JigWild

JigWild, by Vivienne Andrews, is a short daily puzzle played on its own website, with a page on itch.io. Each day brings one picture from nature, such as a sunflower, a pair of capybaras, cherry blossom, a tree frog, an eagle-owl or a humpback whale, and every player gets the same one.

The photo is cut into 18 rectangular tiles, six across and three down, and they start out of order on the board. You drag one tile onto another to swap them, and a bar under the board counts how many are in the right place. There is no countdown, and you get three hints if you are stuck.

When the picture is complete, a card names the species, gives a Did you know fact about it, shows how long you took and credits the photographer, mostly from Pixabay. A button saves today's picture as a share card. A strip of past days under the board lets you play any of the other pictures. The game ends with a nudge to close the tab and go outside to find the real thing.

The pictures come from a fixed bank of 12 that runs in order from day one, 18 July 2026, so the same photo comes back every 12 days; the site invites players to send in a photo for a future daily. JigWild is free, with no ads and no sign-up. The same maker also made Chromoku, a colour-based sudoku.