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

Shrink It

August 27, 2011

A very cool geometry escape game! Your goal is to help the blue octagon escape into the white area. To do this, you can make objects larger and smaller.

Color World Gameplay

Color World

August 24, 2011

Shoot fuzzy cannon balls to turn the boxes into the color that matches the little guy inside each box. It just doesn't get anymore fun than that!

IQ Ball Gameplay

IQ Ball

August 21, 2011

How high is your critter IQ? See how few moves it takes you to get this little IQ Ball critter to his target!

Ball Lines

January 1, 1999

Move the balls around to form lines of 5 of the same color... But, each time you make a move, more balls appear.

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.

Word Scramble

January 1, 1999

This game does what you'd think: It gives you a row of letters and you have to rearrange them to figure out what word they make.

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.

Bricks Breaking 2

January 1, 1999

More of a great game! What's added to this one is that, while you're trying to get rid of bricks, new rows are getting added in at the bottom.