A while ago I was thinking about writing a book. Something aimed at 3-6 graders. I thought I would call it 10 Video Games That Strengthen Your Brain!\
But I don’t know about many games that would do that, so I need your help!
If there is a game that you think would make you think, please say what the game is!
But I have some rules:
[ul]- The game cannot have any violence or mature content.
The game cannot be at an extremely high price ( 80+ Canadian Dollars)
The game should be interesting, and have lots to explore in the game[/ul]
Games I have already:
[ul]- Automation (Of course )
Are you interested in any particular demographic other than 3-6 grade? And are you interested in any specific kind of brain training or just in general?
I wonder if The Incredible Machine is still around. Man that was the bomb… That is to say I have a bunch of retro options if that’s appropriate. Most of them would be abandonware too
I also have an MMO option that’s probably geared 99% towards girls of that age group, but MMO, is that within your scope?
i have a few. that i might categorize into ‘easy’ and ‘hard’
easy:
big pharma
infiniFactory
human resource machine (easy-ish. the concept is easy, the first 30% is easy, i don’t think even i could finish that game without breaking at least my own computer. and brain)
hard:
PolyBridge
factorio
not sure:
scribblenauts
Civilization series or other turn-based strategy games in general
and im actually not sure as to how automation is actually an educating game…
edit:
well if you consider it that way. i guess it is an educating game, just in a specific criteria.
[quote=“koolkei”]
and im actually not sure as to how automation is actually an educating game…[/quote]
Automation is educating because if you are a newbie to the car world which some kids might be, Automation can teach you about different things like reliability, power, economy, aerodynamics, grip, handling, price, and all other sorts of things!
Automation was able to teach me the basics of mechanical things and allowed me to further develop my knowledge, I’d say it’s a pretty educational game.
It’s getting on now but I got Gran Turismo 1 when I was about 5. Admittedly a bit younger but weirdly it helped me with maths with bigger numbers (credits), there’s probably still a lot of useful engineering stuff to be learned about from it as well.
Showing my age here but the early sim games like SimEarth and SimAnt are fun ways to introduce kids to their subject matter (geological progression and evolution for the one, and the little microworlds that take place even in their own back yard.)
I cannot give you my opinion on the games. But I can give you one on writing the book itself.
You see, writing a book requires a lot of skills, determination, discipline and some other stuff that I can’t think of right now. It’s a huge undertaking and it’s really frickin difficult to do (not do right, just do). As far as I’ve seen even your Injection Magazine on this forums you didn’t wrote the review yourself. That wouldn’t be a good way to show your writing skill, would it?
My advice is that you should finish a challenge you started on this forum first, as that’s much easier than what you seems to be aiming for with your theoretical book and is actually quite a good training on keeping schedule. And also a good way to learn prose, because creating an interesting challenge requires good write up. Writing essays also help training massively, but you have to show it to other people, not judging them yourself.
Hell, if you attend English class you should already know what you’re capable of in terms of writing. The problem is other people don’t know what you’re capable of, and if I may be quite honest. From just a few of your posts and works here it doesn’t appear to be that you have had much training in this sort of thing at all. NormanVauxhall on IRC and forum can also tell you other stuff I may have not able to think of that’s relevant to this.
The idea is a good start. But before you start you better have the skill to do so. I hope you good luck. You’ll need it regardless.
[quote=“conan”]I cannot give you my opinion on the games. But I can give you one on writing the book itself.
You see, writing a book requires a lot of skills, determination, discipline and some other stuff that I can’t think of right now. It’s a huge undertaking and it’s really frickin difficult to do (not do right, just do). As far as I’ve seen even your Injection Magazine on this forums you didn’t wrote the review yourself. That wouldn’t be a good way to show your writing skill, would it?
My advice is that you should finish a challenge you started on this forum first, as that’s much easier than what you seems to be aiming for with your theoretical book and is actually quite a good training on keeping schedule. And also a good way to learn prose, because creating an interesting challenge requires good write up. Writing essays also help training massively, but you have to show it to other people, not judging them yourself.
Hell, if you attend English class you should already know what you’re capable of in terms of writing. The problem is other people don’t know what you’re capable of, and if I may be quite honest. From just a few of your posts and works here it doesn’t appear to be that you have had much training in this sort of thing at all. NormanVauxhall on IRC and forum can also tell you other stuff I may have not able to think of that’s relevant to this.
The idea is a good start. But before you start you better have the skill to do so. I hope you good luck. You’ll need it regardless.[/quote]
I am a good writer, but you do have some points. When I was doing Injection Magazine (which is now just Injection) I did not have a lot of time at all and it still feels that way. I do have some writing skill, but not enough to make a huge book probably. I am doing this as an experiment kind of, so if it does not get off the ground, I would just go back to being normal.
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