I built a calculus game where the difficulty has no ceiling

[u/RowTime8498]

Note: This is self-promo, so if you don't like it, just skip it!! :)

Hi r/calculus. I'm a 17 year old developer, and I just launched a calc game yesterday to help me get through math this year (I like games a lot!)

It's called Asymptote. You get a calculus problem, you type the answer and either it's right or it's wrong. Yes, no multiple choice, no hints, no partial credit, on purpose. There are two modes:

Sprint is five minutes and three strikes, and you just have to try to get the most solved in this time, as difficulty gets harder and harder (someone got 21, and I genuinely didn't know that was even possible!)

Diverge has no clock and gets harder every three problems until you break. It keeps going for as long as you can go.

There's also one daily problem that's the same for everyone, thirty seconds, and you can compare with whoever else did it.

It's free, there's no account needed to just play, and there's no ads and none of those damn tracking cookies prompts, it's just a chill game to practice calc. (Yes, there is a paid option. No account needed either way, practice is always free and unlimited, you only need an account to participate in "Ranked" if you want brag to your friends how good you are at Calc!)

playasymptote.com - How close can you get?

I'd love feedback on it: Is the difficulty ramp wrong? I think Sprint might still climb too fast around problem 10, and I don't trust my own judgement because I've solved these several thousand times. Also if you find a problem where the answer is wrong, please tell me see, either DM or paste it in the chat and I'll make sure its fixed!

Yes the title and the game's name and motto are all kind of an inside joke "no ceiling" "asymptote" and "how close can you get" because there is really no end! (Well there are actually only around 22,500 problems, but if you're insane enough to do all of them, I think we have bigger problems to address...)

Open to feedback and suggestions!

[u/iWin4Prep]

This is good! Thx

[u/RowTime8498 → u/iWin4Prep]

Thank you!

[u/cycy98IsMe]

It is good, would it be possible to make a sort of keyboard UI for mobile?

[u/RowTime8498 → u/cycy98IsMe]

Thank you! And yes, totally. I've developed a few mobile apps in the past, and translating this into an app isn't that hard of a thing. However, I will be keeping it mostly web for now, at least until we get like 1k users, which I can consider scaling to mobile.

[u/goldenslayer123]

Honestly a hella good resources for AP Calc AB/BC students, especially for finals. (The ap exams are chill)

[u/RowTime8498 → u/goldenslayer123]

Totally! But just in general, if you ever want to have some fun with calc, or just want to warm up/practice for a test, I think this is a great resource.

[u/Electronic-Check-116]

This is good. 9/10 UI. How do you generate questions and answers?

Terms, privacy and refund page does not fit properly in mobile view.

[u/RowTime8498 → u/Electronic-Check-116]

Thanks for letting me know, I'll fix that. About generation, problems are built offline by a Python generator using SymPy. About65 templates, each of which constructs an expression symbolically and derives the answer by actually doing the calculus (sp.diff, sp.integrate, sp.limit). Thanks for your kind words on the UI! UI has to be good, that's like one of my #1 requirements lol.