I would suggest goproblems.com for easy tsumego. Or, in app form, you could get "WBaduk", and that's what I use (it has an ocean of puzzles for offline viewing)
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| Author: | Uberdude [ Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Recommendations for first app for a child |
In the club today (we play in a cafe) a nearby kid (<10 years old I guess) got interested in playing and we taught him a little. He also wanted to get a Go app for his iPad. I know about the SmartGo apps and have heard they are nice for experienced players, but they aren't free. So what recommendations (both Apple and Android) would you have for a kid's first Go program. It should be free, English language, have a bot to play on 9x9, be easy to use, and bonus points if it has a kid friendly tutorial and very easy problems that explain things like nets/ladders/two eyes. |
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| Author: | huhu [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
I would suggest goproblems.com for easy tsumego. Or, in app form, you could get "WBaduk", and that's what I use (it has an ocean of puzzles for offline viewing)
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| Author: | fireproof [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
"Little Go" - not exactly kid-friendly, but it does have a bot, it's in English, and it's free. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little- ... 53989?mt=8 |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Igowin Tutor http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html calls it a “Free version of Igowin for beginning players” |
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| Author: | oca [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Hi, My vote goes to "Champion GO"... ok... not free  ... but not that expensive and very, very cool IMHO.https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/champio ... 41867?mt=8 [edit] and also this one, which is free in its lite edition... https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/easygo- ... 12893?mt=8 [/edit] |
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| Author: | lpaatero [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
In Android Hactar Go Lite does most of it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gowrite.hactarLite - Lauri (Hactar Go author) |
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| Author: | pleiade67 [ Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
In addition, I would suggest 1) Cho U's 4by4 go puzzles. (Unfortunately not free) https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/cho-us- ... 53034?mt=8 According to britgo.org: 'This app is based on the 4 by 4 puzzle which has been come up with the idea by Cho U Kisei and Oza who is the best go player in Japan. This puzzle is the 4 by 4 tsumego game, an intellectual game which can be enjoyed by from complete beginners to high dan players. Kids can also learn how to play a game of go on its ‘Story Mode’ that features pretty characters.' Really kid friendly... And pretty deep 2) Goquest https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/goquest ... 41918?mt=8 A beginner friendly go server dedicated to 9x9 and 13x13 short games (2x3mn and 2x5mn) free 3) Beauty & Go https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/beauty- ... 67258?mt=8 Problems for the kids (kid friendly interface). Some of them quite challenging. Free + in app |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Yes, I also wanted to recommend EasyGo which I really like a lot … one of its great features is profiles, very useful for tracking progress for different people playing on the same device. But then I remembered it was for pay, didn’t know there’s a “lite” version of it. |
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| Author: | kyosaku [ Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Thanks pleiade67 for recommended GoQuest because I didn't know such a cool little server exist. Gochild is not an app but is working great on a tablet (internet access needed). |
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| Author: | Uberdude [ Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Thanks all for the suggestions. Igowin Tutor looks nice. |
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| Author: | bloosqr [ Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
Have you seen gochild? It was originally written by someone for their child but represents I think a great pedagogical approach to problem solving: https://gochild2009.appspot.com |
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| Author: | sybob [ Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for first app for a child |
For a child, first app that springs to my mind: GoQuest. Direct play, easy, intuitive, also stronger players. Lot's of fun for grown-ups too. |
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