I wrote a while ago about the willingness and ability of current generations to discover rules, procedures and properties for themselves, often in computer games. Samorost and Treasure Box were a couple of enjoyably surrealistic examples. Interesting to see the makers of Samorost commissioned by the Beeb to produce a revision tool for 11-year olds. The combination of problem-solving and answering curriculum-based questions is a bit clunky but Questionaut is a treat nonetheless…
Questionaut
Hello again nige,
I made a mental note to tell you about this, and then promptly forgot – doh!! Discovered this about 3 weeks ago – then made David play it too. We both love it. Looked at a few comments on a couple of forums though and saw a few complaints along the lines of “it’s not hard enough…the questions weren’t that tricky…” um, think they perhaps didn’t realise it was for children. Actually I must confess I found some of the levels quite tricky!!!
You’re so good with your blog – I really must pull my finger out as far as mine is concerned.
See you very soon.
xx