|
|
Site features |
|
You can, with a click, quickly access any of these topics and return here, or just scroll down and get to all of them, in this order. Graphics Getting around Our Logo Movie The Fast Lane Puzzle Parlor Memory Matching Games Other Amusements Archives of our history Coloring Book The Life of Games Emmy-winning Video Other special attractions Who did it (Site design credits) Icons We've provided hot links on some custom symbols. The site's organization lets you reach "Home" (top of the Index page) and nearly anything else within 3 clicks, without ever resorting to the BACK button. Here are the icons you can click on and what they do. (Hint: Some of these are playful hot buttons, too.)  Miniature of Product Index menu brings you directly to the Product Index portion of the Home page. (Have you noticed that it's made of 3 pentominoes joined?)  Purple logos are navigational links. Green logos access the order form...next to a product, they add the item to your order form; on the bottoms of pages they merely let you view its current status. Yellow logos appear at the tops of most pages and are an instant beam-out to the top of the Index page ("Home"). Red logos appear at the tops of individual highlight pages and are an alternate link back to the antecedent page. Multi-color logos at the bottoms of certain sections are a link back to the Fast Lane menu, the quick tour for first-time visitors. Silver logos denote items or activities connected to Kadon's 25th anniversary celebration throughout the year 2005. Question marks in the Product Index connect to a brief definition of their topic. Just click them. Click this one for a little demo. T buttons in the Product Index open the thumbnail gallery of their respective sections, showing at a glance a miniature of every product in that section. The miniatures link to their full-size descriptions. Red squares at the tops of most pages drop you directly to the bottom of that page or section (psst, this is a secret).Kadon Enterprises, Inc. or Kadon Enterprises, Inc., wherever highlighted (including here and in any copyright notice at page bottoms) is email contact ... you can reach us with just a click from almost any page.  Whatever color, shape or size, balloons are all hot. PLAY buttons next to any product description are a link to an interactive area where you can play that puzzle, either by solving in our Puzzle Parlor or as a memory matching game. Elsewhere, like this one, they lead to other playable features. SEE buttons are a link to relevant and interesting pictures to look at about the topic they accompany. Treasure chests mark our "Treasured Oldies" — puzzles from long ago that went out of print and deserve to be rediscovered and further developed. Click chests for historical notes. (This one challenges you to open the lock.) buttons move you back up to the top of the section you're in. Most sections consist of more than one part. The "top" is at the beginning of the first part, above the section heading. If you want to leave a section early, you can skip to the top anytime and bail out from there to the Home page by clicking the yellow logo. buttons drop you to the bottom of the section you're in. Most sections consist of more than one part. The "bottom" is at the end of the last part. You transit between parts by clicking on "Next" or "Continue." If you want to leave a section anytime, just skip to the bottom and go from there to the Index or to the next mystery destination through the secret doorway. buttons bring the next item on the page into your viewscreen. Neater and quicker than scrolling down, and easier on the eyes, too. They also create smooth transitions between section parts. buttons are near the top of product sections. Clicking them opens a thumbnail gallery of all the items in that section. So will clicking on the heading balloons. The thumbnails are links to the full-size pictures. has been added as a reassurance for those who, like our web guru Tom Franklin, like some sense of direction at what appears to be the end of a page. This button occurs in sections that have more than one part. It does the same thing the "Next" button does, moving you into the next part of that section.
Secret doorways lead to other sections and form a complete loop through the entire gamepuzzles gallery. There's one at the end of every product section, with playful names like "Wormhole" and "Transporter Room" (yes, we like Star Trek).  Bears appear seasonally or with special messages. Before Christmas they link to special pages about holiday orders, gift-wrapping, shipping instructions, and early-order bonuses. At New Year's a couple of cheery bears drink a toast. On certain custom order pages the bear takes a bow for the extra service. This one has his own ideas.
 Silver emblems commemorate the 25th anniversary of Kadon and products we've made for 25 years. Graphics All the puzzle graphics, other than photos, are shown at relative scale except where noted. A couple of the really large sets wouldn't have fit on your screen otherwise. Please see the text for specific sizes. The graphics are as true to the real thing as you can get ... they're from the same CADD program our laser uses to cut the pattern. And while the colors of the graphics can only approximate the beauty, vividness and hue of the acrylic puzzles, and individual variations of your browser and monitor may also alter their actual appearance a bit, the illustrations are a good general guide. Photos are not to scale since the subjects vary greatly in relative size. With many of the products shown in photos we've provided an enlarged view you can access by clicking on the small one. The file size is indicated for the larger image. We've compressed them to speed your download time. For the animated graphics and interactive features of our Puzzle Parlor, we are indebted to the wizards at Shockwave and their Flash technology and the artistry of Chris Palmer. Some playful graphics are hidden here and there: a cat that walks through walls, a teddybear who takes a bow, a logo that separates into puzzle pieces that dance around, and other surprises and prizes to be added from time to time. Have fun finding them! Getting around We've grouped the games and puzzles in sections by categories or themes. Some items may appear in more than one section. You can visit the various areas by clicking on their captions in the Product Index or the Site Map. An extended list of categories, each with its own thumbnail gallery, is in the Search Index. At the top of each section you'll see how many items and pages it contains and a list of the games therein. Their links let you visit them in any order, or you can move down the page sequentially by scrolling or clicking the "Next" button. The partitioning of the list gives a picture of what's on each page. The pages are numbered. A link at page bottoms leads to the next page. The section name at top of each page links back to that section's first page. Clicking the "Browse" button or section title balloon opens a thumbnail gallery of all the games in that section, for a quick overview. Click the thumbnail picture to take you to that game. From each game you can return to the "Top" of the section or skip to its "Bottom" by clicking those buttons. You can also open the thumbnail galleries with the T buttons in the Product Index on the home page. Many products in each section have individual highlight pages linked from their text or illustration. Go there only if you want additional information, such as larger pictures, color choices, or more detailed explanations of game rules or other interesting facts about that specific product. A highlight page always links you back to its product. You never need to use your BACK button. About pages that open in new windows:— For your ease of navigation, a referenced page will open in a new window unless it has a link back. That way you can use the link back or, if there isn't one, just close the new window, and you'll be back on the page you started from. No way to get lost, and no need ever to use the BACK button. At the end of each section you can choose to return to the Index for the next area to visit, or contact us by email or phone, or access the Order Form about any purchases you'd like to make, or take a shortcut to another section through playfully named portals in the lower left corner. To take a Grand Tour of the entire gamepuzzles gallery without repeatedly returning to the Product Index, always follow the playful portals at the end of each section, starting at the bottom of the Index page (marked Entrance). If you're looking for a particular game by name, go to the Alphabetical Listing in the Product Index and click on the product name for direct access. If you're shopping by price, see the Indexed by Price listing. If you're looking for special features, check the Search Index. We've tried to make your visit here as pleasant, convenient and inviting as possible. We hope you'll visit often and purchase our games for your continuing enjoyment.
Some other memory games are hidden in unexpected places as part of our collection of secret surprises. We won't tell you where the entrances are, but the puzzles themselves are these: Other Amusements A variety of play activities are tucked away here and there. You may find them by chance as you browse in the backrooms of this site, or get to them from this list. Your solutions may win a prize. We'll add new games here from time to time as we think of them or find them. Those marked with * are by others; we share them here because they're great fun and kin to our own material. A few use paper and pencil, not your mouse.
Some of these games may require your browser to have Java enabled. For Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options > Advanced, then scroll down to 'JIT Enabled' and check the check-box. If you still get a blank, download the latest Java plug-in.
Coloring Book We present a cool online entertainment — paint a meta-graphic design (DUALITY by Kate Jones) in any way that pleases you, from our presented palette of hues, and name it, save it, print it or send it to friends. The design is a geometric abstract with metaphysical themes. With just a few clicks of the paint tool, you can bring out the meanings you see. Use the supplied .GIF template in your paint program, or paint it online in the Flash Painter version (Flash-5 plugin required, free to download from Macromedia). Permanent art pieces in lasercut acrylic can also be ordered, to your color specifications. New designs to come. The Life of Games A unique online journal of scholarly and exploratory articles on the subject of why and how we play. . . How games have been an important part of every culture throughout history; how we know what rules are, and why we want rules. Fascinating unfolding of ideas, well edited and attractively presented. Founded October 1999. Come explore with us. Articles from interested thinkers and writers are invited. New issues added from time to time. Emmy-winning Video A four-minute segment about Kadon's beautiful, mathematically inspired puzzles, with narration by Kate Jones, was produced by Violet Carberry for Maryland Public Television in 2002 as part of its "Artworks this Week" program. It won an Emmy for short subject in April 2003. The file is 28MB, so allow plenty of download time (an hour or more) if you don't have DSL.
Other special attractions Other features on this website include a Postings bulletin board for your comments and questions (temporarily disabled and possibly terminally compromised by spam invasions), a Mini-Quiz for fun and fame, a list of Contests we sponsor, a considerable Resources section of links to other useful sites, a calendar of Shows where we'll appear, an FAQ page, and background information about who we are. Then visit the Maryland Renaissance Festival, and don't miss our mascot. There are also .pdf files you can download and print out for a condensed paper catalog.
For lots of useful information, see New Stuff, where we update you on additions and announcements; How to Order and how to Contact us. The Search Index provides a quick overview of all the product categories, with links to thumbnail galleries. This Site Features page [you are here] gives a summary and description of all the special features. For a complete sweep of all the parts, visit the Site Map.
We'd also like to thank Dr. Ali Kooshesh of the computer sciences
department of Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, for his
invaluable help in constructing the first draft of the product description pages. Kamran Sedaghatkish's critiques were most helpful in the final stages before launch. Teacher and website creator Tom Franklin taught us the value of hyperlinking abundantly. Matt Kalina, Laser Applications Inc. web guru, mentored us on meta-tags. Peter Aleff advised on color scheme, and Bjarne Viken inspired the streamlining of the homepage. A special tribute to Dick Jones for his continuing support and for bringing home an HTML guidebook. |
|
1227 Lorene Drive, Suite 16 Pasadena, MD 21122 +1 (410)437-2163 |
|
To Product
Index |