In the puzzle preview screen, click the wrench icon to access freeform mode. Freeform mode is where new machines can be made. There are sample machines that can be loaded for inspiration. All parts are available to create any machine imaginable. these machines can then be made into personalized puzzles. A puzzle is simply a machine with a few parts taken away. The person playing the puzzle has to solve it.
Steps to make a freeform puzzle:
1. click on the wrench in the control panel. you will see the screen below. The puzzle preview picture is blank and the control panel now also features load and save icons.
2. Load a machine, for example the "tonsofun" tutorial, by clicking on the load disk icon and selecting it. Now there are already machine parts on the puzzle, as you can see on the preview picture.
3. Click on the parts bin to display the screen below. Then click the bomb to remove all the parts which are currently in it. The small green arrow brings you to a second screen of machine parts.
4. Press the large green arrow to go to the play screen. We are now going to decide which parts should be displayed and which parts should be in the parts bin. For "TonsoFun" removing the teeter-totter, the magnifying glass, the flashlight and the monkey bije would e good choices. Once these parts are in the parts bin, lock down the remaining parts by clicking on the lock at the upper right corner of any selected part. Locking down parts prevents the person solving the machine from moving parts around.
5. Optionally you can add decoy items to make the puzzle more challenging. To add a decoy, right click on the screen to reveal the control panel and click on the parts bin to bring back the machine parts screen. Now click once on the part to be added. If there are too many decoys, click on the decoy part in the parts bin to remove it. Decoys can be added to a puzzle at any time. Be careful, too many decoys could change the solution of a puzzle making it much easier than intended.
6. Return to the control panel with a right mouse click and click on the box under the puzzle preview area. Type "Open Jacks box so he can talk with Pokey" and hit the return key. The description should now be in the box. Save the puzzle for later use by clicking on the save game icon.
NOTE: solutions of Freeform puzzles are not recognized by the game. The player is on the honor system when solving a Freeform puzzle.
