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

Make 15

December 31, 1998

Compete against the computer to see who can pick numbers that add up to 15 first.

Stained Glass

December 31, 1998

This is one of my all-time faves. Yeah, it's hard and takes time (past the first level), but I love figuring stuff like this out. You just have to match up all the edges.

Eight Queens

December 31, 1998

This is a class logic puzzle. The goal is to place eight queens on a chess board so that no queen can attack another queen.

Magnets

December 31, 1998

If you want a good challenge, this one's for you. You have to rotate pieces of this puzzle to connect like colors.

Memory 3

December 31, 1998

This game take a lot of concentration. The pods open for just a second to show you what's inside... Then, you have to remember and match the color pairs up.

Math Lines: Xfactor

December 31, 1998

This is the same as Math Lines, but you need to really know your times tables and higher multiples for this one.

Swap

December 31, 1998

This game is very tricky. You have to swap the red guys over to the right while moving the blue guys over to the left. A great thinking game!

Flip It

December 31, 1998

This is like the classic board game, Othello. The last one with the most of their color wins. You have to plan ahead because one move can change everything.

Pool Geometry

December 31, 1998

The cool thing about this game of pool is that you get to see the geometry of the shots you're lining up! Plan your moves carefully and clear the table.

Math Lines

December 31, 1998

This is just like our Marble Lines game, but we've made it an addition game. You have to shoot the ball that makes the right sum.