Heart Calcopus
An octopus sets you sums under water, and a clock decides how long you get to answer each one.
- Category:
- Puzzle
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- A session:
- about five minutes
- Input:
- touch
About Heart Calcopus
The game puts arithmetic in bubbles and asks you to answer before the time runs out. The octopus reacts to what you get right, and a score counts what you managed. The numbers do all the talking, so there is nothing to read before you start.
This is a drill dressed as a game, and it is honest about that. The pressure comes from the clock rather than from the size of the numbers, so a run ends when you slow down. It runs at 800 by 600 in either orientation, and it works on a phone as well as on a desktop.
How to play
- Read the sum the octopus shows you.
- Pick the answer on screen before the timer empties.
- Keep answering to build the score.
- Start again and try to beat what you scored last time.
Controls
| Tap or click | Everything. One input does the whole game. |
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Tips
- Do not stall on one sum. The clock, not the arithmetic, is what ends the run.
- Play a second run straight after the first. The game is built around the score you left behind.