{"id":17448,"date":"2018-02-05T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2018-01-26T16:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T16:07:51","slug":"tortuga-racing-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/05\/tortuga-racing-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortuga Racing (iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kids can now practice their math skills while racing turtles in Tortuga Racing, available to download on iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Choose from six different isometrically viewed tracks (more to come later), and race three other turtles to reach first place.\u00a0 Your shelled speedsters go slow at first, but you\u2019ll be prompted to answer basic math questions to make them go faster!<\/p>\n

Before you race, you\u2019ll choose which kinds of equations to solve: addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, or a combination of any of those.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be given a choice of four answers as you race, and the quicker you answer correctly, the faster your turtle goes.\u00a0 A turbo meter will also fill up with each correct answer, and when it\u2019s full, tap the turbo button for an extra boost of speed!\u00a0 Just be careful not to answer incorrectly, or you\u2019ll screech to a complete stop and must pick up speed again.<\/p>\n

After three laps, you\u2019ll win a trophy depending on how you did, and earn stars (or candy canes) as well.\u00a0 If you can get a gold trophy, you\u2019ll unlock the next track.\u00a0 Use stars and candy canes to buy decals to decorate your turtle\u2019s shell.\u00a0 You can also change your turtle\u2019s color in the same customization screen.<\/p>\n

Nothing really wrong with this game at all, but I do wish it had a little more content.\u00a0 Maybe more tracks.\u00a0 They did add a Christmas track and stickers over the holidays, and they may add more holiday and season themed tracks in the coming months.\u00a0 Maybe more modes of play, too.\u00a0 Instead of having multiple choice, maybe have a mode where you have to type in the correct answer instead?\u00a0 Or maybe a screen where parents can track their kids\u2019 progress?\u00a0 Actually I hear they may be working on a teacher\u2019s edition that may have that last feature included.\u00a0 This game is great for kids who want to practice their elementary school math skills, but if you have all the modes selected at once before a race, adults may find some challenge in this as well!<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since this game cost money to download, you don\u2019t have to worry about in-game ads or purchases.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, and number recognition and elementary math skills are a must to play.\u00a0 Great for grade school kids needing to practice their addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kids can now practice their math skills while racing turtles in Tortuga Racing, available to download on iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Choose from six different isometrically viewed tracks (more to come later), and race three other turtles to reach first place.\u00a0 Your shelled speedsters go slow at first, but you\u2019ll be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17450,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17448\/revisions\/17450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}