Hey guys, my name is Klemens Strasser and I'm the developer of a little game called Elementary Minute. Elementary Minute is a fast paced trivia game for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, which won the Student Apple Design Award at the WWDC 2015. You will be confronted with statements regarding different topics. It is up to you to distinguish whether these statements are correct or incorrect by swiping up or down. Here are some example statements: Graz is the capital of Austria George R. R. Martin is the author of A Game of Thrones 4 * 8 = 34 Currently, there are three topics available in the game: First up is Math, which is all about elementary math (+,-, *, /). Geography asks you about Countries, Flags, Rivers, Mountains, Cities and Sights. The newest topic, Famous People, is about the most influential people of the human history. You will get statements about Actors, Sportsman, Musicians, Directors, Politicians and Authors, Scientists and more will be added soon. The game has to modes: Classic and Rush. The first one gives you one minute to get as many answers correct as possible. If you get one wrong, you loose a live. Rush puts you to a stress test. Here, you get only 5 seconds per question and four lives. While a correct answer gives you a point, a wrong one takes away one live. I hope you like it and would love to here feedback from you, to make the game even better! Elementary Minute Klemens Strasser *** Apple Design Award 2015 winner *** Elementary Minute is an fast paced trivia game, where you are presented with sta… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details*** Apple Design Award 2015 winner *** Elementary Minute is an fast paced trivia game, where you are presented with statements from topics like Math, Geography or Science. Quickly swipe up or down to decide if the statement are true or false. Features: - 4 Topics - 2 Modes (Classic & Rush) - Apple Watch Version - Completely playable for blind people via VoiceOver - Highscores via Game Center - Review your answers and lern from them! Follow me: http://facebook.com/elementaryminute https://twitter.com/elementarymin https://www.instagram.com/elementaryminute/ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dArSyTVsSE Information Seller:Klemens Strasser Genre:Education, Puzzle, Trivia Release:Dec 01, 2014 Updated:Sep 03, 2018 Version:1.5.6 Size:52.6 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Also, here is a Trailer for the game: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel jsrco Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Oct 15, 2009 2,134 1 38 Coordinator Seattle https://www.Fatthunder.com #2 jsrco, Dec 3, 2014 This is actually a fun little game. Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #3 Klemens, Dec 4, 2014 Thank you, it's nice to here that somebody likes the game Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #4 Klemens, Dec 15, 2014 Last edited: Dec 15, 2014 Trailer Hey guys, I created a Trailer for the game, so you can get a better impression of it. You can watch it here: Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #5 Klemens, Dec 17, 2014 Promo Code First come, first serve, here is a Promo Code: 3FR3FNFFR7LH If you are the one who got it, have fun! And it would be awesome if give me some feedback for it! Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #6 Klemens, Jan 4, 2015 Hey! In the last few days, three updates where released! They brought an easier geography mode, a new icon, a German localization and a few bug fixes. Also, it seems like nobody took the code. Sooo you could be the lucky one! Why wait, it's a free game 3FR3FNFFR7LH Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #7 Klemens, Apr 13, 2015 Apple Watch Update out now! Elementary Minute just got an Update with support for the Apple Watch! Hope you enjoy it! ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #8 ColeDaddy, Apr 13, 2015 Last edited: Apr 13, 2015 Can't believe I just saw this post only now. From the trailer, I like the variety of questions for math and geography categories. Also, like the swipe up and down mechanic and the data to see how we did. I subscribe to the PEAK brain training app, so this appears to be up my alley. Questions: 1. How many questions are there and will new content be added free of charge? My guess is that given the timed nature of the game, players can get through the questions fairly quickly and will need more content added on a regular basis 2. Is there a way to review the questions and answers? I'd like to know the correct answers for questions I got wrong. It's good to keep learning... 3. Do questions adjust by getting easier or harder based on how we answered previous rounds? Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #9 Klemens, Apr 13, 2015 Last edited: Apr 13, 2015 So, that's a hard one. I have certain rules to create all questions Randomly. For example, in Math classic easy there are two numbers from 0-9, which are randomly chosen. Than the game choses an elementary sign randomly, calculates the result and randomly choses if the result should be modified (to be incorrect) or not. In harder modes, the range of numbers is bigger. In the other topics (Geographie and Famous People), I have Databases, choose randomly a question, a country or a person, an fact about it and sometimes modify one of the three things to make the statement wrong. The size of the geography databases is limited to the number of countries. Depending on the mode the three biggest cities + capital of each country, the flag and country code of each country, about 60 of the world largest rivers, about 70 mountains, over 100 sights and more to come. For the topic about famous people, I think there are about 400 actors, 200 Directors, 150 world leaders, 70 Authors, 150 Sportsman, 150 musicians... But, the databases are expanded frequently, in the version 1.1 I've added a whole new topic and two new questions for geography mode. the next update will feature more than 80 new musicians, 50 new movies, outlines of countries and more. And a new topic is in planning. Oh and since the game costs money, the updates are free of charge Currently, no. But I'm working on this feature, because it is really important for the next new topic, which will arrive later this year. No, not directly, because like I said earlier, all questions are chosen randomly. But in rush mode, things are getting harder if you survive a certain amount of questions. Thank you for the questions, they where all really good Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #10 Klemens, Apr 21, 2015 Images of the Apple Watch Version Hey! to get a better view, here are some images of the Apple Watch Version of the game: Have Fun! Klemens Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #11 Klemens, Jun 18, 2015 This feature is now implemented since Version 1.2.1 Klemens Active Member Dec 2, 2014 27 0 1 Austria #12 Klemens, Jun 16, 2016 Elementary Minute 1.5 was released yeasterday. This update enables blind people to play the game through VoiceOver. Check out the sound example here: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel forsakenxe Well-Known Member Oct 23, 2014 709 0 16 #13 forsakenxe, Jun 27, 2016 Alright the dev provided me with a promo key so here I go with my impressions: First of the game's visuals are nice and simple, though not boring. I find it refreshing, coming off of trivia crack. There is only a right or wrong answer which build on the simplicity, so no choosing out of multiple answers. There are 4 categories at the moment: Math, Geography, Famous People and Science. Each Category has 3 modes: Rush (you have 5 seconds for each question), Hard and easy (You lose 5 Seconds if you make a wrong answer, out of 60 seconds for a game, so less wrong answers = more time = more right answers = score). Your score is uploaded to gamecenter and comes from how many questions you answered correctly in the given time, in Rush you only have 4 failures allowed. What I really like is the simplicity of the game in design but also in the fact, that you only have a choice between right and wrong. This makes for a quick and easy gameplay. While you can swipe up or down to mark a question as right or wrong, I would love 2 easy to reach buttons for one-click playability, but that is very minor. Controls still work great. The Math questions are pretty easy to answer and most questions - at least I think for "experts" in their fields or people that area really interested in one or more categories - are in that vein. This does not say everything is easy. I found myself struggling with multiple questions and even though I only played it very casually, I am no where near any highscore. What really stood out were the georgraphy questions, where you would be shown a shape of a land and judge if it the netherlands e.g., same with flags. This is really cool, as I think that this could be improved and expanded upon in great way with pictures and other things. I really liked that it is not strictly text based. Where I think this game show a true lack is in it's depth. I came off of Trivia crack and the lack of real competition is something that really got to me later on. Sure you can chase highscores but it is something different to play against a real opponent who answers the same questions and surpasses you or falls short. Another personal thing is the lack of a history category and I could see this being a major turn off for most people that are totally not into those nature sciences or famous people, there is just not much else to challenge your brain about. I cannot stop thinking about the potential of this app though and as all of those questions presumably are checked and made by the author the margin for error is relatively low (trivia crack has quite some errors in their questions as it is user created content). Lastly the lack of translations are most likely a budget issue and I totally understand them but I have yet to find a good trivia game on german (native speaker) other than trivia crack games and I think this should be mentioned. So overall, if you are into those 4 categories I mentioned at the beginning, I can really recommend this game for the asking price of 99 cents. It is easy to get into and the play sessions are short and fun. While there are some cool elements in there I found the overall lack of diversity in categories to be a major turnoff for me. The game has great potential though and I would love to see this expanded with more categories and content, as I would most likely return to it. For now though I will put it on hold as my favorite topics are not in there and nature science is not really mine. If you like those though, go ahead and pay the 99 cents, it's worth it and the dev is very communicative as evidenced by this thread. 3/5 (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Trailer Hey guys, I created a Trailer for the game, so you can get a better impression of it. You can watch it here:
Promo Code First come, first serve, here is a Promo Code: 3FR3FNFFR7LH If you are the one who got it, have fun! And it would be awesome if give me some feedback for it!
Hey! In the last few days, three updates where released! They brought an easier geography mode, a new icon, a German localization and a few bug fixes. Also, it seems like nobody took the code. Sooo you could be the lucky one! Why wait, it's a free game 3FR3FNFFR7LH
Apple Watch Update out now! Elementary Minute just got an Update with support for the Apple Watch! Hope you enjoy it!
Can't believe I just saw this post only now. From the trailer, I like the variety of questions for math and geography categories. Also, like the swipe up and down mechanic and the data to see how we did. I subscribe to the PEAK brain training app, so this appears to be up my alley. Questions: 1. How many questions are there and will new content be added free of charge? My guess is that given the timed nature of the game, players can get through the questions fairly quickly and will need more content added on a regular basis 2. Is there a way to review the questions and answers? I'd like to know the correct answers for questions I got wrong. It's good to keep learning... 3. Do questions adjust by getting easier or harder based on how we answered previous rounds?
So, that's a hard one. I have certain rules to create all questions Randomly. For example, in Math classic easy there are two numbers from 0-9, which are randomly chosen. Than the game choses an elementary sign randomly, calculates the result and randomly choses if the result should be modified (to be incorrect) or not. In harder modes, the range of numbers is bigger. In the other topics (Geographie and Famous People), I have Databases, choose randomly a question, a country or a person, an fact about it and sometimes modify one of the three things to make the statement wrong. The size of the geography databases is limited to the number of countries. Depending on the mode the three biggest cities + capital of each country, the flag and country code of each country, about 60 of the world largest rivers, about 70 mountains, over 100 sights and more to come. For the topic about famous people, I think there are about 400 actors, 200 Directors, 150 world leaders, 70 Authors, 150 Sportsman, 150 musicians... But, the databases are expanded frequently, in the version 1.1 I've added a whole new topic and two new questions for geography mode. the next update will feature more than 80 new musicians, 50 new movies, outlines of countries and more. And a new topic is in planning. Oh and since the game costs money, the updates are free of charge Currently, no. But I'm working on this feature, because it is really important for the next new topic, which will arrive later this year. No, not directly, because like I said earlier, all questions are chosen randomly. But in rush mode, things are getting harder if you survive a certain amount of questions. Thank you for the questions, they where all really good
Images of the Apple Watch Version Hey! to get a better view, here are some images of the Apple Watch Version of the game: Have Fun! Klemens
Elementary Minute 1.5 was released yeasterday. This update enables blind people to play the game through VoiceOver. Check out the sound example here: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
Alright the dev provided me with a promo key so here I go with my impressions: First of the game's visuals are nice and simple, though not boring. I find it refreshing, coming off of trivia crack. There is only a right or wrong answer which build on the simplicity, so no choosing out of multiple answers. There are 4 categories at the moment: Math, Geography, Famous People and Science. Each Category has 3 modes: Rush (you have 5 seconds for each question), Hard and easy (You lose 5 Seconds if you make a wrong answer, out of 60 seconds for a game, so less wrong answers = more time = more right answers = score). Your score is uploaded to gamecenter and comes from how many questions you answered correctly in the given time, in Rush you only have 4 failures allowed. What I really like is the simplicity of the game in design but also in the fact, that you only have a choice between right and wrong. This makes for a quick and easy gameplay. While you can swipe up or down to mark a question as right or wrong, I would love 2 easy to reach buttons for one-click playability, but that is very minor. Controls still work great. The Math questions are pretty easy to answer and most questions - at least I think for "experts" in their fields or people that area really interested in one or more categories - are in that vein. This does not say everything is easy. I found myself struggling with multiple questions and even though I only played it very casually, I am no where near any highscore. What really stood out were the georgraphy questions, where you would be shown a shape of a land and judge if it the netherlands e.g., same with flags. This is really cool, as I think that this could be improved and expanded upon in great way with pictures and other things. I really liked that it is not strictly text based. Where I think this game show a true lack is in it's depth. I came off of Trivia crack and the lack of real competition is something that really got to me later on. Sure you can chase highscores but it is something different to play against a real opponent who answers the same questions and surpasses you or falls short. Another personal thing is the lack of a history category and I could see this being a major turn off for most people that are totally not into those nature sciences or famous people, there is just not much else to challenge your brain about. I cannot stop thinking about the potential of this app though and as all of those questions presumably are checked and made by the author the margin for error is relatively low (trivia crack has quite some errors in their questions as it is user created content). Lastly the lack of translations are most likely a budget issue and I totally understand them but I have yet to find a good trivia game on german (native speaker) other than trivia crack games and I think this should be mentioned. So overall, if you are into those 4 categories I mentioned at the beginning, I can really recommend this game for the asking price of 99 cents. It is easy to get into and the play sessions are short and fun. While there are some cool elements in there I found the overall lack of diversity in categories to be a major turnoff for me. The game has great potential though and I would love to see this expanded with more categories and content, as I would most likely return to it. For now though I will put it on hold as my favorite topics are not in there and nature science is not really mine. If you like those though, go ahead and pay the 99 cents, it's worth it and the dev is very communicative as evidenced by this thread. 3/5
