Sketch of a naked woman sitting on shiny fabric, done in red pencil with white highlights on a light gray background.
Pieces of a cut-up purple film strip are scattered across a dark grey background and randomly rotated
An illustration of the Barley Mow pub in Kemptown, which has a bright purple façade with a long flower box above its ground floor bay windows and door.
Pieces of a cut-up purple film strip are scattered across a dark grey background

Developing A Jigsaw Puzzle Game Part 5: ECS

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If you thought writing 2,000 words about opening Photoshop or taking four weeks to start coding in Xcode were frustratingly slow, then this week’s post might make you want to set fire to your computer.

As I continue to build a jigsaw puzzle game in ridiculous detail, I want to spend the next 1,500 words getting the game to look and function exactly the same as it does right now.

Before you reach for the matches, let me explain.

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An illustration based on a sketch from a life drawing class of a woman lying down.

Life Drawing

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I went to my first life drawing class! It was really useful being somewhere where the sole purpose was to draw for 2 hours. The difference between the first 10 minute sketch (below) and the last 20 minute one (which I used as the basis for the above) was immense and gratifying.

A sketch from a life drawing class of a woman sitting on a bench
A screenshot of Photoshop featuring an illustrated scene from Lecce in the main window and a list of layers on the right hand side. The layers show how this image has been cut up into 16 different layers, which are in a layer group called Pieces
The dark brown regions at the left and right show where this image will be clipped on the iPad