We're happy to announce the release of Polygon Pals: an educational match 3 game intended to teach children 6 and under about shapes and the relationships between different shapes.

About the Game

In late June 2020, we began to hear of the difficulties parents and children had experienced with COVID-19 and remote learning, particularly in our area. In response to that, we thought about what we could do to help.

We reached out to some acquaintances who are teachers, and talked about educational games available for them to help with teaching. Unfortunately, we found that a lot aren't due to technological or financial limitations, and so we decided to make a game!

This game as it is now is very simple, and has a limited number of levels. We hope to add more levels over time and adjust the difficulty to better teach about shapes and their relationships. We intend to use the Ontario Government's Grade 1 Math Curriculum as a basis for what information to include.

This game is offered as Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) in order to make it available to those who cannot afford to purchase educational games, especially in these times.

We've also put in effort to make it as accessible as possible, by having the game be text-less, use one button only, be color-blind friendly, and have it be ad-free.

We hope that everyone enjoys the game, and looks forward to where the project goes from here!