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Show HN: Free Math game for 6-8 years old – no accounts, works offline
- vunderba 3mo agoNice job - it's a similar mechanic to a game I created many years ago where you steer Aladdin on a carpet up and down to the right "lane" for the correct answer when learning multiplication tables while dodging incoming rocks. https://mordenstar.com/projects/mathemagic https://mordenstar.com/projects/mathemagic Small bit of feedback: Recommend hiding the little robot or moving him off the physical lanes, I could that being a distraction for a child trying to focus on answering the questions
- redcat99 3mo agoFair point on the robot - I'll try moving him properly off-road and keeping him still while a question is live. Thanks for actually playing it.
- gus_massa 3mo agoIt's very strange that the stars appear before the numbers and then they move. Why the up key send me to the middle lane? [Perhaps I'm too old] but I think the game is too slow. Is it possible to start with a faster speed and then slow down in case the kid does not pick the correct solution?
- redcat99 3mo ago> [Perhaps I'm too old] but I think the game is too slow. Is it possible to start with a faster speed and then slow down in case the kid does not pick the correct solution? On speed: it defaults to the slowest setting because the target player is 6 and still doing finger-counting mid-drive :) There's a "Grown-ups" section on the menu with a car speed setting (Relaxed/Steady/Normal). Starting fast and easing off on mistakes is a nice idea; difficulty already adapts that way, so speed could too.
- gus_massa 3mo agoI got to the biggest/smallest section. It's weird that the instructions appear at the bottom and the numbers at the top. I had to switch my vision to read it. Are you planing to add localization? [Hi from Argentina!]