About - Arin's Games

A collection of educational (and fun!) games built for a 6-year-old Kindergartner.

The Story

In January 2026, Arin was home from school on a snow day. I (his dad) wanted to keep up the momentum from school (which he loves), so I asked him, "What's 9 + 6?" His response? He didn't want to 'math.' Fair enough — not very engaging.

Inspired by 90s classics like Math Blasters, I wondered — could I turn the worksheets coming home into actual games? Something fun that still reinforced what he was learning? I fired up Claude Code, got Arin's input, and the first game came together. He had a blast.

That kicked off a streak of building more games around what Arin was picking up at school — math, sight words, spelling, patterns, and even Japanese. Along the way, his favorite things snuck in: orcas, axolotls, robots, and outer space.

Every game here was built by a dad + AI, tweaked by his son. Hope it inspires!

The Games

Math & Logic

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Space Shapes

Count floating shapes before time runs out across 10 rounds of increasing difficulty. Build combos for bonus points!

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Math Defender

Solve math problems to power turrets and defend your base from invaders. Survive 15 waves to win!

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Pattern Planet

Help aliens decode their messages by completing number, color, shape, and emoji patterns across 5 different planets.

Reading & Language

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Letter Landing

Guide a plane to land on the correct letter. Practice letter recognition with fun flying gameplay.

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Word Builder Bakery

Spell words to serve treats to bakery customers. Click letter cookies to build words, leveling up from 3 to 5-letter words.

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Sight Word Ninja

Train as a word ninja — listen to a word, then slash the matching bubble before it escapes. Master 100 sight words across 5 levels.

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Rhyme Time Train

Build the longest rhyme train! Animals need rhyming buddies to board. Pick the word that rhymes to help them hop on.

Science & Exploration

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Orca Ocean Adventure

Swim as an orca through the ocean and discover 100 amazing sea creatures. Learn 3 fun facts about each animal you find.

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Axolotl Japanese

Help a cute pink axolotl swim through the ocean while learning Japanese colors and numbers, with fun facts after each level.

STEM & Problem Solving

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Junior Car Mechanic

Fix cars in your garage! Learn about tires, batteries, engines, and more. Pick the right tool and repair broken parts.

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Robot Chef

Program a robot to cook recipes by clicking command blocks to build a program. Learn sequencing and debugging!

Built With

No frameworks. No build step. Each game is a single HTML file with vanilla JavaScript and CSS.

Every game was built entirely with Claude Code and hosted on GitHub Pages.

Source code: github.com/dan-shah/arin_games