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LiveGrade 1 math game

Plusky

Fix the sky islands with math.

A math game that teaches the BC Grade 1 curriculum. Kids repair floating sky islands while a buddy tutor talks them through each one. Free to start, no account needed.

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The Plusky chapter map: floating islands, some still locked, and the buddy saying "Welcome back! The next island is waiting."
  • 12 chapters
  • 70 islands
  • 29 skills
  • 15-minute sessions
  • 0 ads

What the game is

Every island is broken, and fixing it takes math. Count the planks on a bridge, finish a flower pattern, find how many more make 10. Plusky covers the whole BC Grade 1 math curriculum in 12 chapters, 70 islands and 29 skills.

A session is about 15 minutes and there are no ads. Storm Knots is a co-op mode for playing together, and grown-ups have their own area, reached from the map.

A ten-frame counting question on a floating island: "How many planks are on the bridge?", with answer choices 10, 7 and 9.
Counting planks with a ten-frame.

How a lesson works

A rules engine picks the math and checks every answer. AI only helps word it and never decides what is correct. In a game for young kids, the part that says right or wrong has to be plain code we can test.

A wrong answer costs nothing. The buddy asks a guiding question first. If that does not get there, it counts it out with pictures, so the kid sees why the answer is what it is.

A pattern question on a floating island: "Which flower comes next?", a row of red and purple flowers and three flower choices.
Patterns, one of the 29 skills.

The buddy's voice

Every voice line was checked by transcribing it back to text and comparing it with the script, so what the buddy says always matches the words on screen.

A story scene: a beaver says "This is our plank yard. We stack planks in two rows of five." next to the buddy and a girl in a hard hat.
Story scenes set up the math before the island asks for it.

Plans

Plusky is free to start, with no account needed, and Chapter 1 is free. The Member plan is CA$9.99 a month and the Family plan is CA$14.99 a month.

The Number Workshop: the equation 1 + ? = 10 with one filled dot in a ten-frame, a number pad, and the buddy asking "How many more make 10?"
The Number Workshop, for making 10.

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