Real data is the whole point
Tradle works because the export treemap is real — you're reading actual OEC trade data, and learning it pays off tomorrow. SkyQ is built on the same principle with aviation: every puzzle is a real scheduled flight, and the clues are its true duration, aircraft type, and operating airline. Guessing well means understanding how route networks actually work — why a 14-hour 777 flight narrows the world to a handful of city pairs.
From economics to aviation literacy
Where Tradle teaches you that Madagascar exports vanilla, SkyQ teaches you that Emirates flies A380s to Heathrow and a Q400 turboprop never crosses an ocean. RailQ does the same for the rail network — deduce a real train route from travel time, stops, and ridership. Each game builds a different kind of real-world systems knowledge.
Statistics as a game mechanic
HigherQ strips the idea to its core: two real cities, one statistic — population, elevation, founding year — and you call higher or lower for as long as you can survive. It's the endless-runner version of the data-deduction genre, and surprisingly hard once the gap closes within a factor of two.