![]() You can also so that Greenland on my map is only half the height of Greenland on the mercator projection map. I actually had to stretch my map’s image vertically by 160% to get Canada’s height to match the mercator projection. You’ll see my map of North America from Stack the Countries on the left doesn’t stretch quite like the actual mercator map. After looking at actual mercator projection maps, the maps from Stack the Countries don’t appear to be quite so exaggerated. It’s been a little while since I first created Stack the States, so I did a little research. Hi Lyn! Thanks for your note and I’m very pleased that you have enjoyed my games. ▸ High resolution pictures of famous world landmarks ▸ Choose any of the friendly-looking countries as your avatar ▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad – a universal app ▸ Earn FREE bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up! ▸ Collect all 192 countries and track your progress on personalized maps ▸ 192 flash cards - one for each country! Also, each player can choose which of the 8 types of questions are asked. First, each player can choose to focus only on one continent at a time. Since learning the countries of the world is more difficult than the 50 states, I’ve added a few features that will help ease the learning curve. Pile Up! is another bonus game that helps players identify the countries based on their shape. First pick a continent to play with then tap the location on the map where the requested country is located. Map It! is a bonus game that’s designed to help players learn where the countries are located on the map. You also unlock the two free bonus games. As you progress in the game, you earn more countries to add to your personalized map of the world. You can dive right in and play or brush up on your country knowledge by using the 192 country flash cards and the interactive maps of the continents. The game focuses on basic country information such as capitals, landmarks, major cities, continents, border countries, languages, flags and more. It is both addictive and fun to play.After many weeks of hard work, I’m very happy to announce the release of Stack the Countries!After the success of Stack the States, I received many requests to make a similar game for the countries of the world… so I did! Stack the Countries offers the same fun and learning as Stack the States, but also adds many new features giving it a much larger scope. ★ “Don’t let the educational nature of this $0.99 game fool you. ★ “Stack the States is a must have.” – The iKids Blog ★ “If you have children who are elementary school aged this is a fantastic educational app that’s also a hoot.” – The iPhone Mom.com ★ “Stack the States has filled a void in the average child’s education – geography – and done it splendidly!” – Match as many states with their capitals as you can.Ĭlick here to see Stack the States in iTunes! ![]() The game ends when a state falls off the bottom of the screen. When you see a match, simply tap the capital box and the state shape in any order and they fly away. The object of the game is to match the states with their capitals. Puzzler is great for teaching and reinforcing the relative locations of the states.Ĭapital Drop is the third and last bonus game in Stack the States. The object is simple, move the displayed state shapes around and put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. ![]() Puzzler is the second bonus game in Stack the States and is unlocked after earning 25 states. To remove a state, simply tap the state shape whose name is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The object of Pile Up is to remove all of the states before they pile up to the top of the screen. Pile Up becomes unlocked and playable after earning 10 states. As you earn more and more states, you start unlocking the three included bonus games: Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop. All of the states you have earned appear on your map in their correct locations. As you try to collect all 50 states, you can always check your progress on your personalized map of the US. Your goal is to carefully create a stack of states that reaches the checkered line.Įvery time you complete a level you earn a random state. If you choose the correct state, you get to actually pick it up, move it, rotate it and place it wherever you want. You are asked various questions about the 50 states including capitals, state shapes, abbreviations, bordering states, location on the map and even nicknames. The goal was to create a learning app that was actually fun to play. This time around I decided to try something different and create an educational app. I’ve just submitted my latest iPhone app, Stack the States, to the iTunes App Store.
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