Player onboarding guide
Chalk & Chance is a short teaching rehearsal. The point is not to guess the right button. The point is to see the classroom, study your choices, and notice how teaching moves change student thinking.
Screen recording
The video walks through the same steps as this guidebook. Use it first if you want the fastest orientation, then use the written guide as a reference while playing.
13-step walkthrough
Each step separates screen reading from learning interpretation. Use the three columns as a habit: first observe, then study, then reflect.
A classroom scene, students, and teacher-facing information rather than a conventional menu puzzle.
The room as a practice space. The game asks you to rehearse teaching decisions, not simply complete a level.
Mistakes are expected data. A confusing moment tells you what to try differently.
A voice-safe taste demo button and a server-verified passcode field for voice-enabled access.
The public taste demo keeps spoken student lines silent so casual visitors do not trigger ElevenLabs costs.
If voice is silent, it is intentional. Use the passcode gate for voice-enabled review sessions.
Class code, name, password, guest-play options, and a voice status note in public builds.
Class sign-in is for assigned courses. Public demo access is enough for first-time exploration.
Settings explains whether voice is protected, unavailable, or enabled.
START HERE, mission rows, badges, and locked missions.
Badges are practice goals: Routine is pacing, Echo is reasoning, Balance is airtime, Mirror is feedback, and Insight is capstone judgment.
Locked missions are not a punishment. They show the sequence of teaching skills the game wants you to build.
Settings and Import a lesson plan.
Settings adjusts comfort: sound effects, voice status, larger text, reduced motion, and dialogue speed. Import turns your own lesson text into a playable scenario.
The game can become closer to your actual teaching context, not just a fixed example.
Students, bars, objective checklist, attention, composure, participation, wait time, and disruptions.
These are live teaching signals. Attention shows whether the room is with you. Composure shows your remaining capacity. Participation shows inclusion.
You are managing a learning environment, not only choosing dialogue.
A student nearby and an interaction hint.
Move with arrow keys or WASD. Press Z, Enter, or Space when facing a student.
Interaction is a teaching decision. You are deciding when to step into a student's thinking, not collecting points.
A student response, portrait, meters, and possible teaching moves.
The hidden need behind the response: confusion, dominance, avoidance, anxiety, off-task behavior, or readiness for a deeper prompt.
Listen before acting. The best move depends on what the student needs, not just which button sounds positive.
Elicit, Extend, Revoice, and Wait.
Elicit asks for reasoning. Extend presses deeper. Revoice clarifies or restates the student's idea. Wait protects thinking time.
These moves help students do the thinking themselves.
Connect, Praise, Redirect, and Tell.
Connect draws on a student asset. Praise names useful effort. Redirect protects classroom order. Tell gives the answer directly but may reduce practice.
Faster is not always better. The strongest move preserves student thinking while supporting the room.
Feedback after your move, including changes to understanding, engagement, rapport, and order.
Cause and effect. Your choice changes the classroom state, and the result chip tells you what moved.
The classroom is responding to your teaching decision. Use that response to adjust, not to judge yourself.
A reflection prompt first, then a compact debrief with objectives, rewards, score drivers, evidence fingerprint, and next focus.
The missed objective or the strongest evidence line. Low wait time means practice pausing. Low participation means reach quiet students. High disruptions mean smaller redirections.
The debrief turns gameplay into reflection-on-action rather than a hidden score screen.
The option to replay or choose another mission.
One specific focus for the next run, such as wait time, eliciting reasoning, or distributing attention.
Improvement comes from focused repetition. Try again with a clearer teaching intention.
How to interpret the activity
Observe: Read the room and the student's response.
Choose: Select a teaching move that fits the need.
Read feedback: Look at what changed in understanding, engagement, rapport, and order.
Reflect: Use the reflection prompt and debrief to name one next practice focus.
FAQ
No. Use the demo gate or guest play first. Class code is only for assigned class use where progress is saved.
No. The game is designed for rehearsal. A miss is useful when it tells you which teaching signal you ignored or misunderstood.
Start by reading the student need. If the student is confused, elicit or revoice. If the student needs time, wait. If the room is drifting, redirect. If the student needs connection, connect.
Study the missed objective first, then pick one next focus. Do not try to fix everything in one replay.
Downloads and source files
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