TuxMath
Tux, of Math Command (known as TuxMath) is an open source
arcade-style video game for learning mathematics, initially created for
Linux. The main goal is to make it effective and fun!
You play the part of Commander Tux, as he defends his friends
from an attack of math equations. The game-play mechanic is based
loosely on that of the arcade
game Missile Command, but with comets falling on cities, rather than
missiles. Like Missile Command, players attempt to protect their
cities. Your mission is to protect your penguin's igloos from
the math problem "comets" that drop out of the sky.
As of version 1.7.0, TuxMath also includes a completely new
game activity, "Factoroids", which gives practice in factoring numbers
and simplifying fractions, as well as zapping rocks floating
through space.
Features include:
- Multiple user support (useful for schools)
- On-screen tutorials
- High score table
- Training Academy lessons allow the players to pause the
game and control its speed, and offer a chance to build confidence with
new facts
- Multiplayer mode
- Missions:
- Arcade games:
- Space Cadet - simple addition
- Scout - addition and subtraction to ten
- Ranger - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division to ten
- Ace - all four operations with operands to 20,
including negative numbers and "missing number" type questions
- Commando - all of above plus multiple operands - e.g. -3
x ? + 14 = 2
- Factoroids: activity to train factorization
- Localization to a number of
languages (Norwegian-Nynorsk, Norwegian-Bokmal, Czech, Dutch and French)
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