Puzzles including element fragments

Abstract

An example puzzle in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate and at least one element fragment dispersed over the substrate. A solvable element is solvable by arranging the substrate to unify at least a portion of the element fragments to form the solvable element.

1 . A puzzle comprising:
 a substrate; and   a plurality of element fragments dispersed over the substrate and including a first set of element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element, and a second set of element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element;   wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of the substrate to unify the first set of element fragments, wherein the first fold configuration is associated with a first difficulty level based on irregular folds from various predetermined but seemingly arbitrary angles; and   wherein the second solvable element is solvable according to a second fold configuration of the substrate, different than the first fold configuration, to unify the second set of element fragments, wherein the second fold configuration is associated with a second difficulty level, greater than the first difficulty level, based on irregular folds from various predetermined but seemingly arbitrary angles different than those of the first difficulty level.   
     
     
         2 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the first fold configuration is based on folding the substrate according to a first set of angles, and the second fold configuration is based on folding the substrate according to a second set of angles different than the first set of angles. 
     
     
         3 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the second fold configuration incorporates the first fold configuration, such that the second fold configuration is achieved by performing at least one additional fold beyond the first fold configuration. 
     
     
         4 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a distraction element to increase a difficulty of solving a solvable element. 
     
     
         5 . The puzzle of  claim 4 , wherein the distraction element is visually misleading to attract views toward the distraction element and away from an element fragment. 
     
     
         6 . The puzzle of  claim 4 , wherein the distraction element fills in space between element fragments and introduces ambiguity in at least a portion of a fold configuration corresponding to a solvable element. 
     
     
         7 . The puzzle of  claim 6 , wherein the distraction element crosses at least one fold line of a fold configuration, such that the at least one fold line intersects the distraction element. 
     
     
         8 . The puzzle of  claim 4 , wherein the distraction element is to camouflage an element fragment. 
     
     
         9 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate lacks borders between element fragments, to increase difficulty in identifying a fold configuration corresponding to a solvable element. 
     
     
         10 . The puzzle of  claim 9 , wherein an element fragment crosses at least one fold line of at least one fold configuration. 
     
     
         11 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the puzzle is associated with a theme corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of solvable elements, and wherein the puzzle further comprises a thematic element hidden among the plurality of element fragments. 
     
     
         12 . The puzzle of  claim 11 , wherein the thematic element is solvable after completing a fold configuration corresponding to solving a solvable element, such that solving the thematic element involves an additional fold beyond the corresponding fold configuration. 
     
     
         13 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein solving the first solvable element reveals a clue to facilitate solving the second solvable element. 
     
     
         14 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein solving the first solvable element reveals a first global clue to facilitate solving a global solvable element, and wherein solving the second solvable element reveals a second clue to facilitate solving the global solvable element. 
     
     
         15 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein the puzzle includes a colorable region to be colored in. 
     
     
         16 . The puzzle of  claim 1 , wherein a solvable element corresponds to an introductory panel, and wherein when the puzzle is folded in a packaged state the introductory panel is presented in a solved state. 
     
     
         17 . The puzzle of  claim 16 , wherein the introductory panel includes a visual hint element to assist in solving a solvable element. 
     
     
         18 . A puzzle comprising:
 a substrate including a first surface and a second surface;   a plurality of first element fragments dispersed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, the plurality of first element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element; and   a plurality of second element fragments dispersed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, the plurality of second element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element;   wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of the substrate, to unify the plurality of first element fragments; and   wherein the second solvable element is solvable by retaining the first fold configuration and performing at least one fold beyond the first fold configuration to achieve a second fold configuration, wherein the second fold configuration thereby incorporates the first fold configuration, and the second solvable element is formed at least in part by the successful completion of the first solvable element.   
     
     
         19 . A puzzle comprising:
 a plurality of substrates bound in a book format;   a plurality of first element fragments dispersed among the plurality of substrates, the plurality of first element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element;   a plurality of second element fragments dispersed among the plurality of substrates, the plurality of second element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element; and   at least one distraction element disposed to introduce distraction ambiguity to the second element fragments;   wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of at least one substrate, to unify a first element fragment of a first substrate with another, first element fragment of a second substrate; wherein solving the first solvable element causes the at least one distraction element to become hidden, thereby hiding the distraction ambiguity from among the second element fragments and decreasing a difficulty of solving the second solvable element.   
     
     
         20 . The puzzle of  claim 19 , wherein the plurality of substrates are removable from the puzzle, and wherein the plurality of substrates are to form at least one solvable aggregate element based on element fragments dispersed among the plurality of substrates when the plurality of substrates are arranged in a layout configuration.