Hexx: Merge by Danny Birch FREE

Hexx: Merge comes from Danny Birch.  It's a lot like Kami 2 (see link below).  The object is to tap regions to change colors and eventually get everything to just 1 color.


There are 102 levels.  The first 30 are free.  I did them in about 15 minutes.  After that, the rest cost $.99.


I really like the graphics!


https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hexx-merge/id1363773600?mt=8




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Kami 2

Save Planet Cube by Marcelo Pars FREE

 Last year I reviewed Marcelo Pars' game Cube Loop. His new game Save Planet Cube is not just another version with different puzzles.  Oh no.  The new game is so much more.

There are 38 levels and each one is entirely different. Something bizarre happens on almost every level. I won't spoil it.

 But I must say that I particularly liked level 20 (see the 6th image) where the perspective is from inside the cube.

Furthermore, there is a science fiction story being told, bit by bit, after each level.


Marcelo - you hit a home run! Excellent programming & graphics.




Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1369132417

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcelopars.saveplanetcube




http://www.cubicks.com/


Announcement: It's Rusty Lake's birthday today. They are offering discounts up to 50%

CONNECTION By WebAvenue Unipessoal Lda FREE

 How many times have we seen a puzzle app game where the object is to trace a path that covers all the squares?  So many times. CONNECTION is another one with some nice features.

1. Some grids need to covered with 2 or 3 different lines.
2. Some spots can only be traversed with one color.
3. Some spots must be covered twice. It can be the same color, twice.
4. Wormholes

I started this game on my phone (iphone 4 small screen). Way too small a screen.  I did about 50 levels in 30 minutes, which included ad time.  And there are too many ads. So turn off your data & wifi and the ads seem to disappear.


Overall, the graphics are good, but the puzzles are not that hard.


https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connection/id1361313065?mt=8

Pluszle: Brain Logic Game by Huckleberry BV FREE

Do you remember the game Qwhizzle? I loved it! Unfortunately, it's no longer available. Hopefully, if you're a Loyal Blog Follower, you downloaded it.


Recently Eljo Bosman contacted me about his team's new game: Pluszle: Brain Logic. It's another math puzzle.

The object is to highlight numbers in the grid so that the selected numbers add up to the numbers on the right and the ones down below.


What I particularly like is that each level can be solved in 6 degrees of difficulty. 
(This concept is not new. Tower Locked comes to mind.)




Pluszle has an excellent feature which makes this more manageable & fun: one button adds up only the numbers already selected.  Another button adds up all the numbers which makes it easier to see which numbers must be eliminated.




At the hardest setting, I need about 10-15 minutes.  At level 5, I'm gotten my time down to 3-4 minutes.


At the moment, I've done about 35 levels.




Whereas Qwhizzle had me very hyped, Pluszle has a more calm feel to it. Definitely a fun math puzzle.

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pluszle-brain-logic-game/id1327839430?mt=8
https://www.pluszle.com/

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pluszle.game

Math Puzzles - IF, THEN... by Viacheslav Komarivskyi FREE

 Math Puzzles - IF, THEN... comes from Viacheslav Komarivskyi. The object is to look at a set of numbers, find the pattern and then prove that you have cracked the code.

There are 30 levels and they get hard pretty quick. I spent way too much time on level 11.


At the moment, I'm somewhere around level 18.


https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-puzzles-if-then/id1367115275?mt=8

Dir Square by Zhuoliang Fu FREE

 Dir Square comes from Zhuoliang Fu. The object is to slide the tiles up/down & left/right so that all the colors line up either in rows or in columns.





We've seen this type of puzzle many many times. It's often described at a 2D version of Rubik's Cube.

What's different? To make a row shift right, there must be an arrow that's pointing right. Alternatively, if there's no such arrow, tap on an arrow that's pointing to the left.  This concept is definitely cool. But it does not make these puzzles much harder than the other versions.

The grids go from 3x3 to 7x7. According to the Leaderboard, I'm the only person who's done them all.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dir-square/id1374881580?mt=8

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Walzing Tiles 

Cotrio by Bartosz Bialek FREE

Bartosz Bialek's game Cotrio is pure math. The object is to get each of the 6 circles in the big triangle to be colored. To color one circle, it must be the sum of 2 other numbers, provided that all 3 circles form a triangle.

Each round consists of 33 moves. Each round consists of just 3 numbers. Image #4 shows an example.


Solving for the extreme circles is easiest because they are part of the Big Triangle. One rule that is important is that no two adjacent circles can have the same number.


Cotrio is a very serious, yet simple to learn, pure math puzzle.  I've done only 12 levels but will certainly do more.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cotrio/id1217055123?mt=8

Stack & Crack by Jambav, Inc. $.99

 Stack & Crack comes from Jambav, Inc. The object is to slide the tiles around the grid and stack them into 1 pile on the glowing endpoint.

When 2 pieces are stacked, the tower moves in the direction of the tile that's on the bottom. That's a bit awkward.

The puzzles are well designed.  The graphics are good too. 

Landing on certain squares makes your tower invert.

There are approximately 100 levels.  I have not done many, but I do like this game.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-crack/id1290219110?mt=8
http://jambav.com/

Aktuell gratis für iOS "Einführung in die Mathematik" - Montessorium

Guten Tag,
soeben im Netz entdeckt. Die App "Einführung in die Mathematik" von Montessorium ist aktuell gratis für iOS zu haben (LINK)

Igor

Tipp: Scanning (Schaltersteuerung)/Accessibility am Mac

Guten Tag,
der australische Kollege Christopher Hills hat soeben über die Schaltersteuerung (Scanning) am Mac getwittert. Folgender Link führt zur deutschsprachigen Homepage von Apple LINK

Nutzt jemand von euch Scanning am Mac?

igor

App-Tipp: OneNote und Plastischer Reader für iOS

Guten Tag,
ich hab einen Testflight Zugang von Microsoft für OneNote bekommen. Wenn man Office 365 nutzt, kann man die Funktion wahrscheinlich demnächst durch ein Update bekommen. Der plastische Reader (immersive reader) bietet einige Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten fürs Lesen und Schreiben. Ich hab einen Screencast erstellt, um ein paar Features zu demonstrieren.

Schaut selbst:







Nutzt jemand

Berichtigung zu Wipo

Guten Tag,
Mitte Februar hab ich über den Wipo-Link berichtet. Leider hat sich der Fehlerteufel eingeschlichen! Kai Mayfarth, der Entwickler von diversen Ansteuerungsmöglichkeiten (kma Solutions) aus Ravensburg im schönen Oberschwaben, hat mir einen Wipo-Link zur Verfügung gestellt. Vielen Dank dafür an dieser Stelle schon.

Was ist der Wipo-Link? Im Bereich von Kommunikationsanbahnung aber auch

Aktuelle Apps: Lesen Lernen von Klett aktuell gratis

Guten Tag, ich hab gerade gepostet, dass die Blitzrechnen Apps vom Klett-Verlag kostenlos angeboten werden. Ähnlich ist es bei der Reihe "Lesen Lernen" vom gleichen Verlag. LINK

coole Aktion. Wer kennt die Apps - wer nutzt die Apps?

Igor

Aktuelle Apps: Blitzrechnen von Klett aktuell kostenlos

Guten Tag, aktuell sind die Apps "Blitzrechnen Mathe 1-4" vom Klett-Verlag kostenlos zu haben. LINK

Demnächst blogge ich für den Grundschulblog zur App "Blitzrechnen 1"

wer kennt die Apps - wer nutzt diese Mathe-Apps?

Igor

Unterseite Tabletstifte aktualisiert

Guten Tag,
ich hab immer wieder Anfragen von interessierten KollegInnen bezüglich der Tabletstifte und entsprechender Apps zum Thema Buchstabenkenntnis. Diese Unterseite habe ich aktualisiert!



Habt ihr weitere Tipps für Tabletstifte und Apps?



Igor