✦ Study-first · Local pilot ✦

Spanbound Academy

The crossing game becomes a study session. A question appears above the stage, four answers wait below the islands, and a correct choice grows the bridge to the next marker.

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Pilot status: Academy is currently a local-first build for first-user testing. There are no student accounts, classroom room codes, payments, ads, or leaderboard sync. Progress stays in the browser on the device.
The Study Loop

Choose. Answer. Cross.

Pick a tier and a study material before the run. Each of the ten problems appears in a fixed banner above the stage, with four answer choices in a tray below the gap. The playfield keeps its size while questions open and close.

  • ✦Correct answer: the bridge grows to the next marker and the Architect crosses
  • ✦First miss: the correct answer is revealed and the session clock loses time
  • ✦Two consecutive misses: the session resets to Problem 1
  • ✦Ten problems: the session report appears inside the stage
The Learning Surface

Six materials, five paces

Questions come from the Academy's procedural study generator. Mixed samples every field; the focused materials keep the whole run on one topic. The final two problems step up one tier.

  • ✦Mixed, Math, Angles, Shapes, Fractions, and Patterns
  • ✦Tier clocks from a relaxed 1:00 session down to 0:18 on God
  • ✦Keyboard keys 1–4, or tap/click an answer
  • ✦Selected material is remembered on the device
Session Pacing

Five tiers, one study loop

Every tier runs ten problems. The session clock and per-question clock change; the answer tray does not.

Tier 11:00 session · 15s per question

Easy

10 problems per session

A relaxed first run for new players. The session clock and question clock leave room to read each prompt and choose an answer without rushing.

Focus: Arithmetic, number sense, and mixed review
Tier 20:45 session · 10s per question

Normal

10 problems per session

The default practice pace. Questions move faster while the session still allows a few misses before time runs out.

Focus: Mixed arithmetic, angles, shapes, and patterns
Tier 30:35 session · 8s per question

Hard

10 problems per session

A faster run for players who know the loop. The final two problems step up one tier, so the session finishes under pressure.

Focus: Fractions, geometry, measurement, and data
Tier 40:25 session · 6s per question

Extreme

10 problems per session

Short session time and quick prompts reward accurate first answers. A single miss costs valuable seconds.

Focus: Mixed material at speed
Tier 50:18 session · 4s per question

God

10 problems per session

The fastest Academy tier. Every second and every answer matters; two consecutive misses still reset the run.

Focus: Rapid-fire mixed review
Study Materials

Pick the material before the run

The selection is saved on the device and can be changed from the start screen before the next session.

Mixed

Samples arithmetic, angles, geometry, fractions, patterns, measurement, and data.

Math

Arithmetic and number-sense questions with a steady difficulty curve.

Angles

Angle relationships, complements, and straight-line reasoning.

Shapes

Perimeter, area, and properties of common two-dimensional shapes.

Fractions

Equivalent fractions, comparison, and simple fraction operations.

Patterns

Sequences, rules, and the next term in a repeating pattern.

Local-First Scope

What stays on the device

The pilot is intentionally self-contained. That keeps first-user testing simple and avoids pretending that classroom or payment services are connected.

Saved locally

Best study score, points, settings, selected difficulty, and selected study material are stored in browser local storage. Clearing site data resets them. There is no remote write in this phase.

Deferred until after testing

API integration, authentication, teacher classrooms, student accounts, payments, ads, leaderboards, and cross-device sync are out of scope until the study loop has been tested with real users.

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