This is Ana and me somewhere between Clutter V and Clutter VI. As you can see, I’m not Leon. Although a lot of Leon’s story uses facts from my own life, I didn’t once think about including my own face in the game (like some of the reviewers thought I did). There is an Ana, but she’s not that picture either. I called her Ana because of my Ana and Brazil, but that’s where the similarities end. That pic was taken about 8 years ago.
Joe is not Leon!!!
Anyone who's played the original Clutter game knows a little bit about Joe. Joe is not Leon, but some of the details of Joe's life were worked into the story. Here are just some of the real facts of Joe's 65-Plus years of life.
Joe was born in a little town called Penacook N.H., a voting district of Concord N.H. but a separate town (population was about 3000 back then). Joe attended Immaculate Conception School until 6th grade and then attended Merrimack Valley High School. Joe decided to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Joe graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. Joe only took one computer course at RPI.Joe moved on to work at iWin creating the highly successful Mah Jong Quest I, II and III (and little game called Sproink). After leaving iWin at the end of 2009 to work on his own games he joined an Atlanta Slots/Gaming company beginning in 2011 and ending in 2013. Joe now devotes 100% of his time to Puzzles By Joe and The Clutter Series.
Hey, Joe,
As I sit here playing Clutter (I have all the games and enjoy going back and playing them over and over again. I’m currently playing Clutter 14CE.) I was doing a puzzle that has the picture tiles where they are matched by one picture being up and down and the match is sideways. I’m not sure if that’s Stretch and Skew or not. Anyway, as I was playing I was thinking about how I always match the color of the rim. The matches are always the same color. And then I thought that if you made the matches different colors that would amp up the difficulty considerably. At least it would for me. Because if I can’t match the colors then I have to look carefully at the pictures to be sure they’re the same. The color puzzles you do where maybe green matches red, yellow matches blue, etc. are tough for me…but in a good way. They make me really concentrate.
I’m so glad you included my sneak peek suggestion with the eye. Like I told you I’ve seen the pictures hundreds of times but when it comes all mixed up I can’t remember it to put it together in my mind. Gotta love ADHD! The eye is very helpful for me. Thank you again.
One more question, just out of plain ol’ curiosity. Has anyone else ever told you that they see some really strange things in the puzzle pieces? When the pieces are all broken down and everything in them is tiny I see all kinds of weird stuff. Of course, when I match it with something whatever I thought I saw is gone. I mean really weird stuff like body parts, monsters, food, etc. I just wondered if anyone else sees things. It keeps every game interesting for sure.
Take care and keep on Cluttering. Just be sure to clean up after you Clutter. We don’t want your wife getting upset. 😉
Kelly
Hi Joe,
I’ve been doing your puzzles since the 1st clutter but age has caught up with me and now I turn the timer off and head to the box quotes first and then to the song lyrics. I enjoy reading the quotes and can’t believe that I have sung the silly lyrics. It would be nice to be able to save a position in the game when stumped by those long words or a quote from Dr Seuss. A help system that highlights those letters in the right position would also be useful. You should look at a stand-alone version as there are plenty of quotations and song lyrics on the ‘net. Poems taken out of context and the many song lyrics that don’t make sense are tricky to decipher. I look forward to you next version. BTW I’m a septuagenarian, a good word to use in a puzzle.
Best Wishes,
Les.
In response to the comment from BETSY B NORRIS says: March 14, 2025 at 10:12 pm…I totally agree with her request for Clutter #19: could it be possible to have a “SAVE” option on any game in Clutter #19; I have every single one of your Clutter games and thoroughly enjoy them to the fullest. However, at times, I’ll be in the middle of playing a Clutter game, something comes up, I have to stop playing, close down the game, and when I go back to the game I was playing, I have to start ALL OVER AGAIN. If there was a “SAVE” option, then when I return to playing clutter, I can just pick up where I left off. Again, thanks for producing a game that results in hours of relaxing fun