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Visual Skills

Eye Spy

Look, compare, rotate, recall. Sharpens visual-spatial reasoning, attention to detail and short-term memory.

9 games · in the order we'd teach them

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Color Mix on a television Color Mix on a phone
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Color Mix

Ages 3–10 3 min Easy

Two paints get mixed — pick the colour they make. Red, yellow and blue are the three that make all the rest.

Builds

  • 🎨 Colour mixing
  • 🧠 Colour theory
  • 👀 Visual prediction
  • 🌈 Art skill

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. See the two colours
  2. Imagine them blended
  3. D-pad to pick result
  4. Press OK to lock
  5. Right blend wins stars!
  1. See the two colours
  2. Imagine them blended
  3. Tap the colour they make
  4. Right blend wins stars!
Did you know? Red + yellow = orange. Yellow + blue = green!
× Color Mix full screenshot
Color Mix — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Mix full phone screenshot
Color Mix — actual gameplay on a phone
Direction Spy on a television Direction Spy on a phone
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Direction Spy

Ages 3–8 3 min Easy

A car, a dog, a fish — press the way it is going. Keep up: the faster you spot it, the more you catch.

A car, a dog, a fish — swipe toward the way it is going. Keep up: the faster you spot it, the more you catch.

Builds

  • 🚗 Spot the facing
  • ⚡ Quick reaction
  • 🧭 Up, down, left, right
  • 🎯 Fast judgement

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. An object appears in the middle
  2. Look which way it's going
  3. Press that way on the remote
  4. Some can go up and down too
  5. Quick and right wins stars!
  1. An object appears in the middle
  2. Look which way it's going
  3. Swipe that way
  4. Some can go up and down too
  5. Quick and right wins stars!
Did you know? Fish swim the way their nose points.
× Direction Spy full screenshot
Direction Spy — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Direction Spy full phone screenshot
Direction Spy — actual gameplay on a phone
Color Bands on a television Color Bands on a phone
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Color Bands

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Colour swatches appear — sort them lightest to darkest.

Builds

  • 🌈 Shade order
  • 👀 Subtle colour
  • 🧠 Value sense
  • 🎯 Careful compare

How to play

  1. See the swatches
  2. Pick the lightest
  3. Then next-lightest
  4. Continue to dark
  5. Right order = stars!
Did you know? Painters use shade ladders to mix realistic colours.
× Color Bands full screenshot
Color Bands — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Color Bands full phone screenshot
Color Bands — actual gameplay on a phone
Silhouette Match on a television Silhouette Match on a phone
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Silhouette Match

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

A tower of blocks stands in front of you. Turn it around, then find the flat picture of it seen from the top, the front or the side.

Builds

  • 🧊 See in 3D
  • 📐 Read plans
  • 👁️ Spot hidden blocks
  • 🧠 Space sense

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. Look at the tower of blocks
  2. Press UP, then ◀ ▶ to turn it
  3. Read which view is asked for
  4. Pick the flat picture that matches
  5. Right view = more ⭐!
  1. Look at the tower of blocks
  2. Swipe up, then left or right to turn it
  3. Read which view is asked for
  4. Pick the flat picture that matches
  5. Right view = more ⭐!
Did you know? Builders read three flat views before they build anything.
× Silhouette Match full screenshot
Silhouette Match — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Silhouette Match full phone screenshot
Silhouette Match — actual gameplay on a phone
Picture Puzzle on a television Picture Puzzle on a phone
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Picture Puzzle

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

A picture is cut into strips and jumbled. Pick them back in order, top to bottom, and watch it appear.

Builds

  • 🖼️ Picture building
  • 🧠 Order logic
  • 👀 Visual clues
  • 🎯 Patient solving

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. See the jumbled strips
  2. Find the top strip
  3. Press OK to place it
  4. Build top to bottom
  5. Full picture wins stars!
  1. See the jumbled strips
  2. Find the top strip
  3. Tap the strip to place it
  4. Build top to bottom
  5. Full picture wins stars!
Did you know? Your brain can spot a picture from just a sliver.
× Picture Puzzle full screenshot
Picture Puzzle — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Picture Puzzle full phone screenshot
Picture Puzzle — actual gameplay on a phone
Rotate Vision on a television Rotate Vision on a phone
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Rotate Vision

Ages 3–13 3 min Hard

A picture shows up, then a few more just like it. One is the same picture turned to a new angle — the rest are flipped the wrong way. Pick the turned one!

Builds

  • 🔄 Mental rotation
  • 🧠 Spatial logic
  • 🪞 Spot the flip
  • 👀 Careful looking

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. Look at the picture on top
  2. Check each choice below
  3. Turn it around in your head
  4. Press OK on the one that is just spun
  5. Skip the flipped ones!
  1. Look at the picture on top
  2. Check each choice below
  3. Turn it around in your head
  4. Tap the one that is just spun
  5. Skip the flipped ones!
Did you know? A turned picture keeps the same side out; a flip swaps it.
× Rotate Vision full screenshot
Rotate Vision — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Rotate Vision full phone screenshot
Rotate Vision — actual gameplay on a phone
Snapshot on a television Snapshot on a phone
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Snapshot

Ages 3–13 3 min Easy

Take a photo with your eyes! A few pictures show for a moment, then hide. Pick the one that was really in your photo.

Builds

  • 📸 Visual memory
  • 🧠 Remembering
  • 👀 Looking closely
  • 🎯 Sharp focus

How to play

  1. Look hard while the photo shows
  2. Try to remember every picture
  3. Watch the photo hide away
  4. Pick the one that was in it
  5. Get them right to win stars!
Did you know? Your brain takes a 'snapshot' every time you blink.
× Snapshot full screenshot
Snapshot — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Snapshot full phone screenshot
Snapshot — actual gameplay on a phone
Glow Grid on a television Glow Grid on a phone
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Glow Grid

Ages 3–13 3 min Medium

Some tiles light up for a moment, then go dark. Now tap them back — move the cursor to each tile you remember and press OK. Reproduce the whole pattern to win!

Some tiles light up for a moment, then go dark. Now tap them back — move the cursor by swiping and tap on each tile you remember. Reproduce the whole pattern to win!

Builds

  • 🧠 Working memory
  • 📍 Spatial memory
  • 👀 Looking closely
  • 🎯 Focus & recall

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. Watch which tiles glow
  2. The lights turn off — remember where they were
  3. D-pad to a tile, press OK to light it back
  4. A wrong tap just costs a star — keep going
  5. Tap the whole pattern back for more ⭐!
  1. Watch which tiles glow
  2. The lights turn off — remember where they were
  3. Swipe to a tile, tap to light it back
  4. A wrong tap just costs a star — keep going
  5. Tap the whole pattern back for more ⭐!
Did you know? Remembering where things are is called spatial memory — you use it to find your shoes!
× Glow Grid full screenshot
Glow Grid — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Glow Grid full phone screenshot
Glow Grid — actual gameplay on a phone
Hidden Objects on a television Hidden Objects on a phone
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Hidden Objects

Ages 3–13 4 min Medium

A busy scene hides the things on the FIND list. Move the magnifier with the D-pad and press OK on each one you spot.

A busy scene hides the things on the FIND list. Move the magnifier by swiping and tap on each one you spot.

Builds

  • 🔍 Visual search
  • 👀 Detail scanning
  • 🧠 Focus over time
  • 🎯 Persistence

How to play · TV remote· touch

  1. Check the FIND list
  2. D-pad the magnifier to sweep
  3. Press OK on each item
  4. Find every one on the list
  5. Find them all to win stars!
  1. Check the FIND list
  2. Swipe to sweep the magnifier
  3. Tap on each item
  4. Find every one on the list
  5. Find them all to win stars!
Did you know? Hidden-object puzzles have been around since the 1800s.
× Hidden Objects full screenshot
Hidden Objects — actual gameplay on Android TV
× Hidden Objects full phone screenshot
Hidden Objects — actual gameplay on a phone
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