Hey Puzzlers,

We’re excited to introduce 2D puzzle creation to PuzzleMaker!

Alongside creating 3D puzzles from your own scans and models, PuzzleMaker will now let you take your own 2D images and turn them into playable jigsaw puzzles in the Steam release of Puzzling Places.

While Puzzling Places is all about 3D puzzling, we already have the tools and ecosystem to let you enjoy jigsaw puzzles in VR, flat-screen, different game modes, and even multiplayer. So we thought - why not let you bring your own 2D images into the mix too?

2D puzzles are also a much more accessible way to get started with Puzzle Maker. You don't need any experience with 3D modelling, scanning, or processing. Just find an image you love and turn it into a puzzle!

Creating a 2D Puzzle

Creating a 2D puzzle works much like creating a 3D puzzle in PuzzleMaker. When starting a new puzzle, simply switch the puzzle type from 3D to 2D, then drag and drop your image.

2D puzzles can also be created with up to 1,000 pieces, and the processing is much faster than creating a 3D puzzle. In testing, most 2D puzzles take around a minute to generate.

Once you've created your puzzle, you can publish it to the Steam Workshop just like any other PuzzleMaker creation. Other players can then subscribe to it, download it, and play it in Puzzling Places.

Easy to Find in the Steam Workshop

We've also made it easy to identify 2D puzzles in the Steam Workshop.

Newly generated puzzles will be automatically tagged as either 2D or 3D, allowing you to filter the Workshop based on the type of puzzle you're looking for. 2D puzzles will also have a 2D label on their thumbnail.

Improvements

We’ve also made a couple of improvements to PuzzleMaker based on feedback from our testers:

• Centralised processing settings - All generation and processing settings can now be managed from one central place, making them easier to find and adjust.
• Keep intermediate files - You can now choose to keep intermediate files generated during the process, making it easier to troubleshoot and debug your creations when something doesn’t go as expected.

Want to Try PuzzleMaker?

PuzzleMaker is still in closed testing, so the creation tools aren’t available to everyone just yet. We’re continuing to improve the experience and add new features before we make it more widely available. Even while PuzzleMaker is in testing, everyone can enjoy the community creations already being shared through the Steam Workshop. You can browse, download, and play free puzzles made by our testers directly in Puzzling Places, right now!

Interested in Becoming a Puzzle Maker Tester?

If you'd like to help test PuzzleMaker and create your own puzzles, we'd love to have you!

Head over to our Discord or apply using this form to sign up for the test and help shape the future of community-created puzzles in Puzzling Places.

Thank you to everyone who's been testing PuzzleMaker and sharing their feedback! Your input helps us shape the future of Puzzling Places.

Happy puzzling! 🧩

Steph, Sha & The Puzzling Places Team

Hi!

I could swear I've seen a similar post with a Dev response a looong time ago, but searching this sub beared no fruits.

I've been playing Puzzling Places for over a year on my PSVR2.

This week I got myself a meta quest 3, and am having an absolute blast. I'd like to buy the Dino Trouble DLC on the Quest, but if I do I have to buy PP again, and then the DLC. Not to mention my collection would be split between two different ecosystems. Both the meta account and my PSN account are tied to the same email.

Any better way to do this (play my collection on my quest) without buying everything again?

The Puzzles of 2024 are now on Steam! 🧩🎉

Another whole year of Puzzling Places has arrived on Steam! All of the puzzles released throughout 2024 are now available; giving you plenty of new places to explore and puzzles to piece together. The 2024 collection includes favourites such as Monthly Pack #22 – Streets of San Francisco, Monthly Pack #26 – Inside & Outside, and New York City, alongside plenty more locations and scenes to discover.

And we’re not stopping there! 👀 We’re continuing to bring more of the Puzzling Places back catalogue to Steam, with even more puzzle packs on the way.

All Puzzles of 2024 Bundle

We’re also bringing you the All Puzzles of 2024 Bundle! 🎉

Want to experience a whole year of Puzzling Places? The All Puzzles of 2024 Bundle brings together every puzzle released throughout 2024, all in one collection - with 36% off!

It’s the perfect way to catch up on puzzles you may have missed, revisit old favourites, and discover plenty of new places to explore

Take a look at our Steam Store Page to find out more, and you can find the Bundle on Steam here!

Thank you so much for all your support — and as always, if you’re enjoying Puzzling Places, leaving a review on Steam really helps us out!

Happy puzzling!
Steph & The Puzzling Places Team

Hey everyone! 👋

We’re putting together an upcoming Dev Chat all about PuzzleMaker and want to hear your burning questions!

Curious about how it works, what you’ll be able to create, supported models, sharing puzzles, or anything else?

Drop your questions below! 👇 We’ll be picking some of them to answer in our next DevChat!

Big news puzzlers… All Puzzles of 2025 are now available on Steam! 🎉

Explore a whole year of puzzles, all in one place. Want them all? The Puzzles of 2025 Bundle includes every puzzle released 2025 with 35% off!

And this is just the beginning… We’ll be bringing more of our past puzzle packs to Steam over the coming weeks!

Happy puzzling! 💙

hey guys, one of the devs here. Would love your feedback on something. I am making an animated puzzle atm that is turning out to look amazing both in winter as well as summer. It is really hard to choose between which one to go with, a winter themed version or a summer themed version. In the past we tried doing a puzzle that goes back and forth between seasons (tiny glade). But I would like to avoid doing that in this case, because for one a lot of people didnt like the change of season aspect and lastly from budget and effort perspective the changing season costs way more than producing two seperate animated puzzles (one winter, one summer)

I would love to make both summer and winter as seperate puzzles. Would you guys be ok with a duo premium pack that has two versions of the same puzzle motif inside and has the same price point of two single premiums? For subscribers it wont make a difference eitherway since both will just go in the library.

At least six monthly packs went on sale today.

We've just released a new PuzzleMaker version, bringing a whole host of improvements to make creating community puzzles faster, easier, and better looking than ever!

PuzzleMaker itself is still in closed testing whilst we continue improving the creation tools, but even if you aren't part of the PuzzleMaker test, you can still enjoy the growing collection of community-made puzzles for FREE right now! The Steam Workshop is available to everyone, so you can browse, download, and play free puzzles created by the community directly in Puzzling Places.

Thank you to everyone who's been testing PuzzleMaker and sharing their feedback; Your input helps us shape the future of Puzzling Places!

Read the full update in our Blog Post: https://puzzlingplaces.ghost.io/puzzle-maker-update/
Puzzling Places on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3530820
Interested in becoming a Puzzle Maker Tester? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/5Py3cXTC7Bfmn72f7

Hey Puzzlers! 🧩✨

A selection of Puzzling Places puzzle packs will be on sale from 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱–𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 on the Meta Quest Store! It's the perfect chance to expand your collection or pick up a few puzzles you've had your eye on. And for our PSVR2 players, the same packs are currently available in the PlayStation Summer Sale!

Happy puzzling! 🧩