Algebra Tycoon

Outcome

The gamification app developed by Computools's specialists was highly appreciated by the client and its customers. During working on the project, all the tasks and the main goal were achieved. This allowed the client to increase profits, expand the customer base, and increase customer satisfaction. Thanks to the scrupulous work of the company's employees, the finished application fully meets all requirements and high standards.

Several key options we solved:

Monitoring student progress with a web-based teachers’ portal.
Identifying specific topics and problems that students are struggling with the most.
Creating competitions between students and groups of students using the teachers’ portal.

+95%

Throughput, Users

+83%

Average Order

+67%

Increasing Productivity

+71%

Increasing Revenue

-57%

Reducing Costs

63%

Business Process Automation

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Aviv Learning Inc. a New-York based company that aims to create engaging learning experiences that help teach and test essential topics. The company develops innovative educational solutions for corporations and schools. Aviv Learning leverages scalable mobile learning technology and the latest in AI to develop realistic simulation environments. These environments enable employees to learn and practice the skills needed for the job. The company is also focused on implementing gamification in education by creating engaging common core aligned educational games on mobile platforms for students. The main goal of the client was to create an application that provides mathematical gamification for children. Computools specialists experienced in educational apps development were invited to carry out some works on this project. The result of this collaboration is the Algebra Tycoon application that aims to solve college algebra problems and allows students to become a world-famous investor, build companies, and create charities that will change the world using algebra. It shows how algebra is used across many industries and businesses in this common core aligned mobile game.

Some blocks in application and portal don’t update in runtime

There is no commercial version of the application

Strong fully implemented web portal

Strong fully implemented game

Alternative applications if student’s equipment doesn’t support app or iOS

Strong Processes

Positive results gained from education gamification

Communication Framework

Computools

Business Analyst

Project Manager

Team Lead

Engineer

Quality Assurance Specialist

Algebra Tycoon

CEO

Communication

Computools always strives to maintain comfortable communication, starting from the first days of working on a project. In this project, Skype was used to conduct the necessary meetings, resolve pressing issues concerning the project and gamification in education, and video calls. This messenger was chosen as it fully met all the requirements. The communications ecosystem also included email.

Business Process Mapping

CONSULTING

Work on a project begins with a deep study of the main goals, identification of stakeholders, their goals, and expectations. A preliminary analysis of competitors, known and available solutions on the market is also included in this stage. The company's engineers search for anticipated obstacles and possible solutions, assess the risks.

DESIGN

Building a high-level project architecture, creating a specification and an interactive prototype begins with choosing an approach and technology stack. The choice takes into account the future functionality and capabilities of the application for gamification in education, the need to implement new solutions. The interactive prototype serves as a guide to an in-depth exploration of the finished product options.

ENGINEERING

Building a team is the first step at the beginning of development. Computools selects for the team specialists whose skills and expertise will be most useful for the project. After forming the team and holding an intro meeting, an agile methodology is selected, tasks are assigned and the team proceeds to their implementation.

Interactive Prototype

The prototype of the project is a powerful developer tool, which opens up wide opportunities for studying its functionality. This allows to check the effectiveness of the implemented options and add new ones, if necessary. Possible errors or flaws in the usability of the original idea can also be seen with the help of a prototype.