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Video games

For the grown-up beside a child who loves video games.

The child's own door is Video games on Spark & Anvil.

The sideline card

Three numbers to notice

  1. The points needed for the next level, and how the gap between levels grows.
  2. A 1-in-100 drop chance does not promise the item by the hundredth try; it can come sooner or much later.
  3. A health bar: how many hits it takes, found by dividing the health by the damage of each hit.

On the way home, ask: “What part of the game felt fair, and what felt unfair?”

Ask because you are curious, and let any answer stand. Print this page for a half-page card.

Understand it

A short course for you

Where it came from

A little history, and what nobody knows

Experience points

In Dungeons & Dragons, first published in 1974, characters earn experience points and go up a level when they have enough.

Who first thought of counting experience in points is not settled.

Source: Dungeons & Dragons (Wikipedia)

Your child's ladder · on Spark & Anvil

The same idea at every age

  1. Ages 3–5Not made yet
  2. Ages 6–8Empty the Health Bar
  3. Ages 9–14Two Ways to Level Up
  4. Ages 15–18A 1% Drop Rate

Your child will meet this idea again at every age. The tools and courses here are the part for you.