Fact Sprint: playable mockup
Play a student's daily lap, then watch what the engine records, how facts move through the five boxes, and how it feeds the team race and the tutor view.
The loop you're testing
- Daily lap. About 70% facts the student knows or is reviewing, 30% still being learned, with up to 3 new facts. Answering is the only move. 6 × 7 and 7 × 6 count as one fact, shown either way round.
- A miss teaches. JoJo's tip shows the answer and a strategy, with a dot picture for facts still being learned. The fact comes back 2 to 4 answers later and drops to box 1.
- Facts move through five boxes, at most one box a day, so mastery takes several days.
- Team race. Each student's own progress adds race points to their team. Every team that reaches the target earns the badge.
- Tutor view. Box counts and the facts each student keeps missing, ready before the next session.
The five boxes
| Box | Meaning | Comes back |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning | Every lap |
| 2 | Recalled once | Next day |
| 3 | Recalled on 2 days | 3 days later |
| 4 | Recalled on 3 days | 7 days later |
| 5 | Mastered | Monthly check |
A right answer within 3 seconds moves a fact up one box, once a day. A slower right answer keeps it where it is. A miss sends it back to box 1. In untimed mode any right answer counts. The student never sees a clock.
JoJo's five jobs (S11)
| Job | Where you'll see it |
|---|---|
| Guide | The start screen: today's lap in one line, and a welcome back after a gap |
| Progress marker | The runner on the track. He stays still while a question is up and moves only after the answer. A faint ghost JoJo runs the best lap. |
| Coach | JoJo's tip after every miss, and the hint for facts in boxes 1 and 2 |
| Cheerleader | Lap done: facts moved up, facts mastered and personal bests. Nothing about speed. |
| Host | The team race board: team totals only, never a student's name |
Scoring
- Race points: +1 when a fact moves up a box, +5 when a fact is mastered, +2 for a finished lap (up to 5 laps a week).
- No points for speed, rank or simply playing.
What this mockup doesn't do yet
- Here, answers are checked in your browser. In the real build the server checks them, so scores can't be faked (S3, S7).
- No accounts, no consent check and no database. Everything resets when you reload.
- Matched duels aren't playable here. They're optional in the spec and an open question for the pilot.
- JoJo appears as a face crop from the existing art. His runner, coach, cheering and host poses still need drawing, once his rights are confirmed.