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Ask HN: Puzzle games for children without fluffy graphics
I'm in search for games my 4 and 7 year old can play that are satisfying, intellectually stimulant and that make them happy. Not the crappy that appears in any search for "games for kids" (I mean stupid games with lots of colors and sound and bouncing pictures of cats).
I've had some small success with some 2 or 3 games from https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/, plus https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stollenmayer.philipp.Pop_1_1_Android, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agc.physicsline, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexgwyn.slider and http://asherv.com/threes/, but that's all.
The experience was not great in any of those games, since they are made for adults, they're somewhat simple to grasp, but then out of nothing they start to add gotchas that I can perceive easily, but not the children (I'm thinking more about the Android games here).
- fiatjaf 9y agoI imagine that the ideal puzzle for children would be a abstract game with easy controls and a linear learning curve, if that makes any sense.
- corysama 9y agoI widely recommend the DragonBox series. DBox Algebra does a good job of teaching algebra to kids who can barely do arithmetic. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wewanttoknow.DragonBoxPlus&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wewanttokn...
- pramodliv1 9y agoA 10 year old I know loves http://gameaboutsquares.com http://gameaboutsquares.com