HexSumGame.com

HexSum is a puzzle game at hexsumgame.com There are fast, slow, competitive, no-math, and very tricky modes. Great for the classroom or for a daily dose of brain tickles for you puzzlers. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app upsells (play as much as you want!). -- #MathsToday #iTeachMath #MTBoS

but truth be told, i don't know if it'll make good game play to have so many hexes to solve for. i think it could work for Zombies mode, but even that i'm not convinced. i think a radius of 5 might be a real game play limit. your 2 cents? -- #gamedev

Since it's National Black Cat Day (who knew?), how about this HexSum board (it's not live, but you can play from the picture) -- #gamedev note: i can make the solvable boards, but i need to rework my maze algorithm, this seems to get stuck for some designs.

If something's shoved right against the mirror, a bit of geometry from the "reflection world" might poke through. I discovered this by making the debug penguin crouch in front of the mirror. #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

would definitely need to get zoom and scroll going. but on the bright side a fully solved Hawai'i board is possible! -- #gamedev

Bluesky a band pun game "Mighty Mighty Watch Your Bosstones"

Why do kleptomaniacs hate puns? Because they take everything, literally. #statsjokepoll I think it bombed because it violated a few guidelines: it depends on how you tell it (pause before literally?), kleptomaniac is obscure, and it's a thinker. It clicked for a couple of students after voting

ok i think i have this working. which (US) state is this? 😀 -- #gamedev

what are you all using for svg parsing in #python? svgelements, svgpathtools anything else? any preferences? #gamedev

today's (10/27/26) detective mode puzzle. check out the region i circled. if you can solve that little triangular system, you're well on your way to solving the whole thing! Can you figure out what x is? Play here: hexsumgame.com/detective-da... -- #Algebra #gamedev #ITeachMath

what are you all using for svg parsing in #python? svgelements, svgpathtools anything else? any preferences? #gamedev

kind of have Detective mode worked out on this new geometry exploration. not live yet and may not be ready for a few weeks. hoping to get it in before Thanksgiving so we can have a turkey board :D -- #ElemMathChat #gamedev #mathgame

haven't played today's CPU mode, but I'm pretty sure this a 40+ point board. enough to qualify for all time leaderboard placement play here: hexsumgame.com/versus-daily... you can play logged out as often as you want. logged in players can get on the leaderboard. -- #ITeachMath #gamedev #puzzle

wow, today's Blocks mode has 4 single tile placements!! easy pick up of 1 heart, 2 stars, and 2 butterflies for zombie defense! play here with a Pro account: hexsumgame.com/blocks-daily... Blocks mode is a "no math" mode. It plays like a strategic jigsaw puzzle -- #gaming #gamedev #mathgame

how do we feel about different geometries? definitely experimental, but my solution generation methodology is generic so it's just a matter of working out the geometry -- #MathSky #gamedev #puzzlegame

a little origami halloween bat. finally got one of these to look as the instructions imply :) -- #origami #halloween

I've started learning knot theory. I knew an epsilon amount about it. But as I've been going through a mish mash of texts, this is a super fascinating area!! I had no idea about Jones polynomials or the graph theory connection. Open to book recommendations at all levels of rigor. -- #MathSky

Try out today's Detective-3 daily. If you don't have a Pro account, then for this extended weekend (Friday 6pm to Monday 9am ET) all daily modes are available. See you if you can the puzzle! hexsumgame.com/detective-da...

Why is camping so stressful? Because it is intense. #statsjokepoll I always liked this pun. Solidly above average.

Practicing Number Bonds with Design Mode in HexSum Video: youtu.be/1fxOTQr2y6g HexSum: hexsumgame.com Design your own board: select your number and the bond sizes. Then generate a board. You get your own shareable link or export to PDF for paper-pencil work. No ads! -- #MTBoS #ElemMathChat

Today's Detective mode puzzle looks tricky, but there is one trick you can use to get the butterfly hex. Once you get that, all but three hexes are solved with a domino effect. The star region is its own mini-system! Play here: hexsumgame.com/detective-da... -- #mathgames #gamedev #ElemMathChat

Detective mode Daily-2 has a nice little "triangular system" [it's where the 6, 3, 3, 8, 7 edge values are and specifically the [3,7,8] triplet] You can reason out (without symbols) that the blue hex (3, 3, 8) must be 2 not 1 hexsumgame.com/detective-da... -- #mathgames #gamedev #edusky

How Many? #UnitChat I really really like this one. There’s so much to count and ways to count them.

What breed of dog can jump higher than buildings? Any dog. Buildings can't jump. This is the best bell curve #statsjokepoll all semester. And perfectly timed, since I happened to introduce the normal distribution immediately after I took the poll. I couldn't have planned that better.

womp womp. can't win! just because i made the game, doesn't mean i'm good at it. haha try out today's CPU mode (free for all) hexsumgame.com/versus-daily... -- #gamedev #elemmathchat #mathgames

Here's today's Detective mode Pro accounts can play here: hexsumgame.com/detective-da... I love this as an intro to systems of equations with a visual for the symbolism of the system. I'll post a video later today. But see if you can solve this! -- #ElemMathChat #gamedev #logic

The skull-tombstone illusion

Try out today's Detective Daily-2 Pro accounts, a smaller board is now part of the daily fold and helps with more items for the weekly Zombies tournament hexsumgame.com/detective-da... Logged out play will require a Pro account, but the image is an alternative -- #mathgames #homeschooling #gamedev

oof the daily-5 is such a struggle! hexsumgame.com/daily-5/2026...