Ko's Journey
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 Title screen | |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ko's Journey is an educational math game designed to teach middle school math curriculum through a story-based method. Following an approach similar to predecessor games such as the The Oregon Trail, Ko uses a story method. Ko, a young girl whose village has been attacked, must find her way back to her kin. With the help of her grandfather's spirit grandfather, Ko finds a guidebook that helps her travel through ancient wilderness using math that makes sense within the story. For example, she encounters a sick wolf pup she must save by mixing medicine in particular ratios with the aid of the medicine woman. Later, Ko meets "Luna of Night Sky" who teaches her about Cartesian Coordinates and how stars are mapped in the night sky.
Gameplay
The game has twelve lessons overall. Each lesson has a different activity and piece of the plot. Those activities include Compass Navigation, Time, Weight, Ratios, Proportions, Percentages, Coordinates, Distance, Spectrum, Circle Measurement, Vertical and Horizontal Positions and Light Position.[1]