Poki is based in Amsterdam and has a team of 30 people working on our gaming platform. Our goal is to create the ultimate online playground. Free and open to all. Read more about the platform we are building on our company page. If you are a game developer looking to achieve success for your game on web, discover what we offer and get in touch via Poki for Developers. About Poki. Unsurprisingly, computer games are especially popular among children.
Educators have taken advantage of this fact to create computer games specifically designed for children. They are designed to teach or reinforce concepts and ideas in the context of a computer game. This means that kids can learn while they are having fun. Kids computer games often allow the child to interact with the characters in the game. They can manipulate objects and variables in an effort to solve a goal. Often, they must learn how to solve puzzles, learn facts, or learn new skills before they can advance to the next level of the game.
Some computer games force children to plan ahead and can be effective at developing their strategic thinking skills. After working on and improving these skills in the context of a computer game, the skills can often be transferred over and used to solve problems in real life.
Computer games used for education are a hot topic among many educators. Computer and video games are often portrayed in the media as mindless entertainment that often does more harm than good.
However, there have been emerging studies that actually show the opposite. For this reason, many school systems in the United Stakes and the United Kingdom have begun to include computer games as part of the educational curriculum. One of the first and most widely known computer game for kids was The Oregon Trail. This game was originally developed in by three student teachers in Minnesota. One of the teachers had the idea to create a video game based on a history class that he was currently teaching.
By , the game was accessible by students across Minnesota. The first Apple version was released in , and proved to be extremely popular. Subsequent editions were released in , , , and As late as , an updated version was released for the iPhone. Many adults today can remember playing The Oregon Trail on Apple computers when they were in school.
Another extremely popular educational computer game was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? This game was originally designed as an effort to get children interested in geography facts.
In this game, the player acts as a detective and tries to hunt down Carmen Sandiego as she travels around the world committing crimes. Players would have to know geographical facts in order to follow the right clue leading to the capture of a criminal. It also spun off several television game shows for children on the PBS network. Another classic kids computer game was Math Blaster. Math Blaster was first released in Cuckoo Curling - A fun four-player game that combines the rules of curling with Connect Four.
An easy game to pick up and play with friends, you can play Cuckoo Curling in local or online multiplayer. First Cut is that but in 2D, essentially, offering feudal Japan-themed duels against some truly beautiful pixel art backdrops.
But placement is everything, as every icon has its own set of rules. Brogue, despite staying true to the genre, works hard to feel approachable. The controls make navigating its dungeons a breeze, and the elegant shading makes its symbols atmospheric and readable. Terra Nil - Terra Nil begins at the ultimate end of civilisation, letting you breathe life back into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
In this relaxing, therapeutic anti-builder, you construct devices to cleanse the earth, and to regrow green plants and trees. Instead of friends, your companions here are loads and loads of birds. Just sit back and explore your apartment, examining every nook and every crevice for your feathered friends. Despite the four-fingered hands and alien aviary, it feels like a real city. A real chill city.
Lieve Oma - Lieve Oma takes you on a relaxing jaunt through an autumnal wood on the hunt for mushrooms. As you scamper around, your granny follows slowly behind, teaching you about which mushrooms are okay to eat and teaching you her humble life lessons. Forest Are For Trees - Walking through the forest is something that takes on new meaning in this mind-expanding exploration game, which is small and possibly infinite all at once.
But something funny happens when you make contact with a tree. You might turn into a key to open a lock, or a boat to sail the open sea. They hold power over the world—literally, even, in this text-based puzzle game. You come equipped with a letter remover, which allows you to change the items around you, by deleting a single letter from their names.
In case you were wondering: Yes, it is bastard hard, just less stressful on your reflexes. It's an isometric puzzle-platformer about a girl and her pilgrimage to the edge of the world. The Republia Times - You're the editor of a newspaper in a totalitarian state in this game from the creator of Return of the Obra Dinn. Each day you must choose which stories to run and how much space to give them, impacting your paper's popularity and the government's approval with the general populace.
Smart and cynical. Everything Is Going To Be Okay - Vividly animated creatures deal with existential horror and pain—and are alarmingly sanguine about it—in this cathartic collection of minigames, videos, and quizzes. Head Over Hooves: My Heart Bleats For You - An apocalyptic dating sim where you must make a goat fall in love with you and then sacrifice it to save the world from eternal damnation.
Cooldog Teaches Typing - There are plenty of educational game parodies, but only one features a chihuahua-looking thing as the teacher. Stick Shift - As creator Robert Yang says, "Stick Shift is an autoerotic night-driving game about pleasuring a gay car. Stick Shift is funny while also offering food for thought. Skeal - Recommending Skeal is a tough job because the absolute best experience is to go in with zero idea of what to expect.
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