[Haskell-cafe] Re: [Haskell] Announce: hback - dual n-back memory game (0.0.2)

[Don Stewart]

wojtowicz.norbert:
> I'm pleased to publically announce a little project I've worked on.
> Based on a recent research paper [0] that claims fluid intelligence
> could be improved by training working memory, I wrote up a dual n-back
> test memory game in Haskell and gtk2hs. This is still essentially an
> alpha release: all comments are most welcome.
> 
> Original post (includes gameplay instructions):
> http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/18/hback-haskell-n-back-memory-game/
> 
> Updated version (overhaul of game with some feature updates):
> http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/
> 
> Cabal file can be found on hackage:
> http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/hback/0.0.2/hback-0.0.2.tar.gz
> 
> [0] http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0801268105v1

Awesome!

Is this the first real implementation of the game described in the
paper? If so, that's a bit of a coup.

Good work by the GTK team that has made these gui things in Haskell so
easy.

-- Don