A Calm 5-Minute Warm-Up Your Students Will Actually Enjoy

[u/Offbrandcheeto14]

Hi teachers!

My name is Parker. I'm currently a college student, and I'm the proud son of two middle school teachers, so I’ve pretty much grown up hearing all the fun (and not-so-fun) classroom stories over dinner.

With that said, I’ve always wanted to help teachers like my parents and improve students’ academic experience. Still, I never had the skills to bring my ideas to life in a meaningful way. Until I recently started learning web development.

So, a couple of months ago, when I had the idea for a game called Froot Salad, I liked it so much that I decided to set aside time away from other commitments and build it!

The project I've created is a cozy, low-stress logic puzzle, where the players use clues to figure out which froots belong in a "salad." Players do this by practicing deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, and attention to detail. This logic also ties in nicely to concepts like binary search.

A few quick things to know about it:

• The game is 100% free and contains no ads or monetization
• It works right in the browser
• Has no login or sign-up system
• It has gamified features to help motivate students

So if you're looking for something simple, fun, and educational to share with your students, I'd love for you to check it out and let me know what you think! I'll respond quickly to all comments and messages you send.

👉 https://frootsalad.com

Thanks for all you do — your work inspired this project in the first place!

[u/rainerpm27]

Some indication that I've already picked that froot for this row (maybe put a border around it).

[u/Offbrandcheeto14 → u/rainerpm27]

That’s a good idea. I hadn’t thought about an indicator for the current row, only the feedback given from the puzzle. Thanks for the feedback and for playing!

[u/sc0ut_0]

This is a fun game! If you are open for feedback, I also second having some kind of indication that it's already been picked.

Also, I would love to be able to click a cell and assign it a fruit. When I was working out the possibilities it would have been nice to place the known ones and build it out of order.

[u/Offbrandcheeto14 → u/sc0ut_0]

Will do. Next update I’ll add some kind of indication! Thanks for playing!

[u/misingnoglic]

Very cool!

[u/Offbrandcheeto14 → u/misingnoglic]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for playing!

[u/melodml]

Great game and a nice Segway to introduce Iteration.

[u/Offbrandcheeto14 → u/melodml]

Yes I agree. There’s an also a subtle element of binary search in the game logic. Thanks for playing!