SortIt for Phone & TV
SortIt and SortItPro
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, ·
“6 x 10” on iPhone 6, ·
“7 x 11” on iPhone 6 Plus, ·
“9 x 11” on iPad, iPad mini, ·
“12 x 15” on iPad Pro. 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. Starting from version 3.0 app supports iCloud data
synchronization - data on all iOS and tvOS devices with same iCloud account
will be synchronized. You can decide what kind of data should be synchronized
(saved in iCloud); rest of data is saved locally. You can customize the app functionality by using
“Settings-function”. It is possible to
adjust almost everything: ·
Game dimension. ·
Colors. ·
Shape and size of buttons. ·
Way of counting of score. ·
Sound. ·
Data which will be synchronized. 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 iOS9, iOS8, iOS7, iOS6, tvOS9.
Pro-version does
not contain advertisement banner in main game view.
Here are links to
user guide in different formats:
User guide iPhone
3.5 inch (PDF)
User guide iPhone
4.0 inch (PDF)
User guide iPhone
4.7 inch (PDF)
User guide iPhone
5.5 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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