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  • Posted 10 Feb 2013 at 15:11
  • Remote (anywhere)
  • Freelance / Casual
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About the project

  1. Produce a (Puzzle Creator)tool for converting puzzles printed in a newspaper (as PDF files) for online use. It must be flexible enough to convert most puzzles into a user-friendly version that allows drag and drop or (more desirable) tap and pop use of numerical or word puzzles on any touch-screen device.
  2. Produce a reduced-function virtual keyboard (abc/123) as a widget - designed to make puzzle use easier
  3. Create a puzzle-based website focussed on a daily puzzle and the Puzzle Creator Tool (More information will be made available on confirmation of non-disclosure)
  • Sadia
    Kensington, VIC 19 Apr 2013 at 09:46
    $15 in 11 days
  • Zoom-IT
    Kew, VIC 8 Mar 2013 at 22:28

    Hi, As others have said, each new "puzzle style" would require a redesign. I could build in a feature where you could do this yourself but it would increase the price a lot.

    Thanks, Boyd

    $2,300 in 2 days
  • Riz
    Berwick, VIC 10 Feb 2013 at 21:41

    Have 12 years of software development experience. We provide quality software with self testing software using unit, integration and functional testing. Setup CI server to get quality product. We don't compromise in quality. Feel free to contact for more details.

    $3,500 in 13 days
  • Re-Boot IT Solutions
    Townsville, QLD 29 May 2013 at 01:38

    Dear Sir,

    Greetings !!

    Hope all is well there and business is going good !! We are the Re-Boot IT Solutions, based in Townsville(QLD). We are in the Online Web Solutions and Marketing business for the past more than 4 years. We have a well-established track record, our services have always met with great customer satisfaction. We offer great services at a very competent price and have never been known to compromise on the quality of our services.

    We are willing to discuss your requirements in details to propose the best possible solution to you as per your business and need. As per our understanding you want to upload crosswords/sudoku on website in form of pdf through a program so that visitor may able to play them online but question is this the fromat of all puzzles or sudoku will be same like 15*15 etc. We want to discuss same with you in more details so please provide me with your contact details or you can add me on skype reboot.av.

    NOTE: We usually provide flat rate so please don't considered above hourly price this is just for sending you the message.

    Thanks & Regards

    AV av@re-boot.com.au www.re-boot.com.au Phone:- 0744201137

    $30/hr about 120 hours
  • AlJ 10 Feb 2013 at 18:04

    Can you please provide some examples of the puzzles you specify in section 1?

    • Geoffst Client 10 Feb 2013 at 18:37

      My puzzle is called BIYWord (see at Auspacmedia.com.au) but it should do anything from Crosswords to Sudoku to take them from PDF files as supplied to newspaper editors to online use

  • AlJ 10 Feb 2013 at 19:20

    I saw a sample of your BIYWORD puzzle and assuming the layout is exactly the same for each puzzle it should be possible to create a script to automatically convert the PDF to an online representation. However given the nature of image recognition, a new algorithm would be required for each different type of puzzle. You'd need to specify exactly what types of puzzle PDFs you'd want to convert and supply examples for all of them. This a non-trivial task in image recognition but possible so long as examples are provided and the layout format of puzzles remains the same. But any format variations between newspaper publishers and layout will cause problems.

    Also may I ask why you'd want to upload Sudoku puzzles? Given they are numeric puzzles they are easily generated by software algorithms, negating the need to manually upload them via PDF. Pretty much all number puzzles are the same. Here is an example of a Sudoku Generator: http://www.opensky.ca/~jdhildeb/software/sudokugen/

    If your goal is to start a site for people to do puzzles online (and create/share existing puzzles) then we can discuss this but a generic tool to create puzzles from PDFs is a very difficult (if not impossible) proposition.

    • Geoffst Client 10 Feb 2013 at 20:52

      Thanks AIJ, Please see private message

  • A former member 12 Feb 2013 at 12:51

    Hi!

    Can you also email me at gaurava@damcogroup.com or call me at +61 3 9998 0426

    • Geoffst Client 12 Feb 2013 at 13:17

      Please contact through ozlance.com.au private messages to let me know what you need, Geoffst

  • Paul Swarnapandian 6 May 2013 at 15:19

    Hello Geoffst,

    Firstly, we need to know the different kind of puzzles that need to develop. For e.g Crossword, Sudoku, etc. Then we need to know how these pdf's were generated.

    In section 2 basically deals with an input device for the tool

    Section 3 basically informs that the tool would be hosted in a web server where the user can input the pdf and the pdf gets converted into a puzzle. Once it is converted into a puzzle, the user should be able to solve the puzzle on the web site.

    Please answer the queries above and also confirm if my understanding is correct.

    Paul Swarnapandian

    • Geoffst Client 14 May 2013 at 09:23

      Hi there, I'm presently negotiating with a programmer and may get back to you should that fall through. Thanks for your interest. Geoffst

  • A former member 9 May 2013 at 05:25

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    • Geoffst Client 14 May 2013 at 09:24

      Hi there, I'm presently negotiating with a programmer and may get back to you should that fall through. Thanks for your interest. Geoffst