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Soroban Quest turns abacus practice into a dojo

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A video game that teaches Japanese abacus calculation through lessons, drills, grading, and a bead-by-bead sandbox.

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Soroban Quest gives an unusually concrete subject a full progression system: beginners move through ranked lessons, practice under time pressure, and can sit a grading hall with real paper-style pass marks. Its sandbox also explains each bead movement and the rule behind it, making the arithmetic visible rather than merely scored.

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