| Hello everyone, I’ve been reading posts here for years and have come close to sharing my own thoughts a few times, but this moment feels special to me. One memorable night, just as with his first phone game, my son and I spent hours playing small games together—this time on a PC with a mouse. It was his first real interaction with computer games, and it turned into a night to remember. Children learn quickly, and with each game, he improved more and more. That evening, we played about 20 different games. About halfway through, he began figuring out how to play the games on his own. In the days that followed, we spent even more time exploring computer games together. This experience inspired me to create a game featuring a collection of mini-games, carefully designed to eliminate the less enjoyable aspects—like gameplay-blocking ads, the frustration of searching for games only to find them broken or unplayable, and the challenge of trying to replay a game only to realize you can’t find it again. The twist is that I integrated 20 different metrics, complete with charts, based on mouse data. Here’s a glimpse of what they include: Speed Smoothness Average Clicks Total Moving Time Idle Time Mouse Acceleration Direction Changes Pause Count Total Pause Duration Average Pause Duration Double-Click Speed Cursor Speed Variability Time to First Click Time to First Move Hand Tremors Trail Complexity Click-to-Move Ratio Average Time Between Clicks Out-of-Bounds Count Total Out-of-Bounds Time Composite Score I hope others can share similar experiences with their children and perhaps even create new activities together. |