Slice Puzzles by Bugimus

Welcome to the Slice Puzzle Page!!!

. : The Slice Puzzle by Bugimus

Are you able to perform the following three steps?

Press a "new game" button?
Click on a slice you want to move?
Then click where you want it to go?

Then you have got to play this game!!!

. : The Call for Images

I have a bunch of 3d creations as well as photographs that I'm very excited to display here and I'll bet you've got some too.

If you have an image that you think should be a SlicePuzzle, please let me know. You can email me your image submissions at and I'll consider adding them. Please submit images that are exactly 800x600 pixels, some brief text describing the image, a link to your homepage, and I'll do all the rest.

I'll try to update the puzzle on a regular basis. Depending on the response, it may be monthly or even weekly.

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Comic Con 2006

The San Diego Convention Center is really a wonderful place. I love the design of the place and this shot shows one of it\'s distinctive characteristics.

Total plays: 610

Added July 21, 2006

. : Top 10 Scores
1. barry	35
2. barry	35
3. barry	35
4. barry	36
5. barry	36
6.	37
7.	37
8.	37
9.	37
10.	37
(for hard games only)

Spidey @ Comic-Con 2006

Look who swung in at this year\'s San Diego Comic-Con International.

Total plays: 362

Added July 21, 2006

. : Top 10 Scores
1. HELEN ^. .^	39
2. mollsmam	50
3. kirl	51
4. Michael Adey	52
5. laurenm	53
6. speckles	54
7. mollsmam	54
8. mollsmam	55
9. Jason	55
10. robby	56
(for hard games only)

Old Glory

Time to remember and be thankful for our freedom and independence.

Total plays: 155

Added July 10, 2006

. : Top 10 Scores
1. HELEN ^. .^	40
2.	41
3. joakville	43
4. kirl	50
5. joakville	53
6. speckles	54
7. dude480	54
8. kirl	57
9. joakville	63
10. joakville	64
(for hard games only)

Golden State

Driving along the I-5 through central California in June, one can see why this is called the Golden State.

Total plays: 152

Added July 10, 2006

. : Top 10 Scores
1. Helen	40
2. joakville	40
3. joakville	40
4. Helen^..^	41
5. joakville	42
6. HELEN ^. .^	43
7. joakville	44
8. joakville	46
9. joakville	49
10. kirl	56
(for hard games only)

OK Gnome

I received this image from a visitor a few weeks ago but realized my upload scripts were messed up. It took me a bit longer to get this up than I had planned.

Oklahoma gnomes... who knew?

Total plays: 235

Added April 22, 2006

. : Top 10 Scores
1. Reji	38
2. Reji	38
3. Reji	39
4. Reji	40
5. Reji	40
6. Reji	40
7. Reji	40
8. HELEN ^. .^	40
9. Helen^..^	40
10. Reji	40
(for hard games only)

Shamu at Sea World

What an awesome and noble aquatic beast the orcinus orca is! Learn more about them at Killer Whale Facts.

Total plays: 1189

Added April 16, 2005

. : Top 10 Scores
1. barry	35
2. barry	36
3. barry	36
4. barry	36
5. barry	36
6. barry	36
7. barry	36
8.	37
9. barry	37
10. barry	37
(for hard games only)

Lonely Road

I find the desert beautiful and serene but it can be a very lonely place too. Where does this road lead?

Total plays: 454

Added April 16, 2005

. : Top 10 Scores
1. barry	36
2. barry	37
3. barry	37
4. barry	37
5. barry	37
6. barry	37
7. barry	37
8. barry	38
9.	38
10.	38
(for hard games only)

Sea Cave with Sea Lions

This was a fascinating location off the Oregon Coast. The sea lions on the rock down there have a very comfortable spot to rest. No flash photography was allowed down there so I had to use a tripod to get this shot. It really brought the colors out nicely.

Total plays: 264

Added April 16, 2005

. : Top 10 Scores
1. KENNYMAC	38
2. KENNYMAC	38
3. KENNYMAC	38
4. KENNYMAC	38
5. Helen^..^	39
6. KENNYMAC	39
7. KENNYMAC	39
8.	40
9.	40
10. KENNYMAC	40
(for hard games only)

Reach for Light

The black portions of this one are meant for a challenge. Good luck =)

Total plays: 162

Added April 16, 2005

. : Top 10 Scores
1. Helen^..^	39
2. GRUMBLE	49
3. Matt Higgins	50
4. Jason	54
5. Andy	58
6. Jason	65
7. Michael Adey	71
8. WW	73
9. Speckles	73
10. H.J.Ye	76
(for hard games only)

Moto Grill

For movement...

Total plays: 948

Added April 16, 2005

. : Top 10 Scores
1. barry	35
2. barry	35
3. Gus	36
4. barry	36
5. barry	36
6.	36
7. barry	36
8. Gus	36
9.	36
10. barry	36
(for hard games only)

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. : How Came the Slice Puzzle?

Bugs thought about how one designs a page nicely while making it 100% variable via CSS.
Bugs also thought about how one designs a page so it is 100% maintainable via MySQL.
Bugs asked himself what makes a puzzle playable, intuitive, fun, and attractive to visitors.
Bugs then dreamed up Bugimus.com's newest feature but wondered what he should call it. A Slice Puzzle because Bugs uses Adobe's ImageReady slice feature to easily prepare new puzzles.
You have no doubt come across plenty of JavaScript puzzles before. All of them more or less do the same thing. Cut the picture into squares and then slide them back in order or drag'n'drop them there. These are great fun but I wanted to kick the concept up a notch. Not only are the scrambled slices in my puzzle varied shapes but they are also scrambled in size! You will need a good eye to recognize the correct locations, especially in the hard difficulty.
Background: As any web designer knows, browsers are notoriously bad at resizing images. Therefore it is a standing rule to always prepare your web images for the exact size you want them to appear on your page. I got to thinking about how I could transform this limitation into a feature. So by allowing the browser to resize the slices when they are out of place, I am allowing the distorted image size to beg the player's eyes to restore them to their rightful positions.