Masterpiece Malpractice

Masterpiece Malpractice is a puzzle game about recreating distortions in paintings. Each puzzle pairs a distorted painting with an untouched copy; you use distortion lenses on your canvas to make the images match.

Match the paintings

You place lenses over the canvas and choose how to alter it, from inflating a cheek to twisting a sky. The game has 13 techniques, including inflating, compressing, dragging, smudging, spiraling, rippling, stretching and pixelating. Puzzles start with a single alteration and later combine up to five, so you must choose the right tools and place them precisely.

There is no live score. You compare the paintings, adjust your lenses and submit when you think they match. Hints first reveal a technique, then its approximate location.

Cases and stars

The game has 70 cases based on 68 original artworks, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Johannes Vermeer. All three panels of The Garden of Earthly Delights appear as separate playable cases.

Each case offers three stars: one for finishing without hints, one for achieving a perfect match and one for completing a challenge specific to the artwork. Stars carry over between attempts, so you can earn them across multiple plays. Completing cases fills a framed mosaic gallery, and returning to a case changes its distortions for a new arrangement on the same canvas.