Sliding Puzzle

Sliding Puzzle is a browser implementation of the classic 15-puzzle by GameDolphin, where fifteen numbered tiles share a space with one blank and the only legal move is sliding a tile into it.

Scored against a running stopwatch, it turns a solitary puzzle into a race against yourself - the optimal solution is well known but requires real planning to find while a clock is running. The game is built on the same Phaser + generated-asset stack as the author's other entries, and the same set of puzzles will make a familiar pattern quickly become muscle memory.

How to Play

1. Slide a tile into the empty space to move it.
2. Arrange all fifteen tiles in ascending order.
3. Beat your best time.
4. Use a hint if you get truly stuck.

Controls

• Click / tap - slide an adjacent tile
• Arrow keys - move the blank
• N - new puzzle

Tips

Solve the bottom row and the right column first and treat them as a frame you do not touch. Everything else is then a smaller and far more tractable puzzle than the full 15.

Open Source & License

No license file in upstream repository It is integrated here as a self-hosted build, running entirely in your browser from /games/sliding-puzzle/ with no external services.

• Original source: https://github.com/gamedolphin/sliding_puzzle