Volatiles

These are a simple javascript routine that takes a set of tiles, randomizes them and waits for the surfer to reassemble the picture.
Tiles can be swapped with any other tile by clicking each in turn - the two clicked tiles will then be swapped and the code will determine whether the puzzle has been solved.

A backend interface allows you to upload an image from your computer and have that automatically turned into a volatile puzzle. The interface for doing that can be found at the base of this page.

Previously uploaded images are shown below - clicking a thumb will launch a new window and start the displayed puzzle. Difficulty numbers are purely based on the number of tiles - higher numbers mean the puzzle is more difficult, 100 would be maximum difficulty.
To give people a chance on some of the trickier puzzles, I added a 'hint' facility. Quickly double-click any tile and you will be alerted with a hint as to where it should be.

Subnote: The attractive redhead is named Alexandra Sim-Wise who knocked my socks off with her appearance in the raunchy advert for the computer game juiced.

Current User Submitted Puzzles
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 228 by 236 puzzle with 16 tiles. Difficulty rating 9   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 252 by 240 puzzle with 16 tiles. Difficulty rating 9   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 336 by 216 puzzle with 24 tiles. Difficulty rating 14   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 480 by 310 puzzle with 40 tiles. Difficulty rating 23   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 456 by 285 puzzle with 40 tiles. Difficulty rating 23   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 488 by 325 puzzle with 40 tiles. Difficulty rating 23   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 464 by 348 puzzle with 48 tiles. Difficulty rating 28   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 366 by 549 puzzle with 54 tiles. Difficulty rating 31   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 392 by 600 puzzle with 70 tiles. Difficulty rating 41   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 638 by 480 puzzle with 88 tiles. Difficulty rating 52   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 480 by 638 puzzle with 88 tiles. Difficulty rating 52   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 793 by 531 puzzle with 117 tiles. Difficulty rating 69   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 780 by 513 puzzle with 117 tiles. Difficulty rating 69   Launch this Volatile Puzzle thumbnail image of puzzle - a 793 by 600 puzzle with 127 tiles. Difficulty rating 76   Launch this Volatile Puzzle
thumbnail image of puzzle - a 793 by 600 puzzle with 127 tiles. Difficulty rating 76   Launch this Volatile Puzzle 


Upload Image (automatic 'volatile' creation)
Please Note:
Images must be either .gif .jpg or .png and below 189Kb in size.
Images should be over 200px and under 800px (width and height) - larger images means more tiles and thus more fun.
Try to avoid uploading images with expanses of a single colour.
Select Image:



Images of a suspect nature will be deleted. IP logging in use (never publicly shown).
The number of tiles in any uploaded puzzle is deduced by attempting to use 60px by 60px tiles and then adjusting slightly to better suit the specific image.

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