Show HN: Free Math game for 6-8 years old – no accounts, works offline

by redcat99 • 3 days ago

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vunderba• 3 days ago

Nice 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

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

redcat992• 3 days ago

Fair 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_massa2• 3 days ago

It'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?

redcat992• 3 days 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_massa2• 3 days ago

I 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!]

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