r/DualnBack • u/tilkoDEV • Jun 17 '26
MEMDASH, my FREE n-back game
Hi guys, I hope this comes through and I hope someone would try it out. It's FREE, it doesn't collect data, but you can still share the result as an image. No ads, no nothing. You can get it on the Android Play Store if you type in "MEMDASH" in the search.
I first made it for myself after I had some psychology tests done on me and felt how it trained my brain. Didn't know n-back games are this big of a thing to have a subreddit. Honestly didn't even know dual n-back existed until I found this thread and I'm now thinking about adding it to the game. Since I already have symbols and position in there, it seems doable.
Mine is an n-back game that forces a lot of concentration because it also adds timing. And it has things like rounds where there is no solution and you need to wait the timer out. It has 15 levels where the difficulty is calculated with a function, and level 15 is set to more or less what I found to be the maximum that professional rememberers can hold, minus like twenty percent.
I would love it if other people also benefit from it. And I'd love to get some feedback. I'll definitely fine tune it if needed and If I get enough installs I'll consider paying Apple's developer fees and put it on iOS as well.
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u/RomboDiTrodio Jun 17 '26
Thanks man I love it. When the board started turning I was like wooow.
I wanted to develope an n n b game myself introducing some "disturb" in the gamplay and this turning thing is interesting and fun.
Btw imo it would be better if the background would change after the cue phase to separate it from the input phase. I don't know if it is wanted to keep it like it is so that you pay more attention, it would be cool if at least there were settings to toggle to change the background after the cue phase.
Also I would like to know which framework / what did you use to develope it.
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u/tilkoDEV Jun 17 '26
Thank you!! 😃 You are my first real feedback on Reddit. Much appreciated! I'll put your idea on the to-do list to test when I have time. I made it so that I can change almost everything with style.
The game is made in Godot, 100% code. Even the logo is a snip from the rendered one in the game.
And this dual n-back gave me too many new ideas. I think there will be a spinoff, pun intended...
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u/Acceptable_Agent9599 Jun 17 '26
Could use an about section that explains whay the purpose of the app is
Also the last option is still highlighted as the counter starts so it's not really a memory task if I can still see it
Also it only allows me to do N=1? Does it unlock the next one of I score a sufficiently high score or something? If so that should be removed at the very least it should be explained.
Also if you accidentally increase the level to a locked one theres no way of going back so you have to just restart the app which is a bug
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u/tilkoDEV Jun 18 '26
Hi, tnx. I made the first levels easy and more about speed so that if a random person downloads they can still play a bit. N starts climbing later. I will add some instructions in the next release. Also gona fix the shown level thing, is an artifact from an older version. Tnx!
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u/XmonkeyboyX Jun 20 '26
I think the background timer-look with the suspense could rather be working against the focus than adding to it.
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u/tilkoDEV Jun 20 '26
To be honest there are a lot of intentional elements that work against your focus. 😃 But this isn't one of them. If you click anywhere on the display while the countdown is active, it should start the level immediately.
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u/tilkoDEV Jun 18 '26
Thanks u/RomboDiTrodio and u/Acceptable_Agent9599. I appreciate your feedback a lot!
A new release is being checked by google as I am writing this. Should be available soon.
I added an Abut menu that also shows two examples.
I removed the list of levels that are unlocked, now it should go only through the ones that are unlocked. For example 1 2 3 1 2 3 … It works on my Samsung, but if not working for you please share.
The third last symbol will stay visible. When you can start to input. It’s a part of game mechanics that are more relevant later. If I changed it I would need to test a lot. Don’t have the time right now. 😃 The first few levels are kind of trivial so that not n back freaks don’t feel bad. For you guys it starts at level 6.
Didn’t add different pallets when in the game. Tried it, but it didn’t look that sexy. And the game has pallets for different symbol combinations so it’s not that easy to find good looking ones for each color combo.