Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
@nervousjesse.bsky.social
Cofounder and Chief Science Officer at Nervous System. Computational designer interested in geometry, fabrication and simulation. Also jigsaw puzzles, ultimate frisbee, and ceramics
https://nervo.us
https://nervo.us
I just uploaded this week's Flummoxagon puzzles. I _may_ have made the expert level one a little too hard. Let me know!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I just uploaded this week's Flummoxagon puzzles. I _may_ have made the expert level one a little too hard. Let me know!
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
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Here's a tutorial of how you play a simple scenario. The Flummoxagon comes with 13 game boards and we'll be posting more regularly online, so it's endless replayable
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October 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Here's a tutorial of how you play a simple scenario. The Flummoxagon comes with 13 game boards and we'll be posting more regularly online, so it's endless replayable
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/flummoxagon/
It turns from a tiling puzzle to a game like a Sudoku. The Flummoxagon is just a space within which these game boards can be played. You start with a given set of tiles and need to use the constraints of the color and shape find the unique solution. And it's very satisfying once it comes together.
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It turns from a tiling puzzle to a game like a Sudoku. The Flummoxagon is just a space within which these game boards can be played. You start with a given set of tiles and need to use the constraints of the color and shape find the unique solution. And it's very satisfying once it comes together.
This led us to the idea of a difficulty curve: many solutions is easy, in the middle it gets hard, but more constraints get easy again. If there's only 1 solution, your decisions are more forced. We could choose a subset of the puzzle that had 1 solution. These scenarios turned into the real puzzles
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This led us to the idea of a difficulty curve: many solutions is easy, in the middle it gets hard, but more constraints get easy again. If there's only 1 solution, your decisions are more forced. We could choose a subset of the puzzle that had 1 solution. These scenarios turned into the real puzzles
We decided to add colors to try and make it more compelling. It was visually more interested and introduced more ways to put it together that would feel meaningful. Like you could add a map coloring rule where no adjacent tiles have the same color.
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We decided to add colors to try and make it more compelling. It was visually more interested and introduced more ways to put it together that would feel meaningful. Like you could add a map coloring rule where no adjacent tiles have the same color.
We were originally making a tiling puzzle, similar to Pentaminoes, but with every polyhex from 1 to 5. The problem was
A. This wasn't very original
B. It had limited play value
Even though it has millions of solutions, it's hard to come up with compelling reasons to put it together more than once.
A. This wasn't very original
B. It had limited play value
Even though it has millions of solutions, it's hard to come up with compelling reasons to put it together more than once.
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We were originally making a tiling puzzle, similar to Pentaminoes, but with every polyhex from 1 to 5. The problem was
A. This wasn't very original
B. It had limited play value
Even though it has millions of solutions, it's hard to come up with compelling reasons to put it together more than once.
A. This wasn't very original
B. It had limited play value
Even though it has millions of solutions, it's hard to come up with compelling reasons to put it together more than once.
Join us tonight for a unique puzzle stream at 8:30 EST where we will be introducing our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us tonight for a unique puzzle stream at 8:30 EST where we will be introducing our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
I don't see why they need an update. I haven't aged one bit, and my hairline is in the exact same location. You do have new glasses though
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don't see why they need an update. I haven't aged one bit, and my hairline is in the exact same location. You do have new glasses though
We had a wonderful workshop building gyroids with students at Auburn University. It turns out the desire to wear a gyroid is universal
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We had a wonderful workshop building gyroids with students at Auburn University. It turns out the desire to wear a gyroid is universal
Always gratifying to see my art at the airport. Off to speak at Auburn University for the Day of Design
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Always gratifying to see my art at the airport. Off to speak at Auburn University for the Day of Design
I have been play testing our new puzzle which is _NOT_ a jigsaw puzzle. It’s been super fun. How long do you think should an easy puzzle take? What should each one of these sets of tiles be called? Internally we’ve been calling them scenarios but also considered “board” or just “puzzle”
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have been play testing our new puzzle which is _NOT_ a jigsaw puzzle. It’s been super fun. How long do you think should an easy puzzle take? What should each one of these sets of tiles be called? Internally we’ve been calling them scenarios but also considered “board” or just “puzzle”
My new automatic rivet loader isn’t very efficient but it is very cute
July 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My new automatic rivet loader isn’t very efficient but it is very cute
This piece is the proof of concept for a new bilayer construction process. Two sets of panels which are perpendicular to each other interconnect to make a rigid surface. The prototype is constructed from just 1/16” sheets of plywood yet holds it shape when suspended from a single point
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This piece is the proof of concept for a new bilayer construction process. Two sets of panels which are perpendicular to each other interconnect to make a rigid surface. The prototype is constructed from just 1/16” sheets of plywood yet holds it shape when suspended from a single point
Some late night sculpture prototyping
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some late night sculpture prototyping
The Marbling series is the first to feature our "Wave" cut style which adds vortices to the "Maze" cut simulation inducing spirals to form along edges. We made it to complement the fluidic theme of the images, plus it's just a really fun cut
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June 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Marbling series is the first to feature our "Wave" cut style which adds vortices to the "Maze" cut simulation inducing spirals to form along edges. We made it to complement the fluidic theme of the images, plus it's just a really fun cut
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Tonight on stream we'll be the the Large Marbling Infinity Puzzle. It's a tiling puzzle made in collaboration with @amandaghassaei.bsky.social using a simulation of paper marbling she created. At 363 piece, it should be one of the harder puzzles we've done. Join us at 7:30PM EST
June 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tonight on stream we'll be the the Large Marbling Infinity Puzzle. It's a tiling puzzle made in collaboration with @amandaghassaei.bsky.social using a simulation of paper marbling she created. At 363 piece, it should be one of the harder puzzles we've done. Join us at 7:30PM EST
I've been building some little tools recently like this gyroid cropping tool. Let's us quickly design shapes where you rotate and scale a gyroid inside a mesh. It's raymarched in a shader so it runs it real time. Based on this shadertoy www.shadertoy.com/view/MffGzS
May 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've been building some little tools recently like this gyroid cropping tool. Let's us quickly design shapes where you rotate and scale a gyroid inside a mesh. It's raymarched in a shader so it runs it real time. Based on this shadertoy www.shadertoy.com/view/MffGzS
Tonight on the puzzle stream, I'll be starting the Rainbow puzzle, a favorite of my daughter's. Join us at 7:30 EST
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
May 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tonight on the puzzle stream, I'll be starting the Rainbow puzzle, a favorite of my daughter's. Join us at 7:30 EST
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
We continue to work on the eclipse puzzle on tonight’s stream. This puzzle is harder than I thought it would be. I wonder if the moon side would be easier or harder
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May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We continue to work on the eclipse puzzle on tonight’s stream. This puzzle is harder than I thought it would be. I wonder if the moon side would be easier or harder
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Last week we completed the Neuron Puzzle in 4:17, our hardest puzzle yet. Tonight we begin the Eclipse Puzzle. The double sided image let's you incrementally eclipse the sun when you assemble it.
Join us on stream tonight as I try it for the first time.
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
Join us on stream tonight as I try it for the first time.
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Last week we completed the Neuron Puzzle in 4:17, our hardest puzzle yet. Tonight we begin the Eclipse Puzzle. The double sided image let's you incrementally eclipse the sun when you assemble it.
Join us on stream tonight as I try it for the first time.
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
Join us on stream tonight as I try it for the first time.
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
We are finishing the Jupiter Infinity puzzle on stream tonight. If you’re not a member of our Patreon, this is your only chance to get your hands on this puzzle. Once completed, we will pick someone from chat to win it
twitch.tv/nervouspuzzles
twitch.tv/nervouspuzzles
March 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We are finishing the Jupiter Infinity puzzle on stream tonight. If you’re not a member of our Patreon, this is your only chance to get your hands on this puzzle. Once completed, we will pick someone from chat to win it
twitch.tv/nervouspuzzles
twitch.tv/nervouspuzzles
Our daughter has become a bit of a puzzle addict… and she has an infinite supply
March 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our daughter has become a bit of a puzzle addict… and she has an infinite supply
Day 20 #MathArtMarch Repetition
The Lizard Infinity puzzle is an Escher inspired tiling puzzle made of lizard pieces. Each lizard is morphed such that every one is different, but the entire puzzle still forms a morphing gradient tiling
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The Lizard Infinity puzzle is an Escher inspired tiling puzzle made of lizard pieces. Each lizard is morphed such that every one is different, but the entire puzzle still forms a morphing gradient tiling
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March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Day 20 #MathArtMarch Repetition
The Lizard Infinity puzzle is an Escher inspired tiling puzzle made of lizard pieces. Each lizard is morphed such that every one is different, but the entire puzzle still forms a morphing gradient tiling
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The Lizard Infinity puzzle is an Escher inspired tiling puzzle made of lizard pieces. Each lizard is morphed such that every one is different, but the entire puzzle still forms a morphing gradient tiling
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Join us tonight while we do our new Patreon exclusive Jupiter Infinity Puzzle. No one has ever done this puzzle, so we'll see how it goes. Jessica picked it because she wanted to do a harder one, but I'm not so sure
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
March 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join us tonight while we do our new Patreon exclusive Jupiter Infinity Puzzle. No one has ever done this puzzle, so we'll see how it goes. Jessica picked it because she wanted to do a harder one, but I'm not so sure
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
twitch.tv/nervousPuzzles
Day 19 #MathArtMarch “42”
Maya, who works in the studio, threw together a quick one for today. A 42 piece puzzle
Maya, who works in the studio, threw together a quick one for today. A 42 piece puzzle
March 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Day 19 #MathArtMarch “42”
Maya, who works in the studio, threw together a quick one for today. A 42 piece puzzle
Maya, who works in the studio, threw together a quick one for today. A 42 piece puzzle