TANGRAM PROGRAMS

DoTangrams - Mikael put together an on-line version for us to try out. I had fun playing there. Some options to play with andworks smoothly in my browser. You'll see my first three shapes in the Latest list. See what shapes you can come up with to add to his collection. Enjoy his work and Inspire him to take the project further with more features.

Tans Generator and Solver - With his Generator,Philippe has been researching how different dissections produce more convex shapes . With the standard Tangram set of tans there are 13 convex figures, he's managed to to find a dissection that produces 60! He has a challange for my visitors : What is the maximum of convex shapes that are possible to match with a given number of tans that form a dissection of the square in polyaboloes. Thanks to his applet, we can all try our hand finding a dissection that will make the maximum number of convex figures. Any successful attempts will be noted on my home page.

Canvas Tangrams (English) or in German – Canvas Tangrams is an on-going project by Roland Hentschel and Mirco Ackermann to display Tangrams in your browser window using HTML 5, CSS and javascript. They also offer their work Very well done with 2096 categorized shapes at last count. The next step is to turn it into a playable game. I'll be watching with anticipation for that update.

Peces - A *very* nice Tangram program recently updated to include even more figures. Created by Innocent De Marchi. It comes with 4600 Tangram designs and also allows you to make, save and share your own creations. An online version is available to play on his site. The program also offers 17 other games, all playable at four skill levels, 9 different languages and 7 installation packages, all for free. Wow! Pick the language of your choice when you get to his web site.

LetsTans 1.1 - Grabarchuk Puzzles has a slick looking Tangram game for your iPhone or iPod touch. 64 shapes and three distinct modes of play gives you 192 puzzles with sounds, animations, timer with pause, hints and rotation. If you want it right now, it's available at this Apps Store link.

Tangram-patterns - Vasanth has used the Google Apps platform to make this Tangram application. Play, save your special shapes on-line and access them from anywhere. He's working on sharing, viewing and possibley contests. That would be great! Users need a Google account, any kind will do or just sign up for one (free)

Septavo Tangrams - Smallware LLC has added a Tangram game to their line of on-screen amusements. Intuitive to use and easy on the eye, it offers 1000 tangram designs to keep you puzzling for a long time. Hints, stats and more. A free demo download for Windows or Mac is available.

Maths et Magie - Muriel, a French primary school teacher, found us a wonderful site from France. If you look down the list you will find a section of Tangram links. Great flash animations with each page having a playable puzzle below the animation. For those that can not read French, in English the first six links are In the Moutain – By the sea – Circus games – At the Farm – Playing Figures – Playing Letters. The next few are about fractions.

Tanzzle - Franco Cocchini has done a shareware version called Tanzzle that has some nice features. It shows known designs plus generates random shapes to see and try. He's also included the pieces for the Trapeze, Phytagoras and Number 5 Puzzle for your enjoyment. There is a Puzzle of the week and the abilities to add your own puzzle shapes. Very nice!

Tangram 1.0 - – Even Rouault has a nicely done online Java version of tangrams. Good selection of shapes, smooth moves plus new and edit buttons to make and save your own shapes. In French but that should not be a problem no matter what your language.

Tangram: Andrey D. Orlov has done a smooth flash version of Tangrams. There's also an editor and best of all, it saves the settings in a xml file. From the site: "By editing the xml config file you can change screen layout, colors, images, sounds and create your own figures series."

jTans - A Java version created by Philippe Banwarth. It comes in three varieties. Webstart, standalone or a java applet playable immediately. Give it a try, it's got some great features such a user-choosable textures and a very smooth rotation method. Thank's for sharing, Philippe.

501 Tangram Challenges - A Flash Player version by Olga Pudrovska. Comes with 500 shapes to solve, the ability to make and save your own tangram creations plus other options.

GTans - Something for the Linux/Unix users out there nicely done by Philippe Banwarth. Lets you choose the puzzle, colour, size, and texture of tans, etc. 8 languages, small file size and free as well. What more could you ask for?

Eric's Tangram Pages - Eric Warsop has been doing some very interesting work with tangram notation and has put together a stand-alone program to generate sets of shapes. He's been kind enough to share his work with us in the hopes of stimulating other interested people. Eric is still adding improvements to the program.

Tangram 2002 - Shareware from Creativeland-e.com. Lots of puzzles and an attractive interface. Check out that pause screen!

Tangram 1.0 - Good freeware one by Mark Overmars. Comes with an easy editor to make and save your own collections of shapes. For even more fun, get the additional sets created by other tan fans.

Curiouser.co.uk - They have a java applet with 49 puzzles to solve, some Tangram history plus many other types of puzzles and paradoxes.

OOG - (Object Orientation Game) Another good one for free. You can play your choice of Tangrams, Pentominoes or Hexagons with the same program.