Jonathan Keefer

Game Curator

Jon wearing Miata slippers

Favorite Coolmath Games: Clicker Heroes, Block the Pig, Tube Master

 

Jon is a strategy game fanatic - his favorite games are open-ended puzzles with strategic, complex systems and creative solutions. He loves that games allow anyone to share in unique experiences, like designing a subway system in Mini Metro: London or building a civilization in Pre-Civilization Bronze Age. He has been helping discover and design games that make you think for Coolmath since 2014. 

 

In his free time, Jon enjoys biking, playing board games, card games, Nintendo, Xbox and PC games. In past lives he has helped design board games and card games, including the Chaotic Trading Card Game and the Twilight movie (yes, that Twilight) board game series.

 

Jon is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business and is deeply passionate about using games as a way to help people think, learn, and grow. His accomplishments in the web gaming space have given him opportunities to share his insights as a speaker and panelist at industry events such as GDC, Gamescom and Pocket Gamer Connects.

Games Reviewed By Jonathan Keefer

Orb 2 TNL

January 1, 1999

This is a much requested extension of Orb 2... Lots of new levels to try to figure out!

The Christmas Tree Game

January 1, 1999

A challenging logic game where you need to turn the circuits to light up the Christmas tree.

Snowman Skiing Game

January 1, 1999

Help the snowman complete himself by making him ski to pick up branches, pine cones and carrots.

Gravity Grid

January 1, 1999

I love this one! LOTS of thinking and planning ahead involved. You have to tip the game area around to get blocks of the same color together so they'll disappear.

Arrows

January 1, 1999

The trick to this game is to move all the red arrows from one side to the other while moving the blue arrows in the opposite direction. 

Ball in a Labyrinth

January 1, 1999

There's a lot of quick thinking involved with this one. You have to tip the game field to move the ball around the box to get to the star. You just can't fall through a hole!

Bridge Crossing

January 1, 1999

This is a classic logic puzzle. I get lots of emails about this one from classes that can't solve it. I promise you - there IS a solution.

Arithmetic Game

January 1, 1999

In this timed game, how fast can you pick out numbers from the grid that complete the missing spots in an equation?

Animation Puzzle

January 1, 1999

This puzzle is moving while you try to put it together! I could give you some tips for solving this, but it will be more fun for you to figure it out for yourself.

Bloons Pop 3

January 1, 1999

This is like a gem swap game where you need to form rows of three of the same color, but with other cool things that happen when you line this up just right.