Torus Games
Free
5.10for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Torus Games
Nine familiar games introduce children ages 10 and up to the mind-stretching possibility of a “multiconnected universe”. Games include: tic-tac-toe, mazes, crossword puzzles, word search puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, chess, pool and gomoku. While playing the games, kids develop an intuitive visual understanding of a model universe that is finite yet has no boundary. Players who master the games in 2D may enjoy the extra challenge of solving 3D mazes and playing 3D tic-tac-toe in multiconnected 3D spaces. Even though the games were designed with kids in mind, adults interested in topology, geometry and cosmology have also found them enjoyable and enlightening.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.10
Last updated on Jan 25, 2021
Old Versions
More efficient compression of Jigsaw Puzzle images for improved wide-color support and reduced download size
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Version History
5.10
Jan 25, 2021
More efficient compression of Jigsaw Puzzle images for improved wide-color support and reduced download size
5.9.1
Sep 24, 2020
v 5.9.1: Works around bug on A9/A10 devices (details below), thanks to Alex Jacoby.
v 5.9.0:
- Chess algorithm now 100 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reason: when searching for a move, it now uses “αβ pruning” in its search tree.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Gomoku algorithm now plays better and runs 1000 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reasons: more efficient data structures, increased search depth, and “αβ pruning”.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Supports Wide Color displays.
- Minor aesthetic improvements.
v 5.9.1 details:
Replaced an 8-bit unsigned integer with a 16-bit unsigned integer to work around a bug in the A9 and A10 GPU's handling of the former, which had led to incorrectly displayed walls in Torus Games maze when running on devices with A9 and A10 processors. Many thanks to Alex Jacoby for reporting this bug.
v 5.9.0:
- Chess algorithm now 100 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reason: when searching for a move, it now uses “αβ pruning” in its search tree.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Gomoku algorithm now plays better and runs 1000 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reasons: more efficient data structures, increased search depth, and “αβ pruning”.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Supports Wide Color displays.
- Minor aesthetic improvements.
v 5.9.1 details:
Replaced an 8-bit unsigned integer with a 16-bit unsigned integer to work around a bug in the A9 and A10 GPU's handling of the former, which had led to incorrectly displayed walls in Torus Games maze when running on devices with A9 and A10 processors. Many thanks to Alex Jacoby for reporting this bug.
5.9.0
Sep 17, 2020
- Chess algorithm now 100 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reason: when searching for a move, it now uses “αβ pruning” in its search tree.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Gomoku algorithm now plays better and runs 1000 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reasons: more efficient data structures, increased search depth, and “αβ pruning”.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Supports Wide Color displays.
- Minor aesthetic improvements.
- Gomoku algorithm now plays better and runs 1000 times as fast as old algorithm. (Reasons: more efficient data structures, increased search depth, and “αβ pruning”.) Offers “Extra Hard” difficulty level.
- Supports Wide Color displays.
- Minor aesthetic improvements.
5.8.3
Apr 3, 2020
- Launch-screen format satisfies new App Store requirement
- Toolbar height adapts to default for iPhone or iPad
- Toolbar height adapts to default for iPhone or iPad
5.8.1
Oct 12, 2019
Updated for iOS 13
5.8
Nov 10, 2018
- Updated for iOS 11 and 12
- Older versions of Torus Games, for iOS 5 through iOS 10, are still available on the App Store. Please contact Jeff Weeks (help@geometrygames.org) for instructions on how to download them.
- Apples game uses constant number of worms
- Older versions of Torus Games, for iOS 5 through iOS 10, are still available on the App Store. Please contact Jeff Weeks (help@geometrygames.org) for instructions on how to download them.
- Apples game uses constant number of worms
5.7.2
Oct 28, 2017
Reorganized sound effects playback to avoid unwanted hesitations in animations
5.7
May 22, 2017
- Graphics rewritten using Metal, with fallback to OpenGL ES on older devices
- New Jigsaw Puzzle images
- Torus Games is now "device-assignable" for easy installation on school iPads via MDM
- New Jigsaw Puzzle images
- Torus Games is now "device-assignable" for easy installation on school iPads via MDM
5.6
Feb 3, 2016
- Updated for iOS 8 and 9
- “Tiling View” added (iPad only)
- “Tiling View” added (iPad only)
5.4
Feb 18, 2014
- Two-finger scrolling
- Optional difficulty levels
- Revised for iOS 7
- Optional difficulty levels
- Revised for iOS 7
5.3
May 10, 2013
Chinese translation added, thanks to Yanqing Zou
5.0.1
Apr 2, 2013
Finnish translation added, thanks to Jouko Koskinen
5.0
Jan 4, 2013
Added 3D mazes and 3D tic-tac-toe
4.6.6
Jun 23, 2012
Various small improvements
4.6.4
Feb 1, 2012
Greek translation added, thanks to Stavros Papadopoulos
4.6
Oct 12, 2011
Torus Games FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Torus Games in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Torus Games.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Torus Games supports English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
