January 2025
Including a synopsis and PDF version
The Blueprint has been updated to v1.1! It is now also available as a PDF. Download PDF The most notable difference is the addition of a synopsis which briefly summarizes the main points of each chapter. And now that I have a better idea of what rather belongs on this website and in other documentation, I found a few more bits I could cut to truly say it’s “as brief as I could put it”.
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December 2024
Super Practica v0.7.2 Released
Fun Factor: Exists
Super Practica v0.7.2 is now playable on the Play page! It contains a (mostly) completed topic on “Grid-Counting”, approximating what you can expect to see in a complete release. As you play, you might be surprised to find it’s just a little bit fun. This might be strange because fun is not a priority in Super Practica’s design. Many games are designed to be fun, even to maximize fun, but the aim of Super Practica is only to efficiently reproduce practical knowledge. So why is it just a little bit fun now, and why will it be more fun later?—Because mathematics is inherently fun. By removing frustrations, like removing so much dust or brush, the natural fun of mathematics will shine through more clearly and brightly.
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September 2024
Super Practica v0.7.1 Released
Speed Status: Stalwart Snail
You can now play Super Practica v0.7.1! This release contains a new level set featuring an improved verification system, back after being cut in the last release. According to the theory of the Blueprint, verification is the glue that holds mathematics together: Most mathematical practices are built on top of other mathematical practices, so we can verify the higher practice by the lower. But some mathematical practices are self-sufficient. They include counting, recognizing symmetry in a picture, and noticing the identicality of signs.—These are the foundations of the verificational structure of mathematics.
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July 2024
Super Practica v0.7 Demo Released
First steps on the road to a player-facing demo.
Super Practica v0.7 is now playable on the Play page! The highlights of this release are the redesigned primary interface and level-selection screen. These are finally decent (not thrown together with wild abandon for prototyping purposes) and now approximate what they will look like in the player-facing demo. On the content side, the levels of the previous demo have been cut, and only one small set of simple levels replaces them. This demo doesn’t function as a proof of concept anymore, but these levels represent the first steps on the path to eventually, hopefully, covering the whole rest of mathematics with the optimal method of reproducing practical knowledge. You couldn’t tell just by looking at them though.
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October 2023
Super Practica v0.6 Demo and Blueprint
First public release
This is the first public release of Super Practica! This release consists of a proof-of-concept demo and the “blueprint”, which is kind of like a design document. The demo doesn’t tell the whole story, so it’s necessary to read the blueprint to tell what Super Practica is really about. Super Practica v0.6 Demo Blueprint Video playthrough of the demo The demo is a proof of concept in terms of user interface, game architecture, and progression within and between levels. I call it “v0.6” to reflect the many prototypes and changes of direction I have made up to this point. It’s kind of hard to tell, but it contains the seeds of a revolution. I have explained the idea as briefly as I could in the blueprint. You can also find an explanation of the demo in the description of the demo video.
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