I've had a great time with Rocksmith for learning guitar
Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
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Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#132There's https://vim-adventures.com/ although I never really enjoyed it, it was a fun game for the first 15minutes.
I also opened this thread to recommend Vim Adventures. I tried teaching myself vim with standard walkthroughs but it was too difficult to remember all of the different key combinations.
Vim Adventures was so effective because it only lets you use the keys that it teaches you, and slowly expands the key set over time. Well worth the $25 if you want a guided introduction.
Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#133Steve Reich’s Clapping Music aims to teach people how to perform a piece of contemporary music from the ground up: http://clappingmusicapp.com/ [full disclosure] I developed this. We collaborated with London Sinfonietta Orchestra to get the pedagogy right. We aimed to make a game that is both engaging and addictive, whilst also teaching real musical skill (in contrast to say Guitar Hero :o). The pedagogy and game mec…
Is there any chance for an android version?
Right? Or even an online version where you tap the space bar or something
Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#134Steve Reich’s Clapping Music aims to teach people how to perform a piece of contemporary music from the ground up: http://clappingmusicapp.com/ [full disclosure] I developed this. We collaborated with London Sinfonietta Orchestra to get the pedagogy right. We aimed to make a game that is both engaging and addictive, whilst also teaching real musical skill (in contrast to say Guitar Hero :o). The pedagogy and game mec…
Excellent app! And great music. Had so much fan playing it instead of sleeping last night.
There’s only one thing I wish (musician here): slightly bigger visual distance before strong beats? Or make a circle a itty bit larger? This is the only reason I might prefer musical notation for sight reading.
Technical question: can you tell about latency? What’s the typical? Is it consistent across devices?
PS now I have to beat this thing on hard...
Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#135https://algebra.sympathyforthemachine.com/
Basic algebra, but from a more proof-oriented perspective.
Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#136Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#137When I would meet non English speakers they always told me they learned English by playing FINAL FANTASY on super nintendo. One day, after several attempts at learning another language it dawned on me "Why don't I play Final Fantasy in -INSERT LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO LEARN HERE". It works like a charm and you'll find the "translation barrier" will be removed very quickly.
I play too much CSGO and was hoping to leverage that to find a group of French players, but I've not really managed yet, still only learning to swear in Russian ... another suggestion is to watch a favourite program on Netflix in your target language. Most adult stuff is too fast/complex for me as yet though, so I'm looking for a kids show (Hello Duggy in French would be super ).
Have you seen Muzzy? Animated story intercut with more standard (but still fun) language learning segments. Idea is that you watch the whole thing in one language and then in another.
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#138Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#139Steve Reich’s Clapping Music aims to teach people how to perform a piece of contemporary music from the ground up: http://clappingmusicapp.com/ [full disclosure] I developed this. We collaborated with London Sinfonietta Orchestra to get the pedagogy right. We aimed to make a game that is both engaging and addictive, whilst also teaching real musical skill (in contrast to say Guitar Hero :o). The pedagogy and game mec…
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Speaking of Steve Reich, if you haven't yet listened to his glorious Music for 18 Musicians ensemble piece (duration: 55 minutes), do give it[1] a try.
An explanation of the composition and its structure:
http://www.18musicians.com/genreunique.html
http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail?musicid=...
[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJWO2FQ16c
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Re: Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?
#140Steve Reich’s Clapping Music aims to teach people how to perform a piece of contemporary music from the ground up: http://clappingmusicapp.com/ [full disclosure] I developed this. We collaborated with London Sinfonietta Orchestra to get the pedagogy right. We aimed to make a game that is both engaging and addictive, whilst also teaching real musical skill (in contrast to say Guitar Hero :o). The pedagogy and game mec…
Thanks for making that game! When I was trying to learn better rhythm, I found it really interesting. I never got very good at it, but it was an engaging tool.