Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals

Name: Flippy Bit & the Hexadecimals
Rating: 4.3 (27 reviews)
Author: Q42 B.V.

Puzzle

Free · Designed for iPad

27 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Puzzle
Developer

Q42 B.V.
Language

EN
English
Size

2.9
MB

Flippy Bit And The Attack Of The Hexadecimals From Base 16 Hi We at Q42 have teamed up with Russian psychologist Kateryna Afinogenova to create this experiment to test her recent study in which a group of 420 kids were shown to have a natural talent for doing bitwise operations and conversions to hexadecimals. "Seven percent of the test group could bitshift" she said to Scientific World News in an exclusive interview, which caught our nerdy attention. Especially the following statement: "While adults have trouble with binary numbers, from around the age of two, children can not only calculate on a binary scale, but even translate from binary to hexadecimal - and back." We were able to contact her and collaborate remotely on this experimental game that allows kids to literally do that conversion. Afinogenova requested to omit a tutorial to further emphasize the adoption difficulty between adults and children. We were amazed by the results. You can be amazed too! Play the game and find out!

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

27 Ratings

Interesting experience
11/20/2014

Chriszzzzzzzzxzxx
I wanted to see how well I could learn how to play this game and bitshift, and at first I got frustrated by dying over and over as I tried to figure everything out. It became a lot of fun though once I knew what I was doing. It would be really cool if there was something where you could put in your age and compare how you did to people in your age group and people outside of it like the kids from the study. I'm curious to see if I (an adult) learned how to bitswitch as quickly as the kids did.
Interesting experience
11/20/2014

Chriszzzzzzzzxzxx

I wanted to see how well I could learn how to play this game and bitshift, and at first I got frustrated by dying over and over as I tried to figure everything out. It became a lot of fun though once I knew what I was doing. It would be really cool if there was something where you could put in your age and compare how you did to people in your age group and people outside of it like the kids from the study. I'm curious to see if I (an adult) learned how to bitswitch as quickly as the kids did.
Pretty good
04/30/2016

eiriano
I downloaded this app so I could learn hex better. It did the trick, but I found out how addictive flippy bit is. My annoyances are, not being able to flip two or more bits concurrently. I play it two handed, come on, let me type in both numbers at the same time. Second, the missiles take way too long to fire. The animation is annoyingly long and I keep watching myself get a game over even though I typed in the correct value.
Pretty good
04/30/2016

eiriano

I downloaded this app so I could learn hex better. It did the trick, but I found out how addictive flippy bit is. My annoyances are, not being able to flip two or more bits concurrently. I play it two handed, come on, let me type in both numbers at the same time. Second, the missiles take way too long to fire. The animation is annoyingly long and I keep watching myself get a game over even though I typed in the correct value.
Great Game! Just needs some TLC
01/21/2023

Gibbygano
There are some micostutters which can be annoying and throw off your rhythm (iPhone 14 Pro MAX). It’s a great way to learn otherwise. Suggestion to maybe add a quick pop up or mini tutorial to remind folks how hex to binary works. I had to google to refresh my memory since I was barely getting 1 each try.
Great Game! Just needs some TLC
01/21/2023

Gibbygano

There are some micostutters which can be annoying and throw off your rhythm (iPhone 14 Pro MAX). It’s a great way to learn otherwise. Suggestion to maybe add a quick pop up or mini tutorial to remind folks how hex to binary works. I had to google to refresh my memory since I was barely getting 1 each try.
It's too nerdy for you
04/11/2017

SammyPie
Fun but unfinished. There's too much lag between getting the bit and launching the missile. There should be a free play mode. The buttons are a little slow to respond sometimes. I hope they make an update in the future. The object of the game is to make the 8-bit binary number that corresponds to the 2 digit hexadecimal number on the back of the bad guys.
It's too nerdy for you
04/11/2017

SammyPie

Fun but unfinished. There's too much lag between getting the bit and launching the missile. There should be a free play mode. The buttons are a little slow to respond sometimes. I hope they make an update in the future. The object of the game is to make the 8-bit binary number that corresponds to the 2 digit hexadecimal number on the back of the bad guys.