Case study

A K-5 curriculum game series, 25+ games

More than 25 maths, spelling, sign-language, coding and NGSS-aligned science games for kindergarten to grade 5 — each designed, illustrated and built by us.

  • Lauren Lacey
  • USA
  • 2018 – 2021

When: 2018 – 2021, about 45 projects · Platform: browser (HTML5)

The brief

A complete library of short learning games for kindergarten to grade 5 — each one teaching a specific skill, each one fun enough that a child plays it twice.

How we worked

Every game was delivered in two steps:

  1. Design and art — the mechanic, the characters, the screens, approved before any code.
  2. Build — the game coded in HTML5 against the approved design.

That rhythm let the client review each idea cheaply before paying for development, and it kept more than 25 games consistent across three years.

What we built

Subject Games
Maths Skee-Ball Math · Math Invaders · Pirate Math Attack · Math Splat · Math Monsters · Marine Math · Treasure Math · Mathasaurus · Connect the Numbers · Dino Collect
Spelling Spell Splat · Speed Spell · Zoo Speller Roundup · Alien Spell Invasion · Pirate Defense
Sign language Sign-A-Spell · Sign Spelloons · Signasaurus
Coding and logic Code-asaurus · Logic Laps · Robot-Maze · Looping Lizard
Science (NGSS) Push and Pull (K-PS2-1) · Dino Demolition (K-PS2-2) · Cookie Monster Solar Baking (K-PS3-1) · Zoo Shelter Build (K-PS3-2) · Safari Habitat (K-LS1-1)

The science games are each mapped to a named NGSS performance expectation. We also built the content databases behind the grade 1–5 maths games, so new questions could be added without touching the games.

Watch them

Gameplay videos for most of these are in our game library — try Math Splat, Skee-Ball Math or Dino Demolition.

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