Hands On! Tangrams
Hands On! Tangrams is a puzzle game aimed at children developed by Island Officials and published by Storm City Games for the Nintendo DS[1]. It was released in North America on November 24th, 2009.
Description
Hands On! Tangrams is an adaptation of Tangrams, a Chinese puzzle game that has been used in schools as a way of teaching spatial relationships[2]. The player uses seven shapes (known as "tans") to fill an outline of a shape.
Hands On! Tangrams uses the Nintendo DS' bottom touch screen to allow the player to move shapes around the board. By filling the shape at the center of the screen, an image is revealed and moves to the top background scene. There are ten levels, each with a unique theme (Zoo, Space, etc.), and ten puzzles. Once all ten puzzles are completed, the final image on the top screen is revealed.
Development
The first officially published game from Island Officials, LLC. The idea for making an original DS game based on tangram puzzles was originally conceived by studio CEO Ryan Morrison after helping his son with a school project. After using the development for We Love Cake v 1.0 as a test bed for learning Nintendo DS development, the team switched over to working on Hands On! Tangrams.
Screenshots
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Hands On! Tangrams title screen -
Hands On! Tangrams puzzle -
Hands On! Tangrams completed puzzle example.
Trivia
The game had three revisions, each with unique box art. The third revision includes the branding for Storm City Games 'Brainstorm Series', which included other titles such as Treasure Chase.
Credits
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Ryan Morrison |
| Creative Producer | Ryan Harbinson |
| Designer | John Sabin |
| Music & Sound | Wayne Strange |
| Technical Director | Adrian Sandoval |
| Lead Programmer | Ryan Wine |
| Programmers | Tony Cristoforo, Kef, Ryan Sullivan, Rich Wegrzyniak |
| Art Director | Karen McKenna |
| Artists | Daniel Cy Chong, Jennifer Galliera, Sarah Galliera, Andrew Harbinson,
Tsz-Man Leung, John Little, Jen Manning, Matt McKenna, Chris Miller |
| Webmaster | Tyler Ager |
| Graphic Designer | Melissa Niedringhaus |
