In the same way, the completion message follows in the original size and not in resized puzzles.
(And don't worry, if there's a completion message on the puzzle you've chosen to resize, you'll be alerted so you can solve the original size to see it if you want.)
Puzzle creators: No need to post the same puzzle in more sizes
So many of you generous puzzle creators have created more sizes of the same puzzle, so your fellow puzzlers can solve it in a size that suits them.
Each account can post up to 4 puzzles a day. With the resizing feature, there is no longer a need to post the same puzzle several times – which means you can post a broader selection of images daily if you like.
Outtro
Jigidi is a live crossroad of all your beautiful minds - all engaging in the shared experience of creating and solving jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles may revive memories, spark curiosity, provoke contemplation - and so often, they lead to new learnings.
It's a journey of expanding our perspectives, and during this voyage, we make connections. Whether these are brief or lasting, they influence us as we continue moving forward.
We hope you all will thoroughly enjoy this new feature and see where it takes you - maybe adding ever so slightly to your usual social circles and solving and creating habits ♥
Lots of love,
Jigidi
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