komponisto comments on Rationality Games & Apps Brainstorming - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 09 July 2012 05:01:19AM *  2 points [-]

A demonstration of DragonBox.

This is brilliant, and has kind of been a dream of mine for a long time.

There is no reason why any kind of mathematics could not, in principle, be made into a video game.

Comment author: philh 09 July 2012 12:41:16PM 6 points [-]

Alligator eggs is a similar concept that could potentially be used to teach lambda calculus.

Comment author: DanielVarga 12 July 2012 02:03:13PM 3 points [-]

Without actual game levels I can't decide whether I'd enjoy Alligator eggs or not. In Manufactoria you have to build Turing machines. I doesn't sound like fun, but I loved it immensely.

Comment author: Emile 09 July 2012 09:42:41AM 0 points [-]

Yep, though it may not be worth the trouble for some "advanced" maths where the number of people learning it drops enough for it not to be worth the effort.

Heck, most of the content of classes at school could be better taught through games.