Minute of Math
Ready, set, solve!
What Minute of Math is about…
Minute of Math is an iOS game for math whizzes, math novices looking to improve, or people that just want to stay sharp.
An addition, a subtraction, a multiplication, and a division walk into a bar…
Four sets of four problems. Your score is your time. See how you stack up with others on the leaderboard. Maybe you’ve been a math whiz all along and this is how you find out.
It is hard, I know. It’s not meant to be easy. But I think it’s fun to test yourself. Live a little.
The Game
two modes …
“Open Play” will randomly generate rounds. Our version of practice. Play as many times as your heart desires.
“Daily Challenge” feeds every player the same set of problems once a day. All scores are posted to a global leaderboard displayed on the home screen. See how you stack up against the rest of the user base.
four problems …
One addition, one subtraction, one multiplication, and one division per round. The big red timer keeps your score and, according to user feedback: “induces anxiety”. Having a hard time finding a technical solution to that one…
solve for the featured number …
The big number at the top is affectionately known as the “featured number”. The goal is to fill in the black for each operation to that is equals the featured number. You’ll know you got it right when the bubble turns green and your cursor automatically goes to the next bubble.
scoring …
Once your suffering has terminated and you feel like you can breath again you’ll see what your final score was. And if you played the “Daily Challenge”, hopefully you see your name and icon on the leaderboard.
trial and error …
You’ll know you got it wrong when the bubble is still red. But fret not, you can keep trying until it turns green. There is no time limit. All your scores are saved locally so you can see your improvement over time. Or you could always give up, but for the sake of this independent developer: please don’t ;)
How Minute of Math functions…
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Swift
SwiftUI
Firebase (database management)
Firebase functions (daily challenge automation)