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“In Melbourne, Australia, we’ve got a couple of very experienced game developers have started a company called Play Lunch Games. And what they’ve done is they’ve created this very immersive game where you’re learning maths without realising you’re learning math.”
Bill Lang joined Anthony Lucas from Ticker News to discuss the latest in small business news.
You can watch the segment via the following YouTube video or read the highlights of the transcript below.
Anthony Lucas – Ticker News
Now many parents of young school aged children are, around the world, are concerned about the impact of lockdowns on their education received by their kids. Now there’s an Australian start-up who is about to provide a solution. Tell us about that.
Bill Lang – Small Business Australia
There’s been some great new businesses, some great innovations come out of the impact of COVID. And of course around the world many parents have struggled with their children learning mathematics, and many young children suffer from maths anxiety, and the pandemic with remote learning etc. and less hours in schools is even making it a bigger, bigger issue for parents with young children around the world. So here in Melbourne, Australia, we’ve got a couple of very experienced game developers have started a company called Playlunch Games. And what they’ve done is they’ve created this very immersive game where you’re learning maths without realising you’re learning math, you’re playing this game. It’s called Town Squared and people are able to have the kids play it and then the parents can also play it. Have a lot of fun and guess what they’re learning maths at the same time.
