What is new
What changed in Caravita and why, as it happens.
Caravita is coming to her computer
Windows, Mac and Linux, sold from this site. The pages are up; the builds are being finished.
Read itThe music no longer cuts out
On some phones the music went quiet for a few seconds in the middle of a game, then came back. It stays on now.
Read itA card game app with no ads, no coins and no account
Everything a grandmother says about the apps on her tablet, and what Caravita does instead of each one.
Read itEight names, in Latin and Italian
Why the games have new names, and what each one means.
Read itStraighten, a setting for the people who need it
Every card in Caravita sits a little crooked, the way real cards do. One switch squares them all. It started as a joke; it stayed because it was right.
Read itHow to play cards with your grandma when you live in another city
The Daily Challenge deals the same three games to everyone each morning. Play yours, then call her about hers.
Read itLarge text that stays on the screen
Text size now goes to 150 percent, and every screen makes room for it instead of shrinking it back or cutting it off.
Read itCard games for seniors with low vision, and what big cards really means
My Grandma is nearly blind. Here is what a card game has to do before she can read it, setting by setting.
Read itNo more dead ends, and every "no" said in words
A game that cannot go on now says so, and tells you what it needs. Nothing goes silent on you, and nothing calls a win a loss.
Read itA card game for Grandma, made by her granddaughter
Why there is a card game for grandmothers at all, and what one has to get right before she will play it twice.
Read itYour game is always waiting for you
The phone rings, the battery dies, someone is at the door. When you come back, "Keep playing it" is there, and so is every card.
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