Friday, March 21, 2025

Brilliant Failure

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Puzzle Stats - Brilliant Failure

There are 979 triangles that form a unique image. So far, 449 players have tried it out.

The average playtime is about 5s, and the average accuracy is around 94%. This puzzle has been liked by 32 players.

Player Comments (7)

SimpleBovid09823 Nov 2025 at 4:16 AM

For me the title is insulting to Van Gogh, who was brilliant, troubled, and not financially successful in his lifetime..but he created groundbreaking and moving paintings. So I wanted to add my voice to the comments I see here, expressing the same sentiments.

WellDamselfly75324 Nov 2025 at 7:46 AM

It is actually because of this: "When van Gogh painted his most famous painting, The Starry Night, he didn’t even think it was any good. In fact, van Gogh considered himself and many of his paintings to be failures, and it's rumored that he only ever sold one painting in his lifetime. If only we could go back in time and show him how well-loved he would be over 150 years on." https://artsandculture.google.com/story/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-vincent-van-gogh/AgXRtrYjblBRKA?hl=en

SpareHamster72702 Jun 2025 at 6:17 AM

Van Gogh wasn't really a failure, but his success didn't come during his lifetime. "And I could have told you, VIncent, the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."

SilkyCatfish33622 Mar 2025 at 1:45 AM

Beautiful! I don’t care for the title you gave it - Brilliant Failure.

JudicialChimpanzee56521 Mar 2025 at 9:43 PM

Took to long for something not very pretty.

MarxistMule31421 Mar 2025 at 6:09 PM

Why is this called "Brilliant Failure"?

AfraidBee55821 Mar 2025 at 4:39 PM

Please keep the puzzles based on art work coming. Love them!

MobileVulture82221 Mar 2025 at 2:07 PM

Loved the reveal! I had no idea what this was going to be, but I zenned out on the rhythm of connecting the nodes, until, ta da! Nice approach to a puzzle topic. Hope yo see more!

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