I just submitted AppMobi’s first product to the App Store.

We were looking for a fairly simple app to use as a learning experience. After toying with a few ideas, we ended up settling on a puzzle game that my son and I initially wrote during “take your kid to work day.” What started as a simple slide puzzle grew a number of features including tile spinning, image importing, picture taking, and more. Here’s the description from the app store:

SpinSlide is an enhanced iPhone version of the little plastic “15 sliding tiles” puzzle. The object of the game is to get the tiles in 1-15 order by sliding them, using the one open tile space.

But SpinSlide adds a whole new dimension to the simple “15″ puzzle …

Unlike the classic game, SpinSlide pieces also rotate when shuffled. Finding their correct orientation is easy when the tiles are numbered, but SpinSlide lets you create challenging picture puzzles from our provided library, from your camera roll, and even by taking a photo.

To start, choose a puzzle, then shake your iPhone or Touch to jumble the pieces. Simply move the tiles with your finger. You can move a row of tiles by sliding the end tile.

To rotate a tile, tap and hold on the tile and it will “zoom” under your finger. Rotate your finger clockwise or counterclockwise and the tile will rotate as well. Let go and the tile will drop back into the puzzle. You can also rotate the piece after it zooms by touching the screen with another finger and moving the finger the way you want it to rotate.

Since most games are played during limited spare time, SpinSlide lets you determine how hard you want the puzzle to be. A simple numbered puzzle takes 3-5 minutes to solve, and one of our un-numbered hard puzzles can take as long as 20 minutes for the skilled player.

There are a ton of “me-too” slider puzzle games in the App Store, some priced higher than SpinSlide. SpinSlide brings the sliding tile puzzle to a whole new level with features like spinning tiles, built-in puzzles from easy to extremely hard, and the ability to use your own photos and drawings for puzzles. You’ll find SpinSlide to be an app that you enjoy playing over and over again whenever you have a few minutes to entertain yourself with a brain exercising puzzle.

And some screenshots:
Typical Gameplay Solved Number Puzzle Solved Custom Photo Puzzle These numbers can be hidden Options screen

Now it’s just a matter of waiting for Apple approval of both the SpinSlide application and AppMobi’s contracts. We’ll see which comes through first.