Tim Loseth's Puzzle Software home-page

Hello. My name is Tim Loseth. I'm interested in computer programming, movies, games, and other fun things, such as downhill-skiing. I was born on June 26th, 1980.

This is my web-page so far. Here are the demos of a few programs which I had created several years ago

(all the best of their kind). I had also created a final program called: "Shape-shifter". Full versions are now available, so you may want to book-mark this page!

T t "Rubix-cube Rampage" is a program that simulates the Rubik's-cube (displayed in 3d). It let's you turn, rotate, and solve the cube using the mouse and arrow keys. You may choose any size for your cube, from "2 by 2 by 2" to "20

by 20 by 20" ("3 by 3 by 3" being the standard), and the computer will rotate it a specified number of times. You may also choose which colors you want to be displayed on the six faces of the cube. Although the demo will only let you solve cubes of size "2 by 2 by 2", the full version will let you solve cubes of any size. Unfortunately (because of slowness), both programs are currently non-animated.

"Screen Scrambler" is a program that will take any picture, scramble it up, and create a puzzle out of it (animated or non-animated). Each puzzle contains one blank square to move the pieces onto, and you can choose to solve the puzzle yourself, or let the computer solve it. Although the demo only includes two puzzles (one animated and one non-animated), the full version allows you to import any pictures that you want to use as puzzles. The full version also includes a puzzle-solving screen-saver, which uses pictures of your choice.

"The Marvelous Maze-Maker" is a program that will create a random 2d or 3d maze out of any picture or shape. Each maze contains exactly one solution from any spot on the maze to any other spot. You can place the start and finish wherever you like, and you can solve the maze yourself, or let the computer solve it. The drawing that the maze is to be created in can be drawn on the program (to fit the wall size of the maze), or can be imported from any bitmap (with the right colors). There are also many other options in "The Marvelous Maze-Maker" (such as the pattern editor). The demo will only allow you to use one of four drawings (each of them previously created) for your maze, and will not let you print the mazes. The full version allows you to create, import, and save any shape or drawing to be used as a maze. It also let's you print however many mazes you want (with or without solutions).

"The Amazing Magic-Square-Maker" is a program that will create completely random magic squares of any prime number (such as "5 by 5"). You can choose however many blanks that you want in each square, and the computer will place them randomly using the magic square properties (continuing as long as the square remains solveable). While the demo only let's you practice solving the magic-squares on computer, the full version also allows you to print however many squares that you want (with or without solutions). Both the demo and full version give a full description of what magic-squares are, and how to solve them.

I hereby verify that all ideas for all of these programs were created "completely" from scratch by me, and all code to create each of my programs was also created "completely" from scratch by me, between 1997-2000 (as well as all additional work).