Simple Jigsaw puzzle with "dynamic" images

so i guess the general jigsaw puzzle mechanic is pretty easy but i don't want to make all my puzzle pieces as a sprite/animation with the image already on it. that would make having a lot of different images(levels) more difficult and i would need to create a ton of sprites. also adding new images would require more work.

instead i made the different types of jigsaw pieces i need as blank (white and a little shaded at the edges) .png files with alpha.

with those pieces i made a 6x4 blank puzzle.

now is there a way to texture the blank pieces with an image and "bake" it to position so every piece keeps the right part of the images when moved?

am i thinking to complicated? is there maybe a better way to get there?

anyone?

Off the top of my head without attempting it, I'd probably do what you did and have seperate puzzle pieces to define the shapes, then use those pieces as a mask to show parts of the image.

The problem with this is, for a 1024x768 image for example, that if you had 10 puzzle pieces, then you'd need 10x 1024x768 images.

Without trying, it's hard to say if there's a better way as I haven't messed with masks in C2.

I guess you could create several canvas objects and paste each masked shape into those to cut down on multiple full images.

If you can't figure it out, I might have a bash tomorrow when my mind is more fresh.

Hi AlanSmithee,

I cant send you a PM based on my reputation So I will ask here.

Did you figure this out? I'm interested to do the same.

Thanks

no.. so far i didn't continue this idea because of this problem..

if you figure something out, let me know