SortIt for iPhone & iPad
SortIt is digital version of the
classic combinatorial game 15-Puzzle,
invented 1874 in USA.
Game is also called
Gem Puzzle, Boss Puzzle, Game of Fifteen, Mystic Square, 16-puzzle.
The famous chess
player Bobby Fischer
“was an expert at solving the 15-Puzzle. He had
been timed to be able to solve it within 25 seconds” [WikipediA].
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Classic version
of game was extended from size “4 x 4” to everything between “2 x 2” and: ·
“5 x 7” on iPhone 4. ·
“5 x 8” on iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, ·
“9 x 11” on iPad, iPad mini. The goal of game
is to sort the buttons from the upper left to lower right corner. At the end of the
game the bottom right corner should be empty and all buttons should be
ordered in numerically: 1, 2, 3, ..., left to right,
top to bottom. Game result can
be saved in score database. You can customize
the app functionality by using “Settings-function”. It is possible to adjust almost everything:
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Game dimension. ·
Colors. ·
Shape and size of buttons. ·
Way of counting of score. ·
Sound. App
“Help-function” available in the app or on WWW contains detailed description
of all functions, and options. All app activities
and events are recorded in the system log. Statistics about the app usage are
accumulated. |
In the app has been
implemented total saving/restoration of state – it means that app might be
interrupted at any time (by phone call, pressing one of device buttons, screen
lock) and your data will not be lost. When app is activated next time all not
saved data will be restored.
App is optimized
for iOS 7, iOS 6, iOS 5.
Here are links to
user guide in different formats:
User guide iPhone 3.5 inch iOS7 (PDF)
User guide iPhone 4.0 inch iOS7 (PDF)
User guide iPhone 3.5 inch (PDF)
User guide iPhone 4.0 inch (PDF)
If you have any
questions, problems or suggestions for improvements, please contact me: sortit@jz-it-konsult.se.
Enjoy!!!
Thanks to my lovely
wife Natalie for help in research, design, testing, valuable suggestions,
patience and support during development of the app
User guide iPad (PDF)
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