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Hello HN ! Thanks to the nice comments here. Very appreciated! To add a bit to the discussion: we made 3 games so far, 2 versions of our algebra game and one
by lacostej 11y ago
Hello HN !
Thanks to the nice comments here. Very appreciated!
To add a bit to the discussion: we made 3 games so far, 2 versions of our algebra game and one about geometry (Euclidian geometry proof really).
We also co-organized Algebra Challenges with our research partner the University of Washington. As an example, one of those events, in Norway last year, gathered 36k students from ages 7 to 16. They solved almost 8 million equations in under a week.
We are not just app makers, we are more focused on providing tools and social innovations.
We would like to do coding one day, but first things first! Our next games are targeting younger kids and number sense.
Feel free to ask questions, or take contact!
Jerome, head-nerd @ WWTK :)
- rkda 11y agoWhat's your inspiration for the game btw? Also, how did you design it? :D Any advice for people who want to make similar games? :)
- lacostej 11y agoHere are a few words from my colleague JB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QWyRxj_og https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QWyRxj_og Advice: focus on the kids, test test test
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- AndrewKemendo 11y agoHow did you land on $5.31 for the price on the Android store?
- j_s 11y agoMy first guess would be currency conversion from whatever the Euro price was initially.
- lacostej 11y agoAlmost that :) We're currently based in Norway (with part of the team in France). We use the Norwegian price in NOK as basis. We used to have these nice per-country-almost-rounded-prices, like 4.99$ etc. But the latest European laws affected the Play Store and caused a price change. We didn't really bother trying to round them properly again. Is the current price really too odd ? ;)
- dyarosla 11y agoI've recommended dragon box to quite a few people- it's really done gamification right. It's simply an app to aspire to for other educational game developers; there's often times where I wanted my own lightbot to 'be like dragon box but for coding'. Amazing work guys!
- lacostej 11y agoThanks, very appreciated ! I am downloading lightbot right now. Will test with kids during the week-end :)
- simeonf 11y agoI loved dragonbox and so did my daughters. I just bought lightbot jr for my 4 year old and tweeted a pic. He's currently muttering to himself and it's cracking me up - "Oh this one is hard. All you have to do is put an arrow. Now let's turn the other way." He's debugging! Thanks a bunch!
- hammerbrostime 11y agoHi Jerome, DragonBox has been great for my kids, but honestly I just enjoy doing recreational math myself sometimes, and DragonBox provides a great interface for doing it. Any chance you can continue to release more levels?
- lacostej 11y agoAdding more levels/features to the Algebra game is in our roadmap. Right now we are heavily focusing on the coming products to take the company to a new level :)
- mathattack 11y agoMy son loves Dragonbox and Elements. They're absolutely fantastic! Keep up the good work.
- nathanwdavis 11y agoI can attest that the methodology really does work - at least for my son. I bought it when he turned 6 and he was able to learn with just a tiny help from me. Thanks for building a great learning experience!
- rkda 11y agoPlease please say you'll make one for statistics too. I'd totally buy even though I'm not your target audience. :D
- planckscnst 11y agoMy daughter (9) started playing a couple of months ago, but got bored after several levels (about 30 minutes of play) and hasn't gone back to play yet. She didn't get stuck on a difficult problem, she just was finished playing that game. I've occasionally asked if she has played any more DragonBox, but she is continually uninterested. I'm not sure how to encourage her to make more progress at this point.
- lacostej 11y agoFeel free to take contact directly with us if you want to discuss this further ! Thanks :)
- mturmon 11y agoMy daughter played all 3 games and really enjoyed them, starting around the age of 7 I think. Elements was really a tour de force. (Great name too.). At the top levels, it got pretty hard and you had to think ahead. Kudos to you and the rest of the team.
- erlend_sh 11y agoHey Jerome, grats on the HN feature! =D
- kelukelugames 11y agoThis is awesome. Thank you for making these tools! Any ideas when the other two games will be available on Windows?
- lacostej 11y agoSoon :) You want to beta test ? Take contact.
- kelukelugames 11y agoYes please! I will send you an email now.
- kelukelugames 11y agocto@wewanttoknow.com bounced. :(
- lacostej 11y agotry contact@
- teacup50 11y agoSpecial request! A game that teaches the category of sets as a road towards a more intuitive understanding of category theory.