Spell It iPhone App January 14th, 2010
Patrick Stein

Designed (by a Dad) for Kids 3-7 Years Old

Teaches Spelling in a Fun, Colorful, No-Pressure Setting

What could be more fun for a youngster than playing games on an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? What could be more satisifying for a parent than watching their child learn at play?

Spell It (by nklein software) is a bright, cheerful, kid-engaging spelling toy for the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Kids can jump right in and start spelling in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, or Nederlands! Adults can have fun, too, seeing what they remember from high school French class or learning some words in Japanese kana.

Features

  • Kid-friendly interface! Just pick the letters you want!
  • Guides your child to the proper spelling of each word.
  • Adapts to your child! Cards that consistently give your child trouble show up more often.
  • Support for English, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, or Nederlands! (Send me translations if you want to see other languages here, too.)
  • Lots of words to learn (with more coming soon).
  • Three different skill levels to challenge your kid!
  • Exercise some or all of the categories: Numbers, Colors, Foods, and Animals.

Support

To view open issues with the application or submit a bug report, please use our Mantis installation (if prompted to login, either sign up for an account or login anonymously).

Sneak Peek: Screenshot for Spelling iPhone App May 6th, 2009
Patrick Stein

Earlier, I gave a sneak peek at some artwork for the children’s spelling game I am making for the iPhone. Here is a screenshot of the application (click for full size):

I need to touch up the jaunty logo tiles in the upper left. Some of them are worse for the wear after the [...]

A Eureka Moment May 1st, 2009
Patrick Stein

I was pondering the Phony Physics again as I set to work on my iPhone app.
In the previous post, I twiddled the equations for damped spring motion until I found something visually pleasing. Last night, I went back to the drawing (a.k.a. white) board.
What if I used an exponential spiral (parameterized by arc length). [...]

Sneak Peak: Artwork for Spelling iPhone App May 1st, 2009
Patrick Stein

My first iPhone app is a children’s spelling game. Development is coming along well now that I’ve discovered cocos2d-iphone. I should have screenshots to show early next week. For now, here is a sneak peak at one of the cards in the game.

Phony Physics (a.k.a. Fun with Interpolation) April 3rd, 2009
Patrick Stein

In a previous post, I mentioned looking for a polynomial for an application. I am working on an application that involves clicking or dragging tiles around. Once you release the tile, I want it to snap to where it’s supposed to be.
The easiest way to do this is to just warp it to where [...]

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