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Gizmos Review: Build the Most Efficient and Innovating Gizmos!

08/24/24, 0 comments

The Great Science Fair is near! We have to create the most efficient, creative, and innovative Gizmos (production engine). We only have one homemade laboratory and 4 energy sources: heat, electric, atomic, and battery. Let's build Gizmos!

By Cesar Cusin

translated by Joey

revised by Tabata Marques

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Gizmos

Who never fantasized about building gizmos or a gadget to do something highly dubious? As children, we play, imagine, and make up in our minds the most fantastical, and, at times, useless, machines. But, in fact, this is great for our creativity, as well as quite fun.

Watch some gameplay:

If you want to teach someone about the basics of logic, math, and chain reactions in a very fun way, Gizmos is the game for you!

Obviously, you can tell Gizmos relies a lot on chain reactions and logic. It really forces you to think about the order of your actions and how they impact your results. This is a valuable skill for the game and also for real life!

I strongly recommend that, when you sit down to play Gizmos with a group of friends for the first time, that you encourage them to think logically and show how to do it like this: "see, if you do it this way, you'll get this bonus", and so on and so forth until they learn how to do it on their own, with autonomy.

Letting them and yourself make mistakes every once or twice and not get that much advantage is essential, but you also need to learn how to do it properly. This isn't too frustrating, in my experience, and will make you want to do it again, correctly this time. You'll want to play again and set up the right plays.

The game encourages you to think logically at all times and rely on math when you're managing your energy and the archive, as well as building your Gizmos and triggering bonuses.

Chain reactions, as a concept, are fantastical and great for any situation, and Gizmos shows you exactly how they work. It is the type of game that makes me believe learning is always better when you have fun. It is an excellent teaching resource, without a question!

I highly recommend Gizmos for your collection!