For grown-ups

What NutHouse teaches, installing, privacy, files, modes by age, classrooms and the iPad.

  1. What NutHouse teachesConditions, actions, state, loops over copies, and debugging by playing.
  2. Installing, and what you needApple Silicon, macOS 11 or later, the DMG, and Gatekeeper.
  3. Privacy and safetyThe apps keep everything on your Mac. The browser version adds optional accounts. What is stored and where.
  4. Files and backups.nuthouse is plain JSON. Back it up like any document.
  5. Which mode for which ageSimple at eight, Advanced at ten, Expert when they ask for formulas.
  6. Using NutHouse in a classroomInstalling on many Macs, sharing games, a lesson plan around the tutorial.
  7. The iPad versionWhat is different on an iPad, and touch controls.
  8. Sharing games safelyA shared game is one HTML file, or a hosted link. What is inside it and what is not.
  9. Art, sound and your own picturesEverything built in is original and free to use. Imported pictures are yours to check.
  10. Where NutHouse came fromA homage to the 1990s game makers. Not affiliated with anyone.

Still stuck?

Try the Chocobreak tutorial, open a sample game and read its rules, or look at the questions people ask.