Screenshot Saturday: Alllllmost Done!

So, good news: all the writing and art for my next explorable is done.  I mean, I'll have to do some edits post-playtest, but right now I can say we're in the final lap.  This thing's still on track to being done at the end of the month, with a week or so of "buffer time" just in case.

Here's some of the art + writing from the Preface & Chapter 3:

The Preface is short: I want to frame Spaced Repetition as not a "study hack", but as a skill you can use to develop a lifelong love of learning.  The Preface also introduces you to the main "interaction" of the comic: using Spaced Repetition to learn about Spaced Repetition.

Chapter 3 is where you, the reader/player, get to make your own Spaced Repetition flashcards.  And at the end of Chapter 3, you can download some stuff to help you get started today – such as: 1) a wallpaper to remind you to do your Spaced Repetition habit, and 2) all the flashcards in the comic, including your own.

Here's a GIF showing off an early prototype of the make-your-own-flashcards + download-all-flashcards feature:

Here's what the new, polished UI looks like for making your own cards:

(The last time I tried free-form text entry in an explorable, lots of people got stuck, in that blank-page syndrome. That's why the above UI has both free-form text and pre-made suggestions)

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Anyway, here's the progress report of everything:

• Project Setup [DONE]
  - Outline // done
  - Code a framework for an "interactive comic" // done
  - Code for allowing multiple translations/languages // done
• Chapter 1: The Science of SR [DONE]
  - Forgetting Curve simulations // done
  - Flashcard simulations // done
  - Writing // done
  - Art // done
  - Playtesting // done, thanks to you!
• Chapter 2: The Art of SR [DONE]
  - Leitner Box simulations // done
  - Leitner Box interactive calendar // done
  - Writing // done
  - Art // done
  - Playtesting // done, with help of some friends
• Chapter 3: Get Started Today [DONE]
  - Code to make your own cards // done
  - Downloadable flashcards // done
  - Downloadable wallpaper // done
  - Writing // done
  - Art // done
• Preface [DONE]
  - Writing // done
  - Art // done
• Final Stuff, Pre-Playtest
  - Fix Chapter 1, based on previous playtest feedback
  - Fix Chapter 2, based on previous playtest feedback
  - Fix Preface & Chapter 3 (some of the code's glitchy)
  - Combine all chapters into one page
  - A cute interactive header with title
  - Sounds
  - FINAL PLAYTESTS
• Final Stuff, Post-Playtest
  - Fix everything, based on playtest feedback
  - Add Credits, Citations, Further Reading
  - Create Polygon & Peep rewards
  - Social Sharing: Thumbnails, Share Button
  - Translation: set up a process for fan-made translations
  - Cross-browser tests & fixes
  - Make it mobile-frie... well, mobile-tolerant.
  - RELEASE!!!!
• Post-Release
  - fix bugs & typos, coz I know there will be bugs & typos.

Still on track for the end of the month! Thank you all again so much for supporting me thus far – I sincerely hope this next explorable will be valuable, and help you learn better, independently, autonomously, lovingly.

<3,
~ Nicky Case

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TODAY'S QUESTION:

Recently, I've been interested in using games to share skills.  (Like this one, on Spaced Repetition)  So far, I've made explorables to help people understand systems – which is good, maybe – but that does not translate to people being able to actually change systems.  That's a skill.

For example, I got a critique from a student who played (& liked) The Evolution of Trust: it showed them how trust works as a system, but does not actually help one build more trusting relationships, a skill.  Same critique applies to most of my other stuff.
Understanding may be a necessary first step to doing, but it's only the first step.

I want to go one step beyond.  So, a question for y'all:

What skills, in these troubled times, do you think more peeps need to learn?

Let me know in the Patreon comments!  I genuinely want to know what y'all think :)