Mobile device gaming application for a puzzle mode

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more computer-readable instructions executable by a hardware processor and configured to:

• identify a puzzle for use in a jigsaw puzzle application, the puzzle comprising a set of puzzle pieces which combine to form a complete puzzle image, each of the puzzle pieces illustrating a portion of the complete puzzle image;
• divide the identified puzzle into a plurality of chunks, each chunk of the plurality of chunks associated with a a particular subset set of pieces from the set of puzzle pieces, where the particular subset of pieces associated with a particular chunk are mutually exclusive from other subsets of pieces associated with each of the other chunks, where the particular subset of pieces of each chunk are interconnected, and wherein the plurality of chunks combine to form the complete puzzle image;
• present the identified puzzle to a player via a user interface, the presented puzzle illustrating the set of puzzle pieces, where presenting includes prompting, via the user interface, the player to select a particular piece from the set of puzzle pieces as a starting piece;
• in response to receiving selection of a particular piece by the player via the user interface, identify a chunk from the plurality of chunks associated with and including the particular piece;
• present, via the user interface, a chunk interface area for solving the identified chunk associated with and including the particular piece, where the chunk interface area includes a solution area for solving the identified chunk and a player hand area for providing potential pieces for solving the identified chunk, wherein upon initial presentation of the chunk interface, the solution area includes the selected piece and the player hand area includes the remaining pieces associated with and used to complete the chunk;
• identify, via the user interface, a user input selection of a particular one of the potential pieces from the player hand area;
• monitor, via the user interface, a user input-based placement of the particular potential piece at a location within the chunk interface area;
• and
• assign a score selected from a set of three or more numbers and associated with the monitored user input-based placement of the particular potential piece in the chunk interface area relative to a correct location within the identified chunk based on the location of the selected piece within the identified chunk.

A system, comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a puzzle for use in a jigsaw puzzle application, the puzzle comprising a set of puzzle pieces which combine to form a complete puzzle image, each of the puzzle pieces illustrating a portion of the complete puzzle image;
• dividing the identified puzzle into a plurality of chunks, each chunk of the plurality of chunks associated with a particular subset set of pieces from the set of puzzle pieces, where the particular subset of pieces associated with a particular chunk are mutually exclusive from other subsets of pieces associated with each of the other chunks, where the particular subset of pieces of each chunk are interconnected, and wherein the plurality of chunks combine to form the complete puzzle image;
• presenting the identified puzzle to a player via a user interface, the presented puzzle illustrating the set of puzzle pieces, where presenting includes prompting, via the user interface, the player to select a particular piece from the set of puzzle pieces as a starting piece;
• in response to receiving selection of a particular piece by the player via the user interface, identifying a chunk from the plurality of chunks associated with and including the particular piece;
• presenting, via the user interface, a chunk interface area for solving the identified chunk associated with and including the particular piece, where the chunk interface area includes a solution area for solving the identified chunk and a player hand area for providing potential pieces for solving the identified chunk, wherein presenting the chunk interface area includes replacing the presentation of the identified puzzle with the chunk interface area in the user interface, and wherein upon initial presentation of the chunk interface, the solution area includes the selected piece and the player hand area includes the remaining pieces associated with and used to complete the chunk;
• identifying, via the user interface, a user input selection of a particular one of the potential pieces from the player hand area;
• and
• monitoring, via the user interface, a user input-based placement of the particular potential piece at a location within the chunk interface area.