Test Tube Games
Simon has had hours of fun with Test Tube Games, a science games portal featuring interactive explanations and dynamic puzzles on Chemistry and Physics. He has created two simulations based … Continue reading Test Tube Games
Category: Simon makes gamez
Tchisla Clone
Simon is working on a clone of Tchisla, an absorbing number puzzle app from the (Russian!!) creators of Euclidea. The aim is to represent numbers as arithmetical expressions using only … Continue reading Tchisla Clone
How Can Math Help Resolve Racial Segregation?
This is Simon’s contribution to #blacklivesmatter How Can Math Help Resolve Racial Segregation? This video and coding project is based on Segregation Solitaire by Thomas Schelling, an American mathematician and … Continue reading How Can Math Help Resolve Racial Segregation?
The Grand Quadratic Formula Quiz!
Simon has been pondering a lot about various ways to visualize or prove the quadratic formula. He eventually came up with a 4-meter-long quiz sheet, slowly revealing the logic behind … Continue reading The Grand Quadratic Formula Quiz!
Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan in p5.js
Simon has recreated the CodingGame.com’s Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan game in p5.js to be able to work on the AI versions after the spring challenge has finished. Link to Simon’s … Continue reading Spring Challenge 2020 PacMan in p5.js
Scientific Thinking: Pulleys
Simon was inspired by the Scientific Thinking course on Brilliant.org to create this pulley simulation in Algodoo. You can download Simon’s scene called “Pulleys” and play with it yourself. They … Continue reading Scientific Thinking: Pulleys
New Friends. New Horizons.
Thanks to the lock-down, Simon’s got new friends. For a little over a month now, he has been part of exciting daily discussions, challenging coding sessions and just playing together … Continue reading New Friends. New Horizons.
Autonomous Google Bee Game
Inspired by the Google Bee Game published on Earth Day 2020, Simon created his own autonomous bee game, “a combination of a cellular automaton and a Turing machine”. Simon’s code: … Continue reading Autonomous Google Bee Game
Math and Game Theory Outside
Since mid-March, all playgrounds have been closed in Belgium, so we’ve been left with simply taking walks, first at the park and then, after we were no longer allowed to … Continue reading Math and Game Theory Outside
Ancient Chinese Game Luk Tsut K’i Game in p5.js
Play Simon’s game: https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/present/1pGeJY7c Code: https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/sketches/1pGeJY7c Simon learned this game on Brilliant.org at https://brilliant.org/practice/winning-moves/?chapter=competitive-games (Warning: this link will only work if you have a Premium Subscription to Brilliant). Brilliant describes … Continue reading Ancient Chinese Game Luk Tsut K’i Game in p5.js
Fun crafty puzzles Simon did with Neva
Three boxes with fruit, all the three labels are misplaced. What is the minimum number of times one will have to sample a random piece of fruit from one of … Continue reading Fun crafty puzzles Simon did with Neva
Tic-Tac-Tic-Tac-Toe-Toe in p5.js
Simon has programmed this game of Tic-Tac-Tic-Tac-Toe-Toe Game in p5.js from scratch. He and his sister have had hours of fun playing it (and she turned out to be better … Continue reading Tic-Tac-Tic-Tac-Toe-Toe in p5.js
Geeks out of the box 