SortIt and SortItPro is digital version of the classic combinatorial game 15-Puzzle, invented 1874.
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” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_puzzle).
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.
Pro-version does not contain advertisement banner in main game view.
App is optimized for iOS11, iOS10, iOS9, iOS8, iOS7, iOS6, tvOS9.