Times Table Temptation: Multiplayer Ice Cream Scooper Game Launches on Mangahigh!

Oct. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Mangahigh.com today launches Sundae Times, a brand new multiplayer maths game focusing on multiplication.  Featuring quirky power-ups and ice-cool counter-attacks, Sundae Times takes multiplication to the ice cream parlour and puts a cherry on it.   Times tables practice will never be the same after Sundae Times!

Mangahigh again demonstrates that mathematics and games are the perfect partners with its new game, Sundae Times.  Featuring all the times tables from x2 to x15, Sundae Times invites learners to compete with students from around the world to build the tallest ice cream by answering multiplication questions.  By answering questions correctly, competitors can earn the ability to unleash devastating and spectacular attacks on rival ice creams, including hungry bulldogs and swarms of wasps.  Students who do well and move into the lead will quickly face more demanding questions, and the game cunningly keeps the competition intense even between students of varying ability.  The game is beautifully illustrated and features hungry manga characters and dreamlike backgrounds.

Sundae Times is new evidence of the power of gamification in maths, and the relevance of online games in formal curriculum-based education.  Mangahigh, launched at BETT in January 2010, is an online maths resource that is pioneering the use of games based techniques in maths in the classroom, and more than 40,000 teachers from around the world have registered to use the site since launch.  While Sundae Times features relatively simple mathematics compared to some of Mangahigh's other games, clever behind-the-scenes engineering and games-based maths pedagogy in Sundae Times get the best out of young mathematics learners.  

Sundae Times is one of 14 maths games on Mangahigh.com, covering mathematical topics from ordering of decimals and fractions through to transformations including negative enlargements,  Sundae Times is the company's first multiplayer game, and as such brings a new type of playability to maths.  Toby Rowland, CEO and Founder of Mangahigh.com commented:  'Maths and games were meant to be together, and I defy any student or maths teacher to not enjoy playing Sundae Times.  The multiplayer aspect is something we plan to bring to more games in the future, and we have a number of new maths games in the pipeline.'

About Mangahigh.com
Mangahigh (www.mangahigh.com) is a free games-based online resource for mathematics, and is designed for use by teachers in the classroom and beyond.  Featuring more than 500 different lessons, 14 mathematics games and 55,000+ maths questions, Mangahigh uses games-based techniques to inspire students to greater efforts in their mathematical studies.  Founded by Toby Rowland, Co-Founder and former Co-CEO of the online games site King.com, Mangahigh is based in London, UK

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Mangahigh (www.mangahigh.com) is a free games-based online resource for mathematics, and is designed for use by teachers in the classroom and beyond.