Show HN: Free Math game for 6-8 years old – no accounts, works offline(github.com)

2 pointsby redcat9920 hours ago2 comments

vunderba19 hours 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
- redcat9918 hours 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_massa8 hours 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?
- redcat997 hours 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_massa7 hours 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!]