We took a short break from games to work on quizzes. The old version of the site had many online quizzes, and all of them will eventually be translated over to the new site. We started out with just three - two are geography quizzes, and one is a quiz about famous explorers. Each quiz has 10 questions, but in some cases they draw from a larger pool of questions, so you can do the same quiz multiple times and get different questions. For example, the "Asian Capitals" quiz has 29 countries and capitals, so the 10 question quiz is never quite the same each time you try it.
You can find the quizzes here: Quizzes!
Number Quest is the newest game on the site. This game is renamed from "Secret Number" on the old site. The reasoning for the change is simply that what used to be called "Secret Number II" was by far the more popular of the games, and we wanted to name it simply "Secret Number." Thus, the game formerly known as "Secret Number" needed a new name.
In the new version of Secret Number, you don't have to select questions from a drop down list. Instead, you check the questions you want to ask (yes, you can ask multiple questions at once!) and then click "Ask."
Beware of asking too many questions at once: you start with 1000 points, but you spend 25 points on each question you ask, and 50 points each time you click "Ask." Thus, you will get the best score if you think carefully about how you "bunch" your questions.
You will lose 200 points every time you make an incorrect guess.
When you are ready to guess, you can either type your number, or use the keypad to enter your guess.
After a hiatus to work on some other projects, there are a couple new changes on the site.
Pro Membership
On the live version of the site, you can purchase a very inexpensive "Pro Membership," which removes ads from the site. Now your pro membership transfers over to the new site, and you shouldn't see ads here, either. If you have a pro membership, but you're still seeing ads on the new site, go back to the "dev tester" page on the old site and re-login.
World of Words
World of Words is a new blog which will be maintained by Laura; she will be doing a "word of the month" feature, using words she chooses. But if you would like to suggest a favorite word for her to write about, you can use the contact form to make your suggestion!
What's Next?
I'm hoping to have more changes, and perhaps a couple more games on the site next week. Stay tuned!
If you've been looking for math games, three have been added to the site today! Here they are:
If you've played these on the old site, you'll notice that the interface is different for all of them. Gone are the days of dragging the numbers around the screen. Instead, click once to select, and then click a second time to drop. It may seem awkward at first, if you're used to the old way, but in the long run you'll find it much easier. The change should be helpful to mobile users; the mobile feedback has generally been that a drag is a much harder move than a click-to-pick-up, click-to-drop.
There may not be any new games cropping up on the site for a couple weeks, but have no fear; there will be more!
Thanks so much to all of you who have participated in giving suggestions and feedback. Special thanks to zapot and AlexanderBeetle, whose suggestions, questions, and bug reports in the community forum have been invaluable in improving the games.
* Subtraction Triangles has also been added to the daily games list!
Two new games have been added to the site, so if you're interested in testing either of them, here they are:
Secret Number
This is the game that used to be called "Secret Number 2" on the old site. Use the clues the site gives you to determine the secret 3-digit number. In this version there is no text area to enter your guess; simply type the number you want, and it'll show up in the highlighted box. The highlighting rotates through the three available digits.
Note that renaming this game to "Secret Number" means that the game which used to be called "Secret Number" now needs a new name! I have a thread in the discussion forum for people to suggest new names for that game.
Rotating Block Puzzle
The graphic experience for this game has been significantly improved from the old site; now you can actually see the blocks rotate, which helps the player visualize how this really works. Your goal, if you're not familiar with the puzzle from the old site, is to get the four colors together in the four corners of the playing board. This is a challenging puzzle, so you may want to start out with the difficulty set to "Novice". When it is set to novice, the puzzle can be solved by rotating only one set of blocks.
Bug Fixes
One of our members pointed out that if you are on a mobile device, and shift your screen orientation, the "Game Over" dialog is no longer centered. This should be fixed now. Also, the same member noted that if you close and reopen the "Game Over" dialog, the buttons no longer work. This should also be fixed.
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