Changelog

3 Builds
  • 1.1.8 (225)
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Our family story, a softer world

  • Added a video introduction from Simon and Brooklyn, and refreshed the About story with the drawings, stuffed animals, and offline adventures that inspired Bella and Pan.
  • Made the About story easier to read on iPhone and iPad, with roomier layouts and simpler navigation in landscape.
  • Renamed The World to Chapters and gave its maps more room to explore, especially on iPad in landscape.
  • Clarified how to tap or click through dialogue in Parents and Support, and improved device details when contacting Support from a Mac.
  • Refreshed day and night scenery across all three Chapters with softer lighting and more natural colors.
  • Updated Saltwind Coast’s paths and structures.
  • Cleaned up the edges of Bon Bon’s animations.
  • Made correct-answer celebrations larger on iPad.
  • Refreshed Bella, Pan, and their friends as well-loved stuffed animals, with new character artwork and animations throughout the adventure.
  • Added updated loading illustrations and a new Bella app icon.
  • Refreshed widgets and House decorations with the new character artwork.
  • Gave character pages more room on iPad.
5 Builds
  • 1.1.5 (221)
  • 1.1.4 (220)
  • 1.1.3 (219)
  • 1.1.2 (218)
  • 1.1.1 (214)

A warmer welcome, a richer Home

  • Made tapping to advance dialogue more reliable across all three Chapters.
  • Improved audio handling throughout the adventure.
  • Reduced the space used by character animations while keeping Bella, Pan, and their friends looking and moving just as before.
  • Added tap sounds when choosing Bella or Pan, entering Home, and closing the Explore menu.
  • Made drifting leaves scale with your screen and stay consistently sized when you rotate your device.
  • Gave the iPad app on Mac a landscape 4:3 window.
  • Fixed Home and music-player rendering on Mac, along with audio preparation when entering Chapters.
  • Fixed audio setup when opening Home from the adventure’s final score screen.
  • Refreshed clock and calendar widgets for your Home Screen.
  • Brought the day and night hills around Bella and Pan’s home into harmony.
  • Added playful loading messages and clear progress while the adventure gets ready.
  • Smoothed loading into the opening scene and its character animations.
  • Made the opening scene’s tilt response more responsive when holding your device upright.
  • Clarified character selection and polished correct-answer celebrations.
  • Refined Bon Bon’s interaction marker so it stays neatly positioned and consistently sized.
  • Support for iOS and iPadOS 26.
  • A redesigned Home with Bella’s drawing table, Pan’s worktable, wall-mounted scores, and an interactive music player.
  • A refreshed opening scene with independent hill-and-house parallax, coordinated character entrances, and softer shadows.
  • Updated coastal scenery and character signs.
  • A reworked Chapter Three arrival at Tappy’s lair.
  • Expanded dialogue explaining how Willow Valley’s shared treasure helps mend bridges and care for neighbors.
  • Refreshed Pan breathing animation and stronger curved-board presentation.

· Official release

Bella and Pan is on the App Store!

Our handmade math adventure is now available for iPhone and iPad. Join Bella and Pan in Willow Valley and let the adventure begin.

Download Bella and Pan on the App Store
4 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (212)
  • 1.1.0 (208)
  • 1.1.0 (207)
  • 1.1.0 (203)

A cozy Home for your scores

  • Added a Home for My Scores, with fireplace ambience, room decor, and a room you can pan to explore.
  • Welcomed Bella and Pan into Home with an illustrated loading page, staggered entrances, and laughter when tapped.
  • Added Difficulty filters and Top Scores pages, with your latest Adventure highlighted at its exact rank.
  • Let Chapter introductions play their complete nature sound, with a gentle fade at the end.
  • Refreshed Chapter artwork, informational maps, day and night fence details, and drifting leaves and petals.
  • Simplified character shadows while keeping grounded shadows and the ship’s waves, buoyancy, and animated sails.
  • Updated the website’s Chapter One scenery and story illustrations, keeping the opening focused on Willow Valley with parallax, tilt, and animated explorers.
  • Refreshed Pan’s breathing animation on the website.
13 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (201)
  • 1.1.0 (200)
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More life across the Adventure

  • Added playful laughter and hop reactions when tapping characters in Chapters One and Two, with easier-to-tap targets.
  • Refreshed Bella and Pan’s walking, Bella’s flower-light spell, and Pan’s relaxed breathing animation.
  • Added explorer-specific Chapter loading illustrations, matching score portraits, and refreshed Bella app and launch artwork.
  • Refined challenge cues and character sizing for Kiko and Brooklyn, plus Bon Bon’s day and night foreground.
  • Added daytime birds and nighttime bats to the Landing, with Bella and Pan appearing in sequence.
  • Refined Chapter loading transitions and kept Pan’s full breathing pose visible in Characters.
  • Brought every Characters profile to life with unique idle movement and character-specific greetings.
  • Expanded the story of Willow Valley, Tappy’s missing treasure, and its journey home across dialogue, voices, and World details.
  • Gave Chapter story illustrations and narration more time on screen, with varied messages between scenes.
  • Added more expressive character reactions and expanded Clawz’s Chapter Two performance.
  • Refreshed the Landing with new day and night hill artwork, naturally varied Treasure Trail coin glints, and closer Bella and Pan placement.
  • Expanded the Chapter Three homecoming with both explorers, spoken welcome dialogue, and the complete seven-character finale.
  • Improved explorer selection on iPad with larger characters, comfortable spacing, and clearer grounding.
  • Refreshed the website with new Chapter illustrations, a new Bella navigation portrait, and an updated Willow Valley social preview.
  • Added an optional music control to the website Landing, with playback that follows you as you explore.
  • Expanded BK + Dad’s opening story with floating Bella and Pan portraits and roomier Chapter navigation.
15 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (183)
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  • 1.1.0 (176)
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Voices and presentation

  • Added new voices for Bella, Pan, Tappy, Kiko, Brooklyn, Bon Bon, and Clawz across the Adventure.
  • Updated character groups throughout the Adventure after Biscuit’s departure.
  • Refined Saltwind Coast’s opening, Chapter-ready dialogue, and Tappy’s landscape finale.
  • Made transitions between Chapters and scenes feel faster and smoother.
  • Kept Math Time consistent from the first question through the final score.
  • Refined travel through the world, Kiko’s route, and the Completion Summary.
  • Made explorer selection feel more immediate and refreshed the Landing hill, shadows, and rotating Chapter crest.
  • Added warm day and cool night reflections to the Landing’s Treasure Trail coins.
10 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (154)
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The complete three-Chapter Adventure

  • Opened Goldtide Sea and the complete Chapter Three voyage from Saltwind to Willow Valley.
  • Refined the pirate ship, flags, water, mist, voyage effects, homecoming, and final score.
  • Reworked questions, retries, answer choices, and correct-answer celebrations across every Chapter.
  • Added Adventure Window widgets and aligned character artwork across the app.
  • Refreshed the Bella and Pan crest, Chapter introductions, informational maps, and Landing atmosphere.
5 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (137)
  • 1.1.0 (136)
  • 1.1.0 (135)
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  • 1.1.0 (129)

Interaction and presentation

  • Made character encounters easier to spot with clearer tap cues and steadier character scale.
  • Added Tappy’s greeting and farewell audio and refined Chapter dialogue timing.
  • Simplified launch presentation, question retries, coin feedback, and score navigation.
  • Rebuilt the Landing reveal with responsive day and night depth, atmosphere, and grounded shadows.
5 Builds
  • 1.1.0 (128)
  • 1.1.0 (125)
  • 1.1.0 (122)
  • 1.1.0 (120)
  • 1.1.0 (117)

Saltwind Coast

  • Expanded the Adventure into a complete second Chapter across Saltwind Coast.
  • Added Biscuit, Tappy, Clawz Cove, Driftwood Bridge, Saltbough Wood, and the coastal finale.
  • Introduced live day and night transitions, richer foliage, Landing parallax, and layered town depth.
  • Refined audio, saved progress, cumulative scores, and the Chapter-to-Chapter handoff.
2 Builds
  • 1.0.1 (108)
  • 1.0.1 (107)

Willow Valley finale

  • Polished the Dragon’s Lair finale, takeoff choreography, audio, and ending camera.
  • Improved question retries, landing actions, saved-progress feedback, and Kiko’s encounter.
  • Made Our Story freely draggable in landscape and refined the launch and score presentation.
Early development

The adventure begins

Willow Valley’s winding paths, mushroom houses, river, and mountain lair.
Willow Valley, where the adventure begins. Current world illustration.
  • Introduced Bella and Pan explorer selection and the opening math-question gameplay.
  • Added Bon Bon encounters, rewards, and the journey trail.
  • Expanded map exploration with lantern lighting and richer scenery.
  • Added saved adventures and local score history.
  • Introduced selectable math difficulty.
  • Added confirmation before replacing a saved adventure, keeping completed scores safe.
  • Refined character animation, dialogue, and question feedback.