---
title: "MAGES"
subtitle: "Math Applet Generator for Elementary School"
date: 2015-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2015/06/math-applet-generator-for-elementary-school
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# MAGES

*Math Applet Generator for Elementary School*

![image](math-applet-generator-for-elementary-school.png)

We always love to see Phaser used in a new and different ways. Developer jgordon has already been integrating it a lot into his role as a school teacher, but this goes one step further:

"I’ve posted a couple of educational games here previously, but I wanted to let you know about a project I’m building using the phaser game engine.
 
Mages is an HTML5 Educational Math Applet Generator.  It allows users to create variable math problems with a variety of definable, interactive objects, and is geared toward elementary school mathematics pedagogy.  The program runs in two modes:
 
In load mode, the user selects the applet id, and solves the applet.  If the user has successfully solved the applet, the done button will disappear.
 
In build mode the user can create applets by choosing various object from the menu, setting the attributes for those object, and then generating the json definitions necessary to paste into the applets.json file.  
 
Here is a demo of 3 applets being built and run"

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zOboDzJOdY8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Read more and try the games](http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/14549-mages-math-applet-generator-for-elementary-school-wip/)

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