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[Fifth]

http://www.l-ames.com/logan/wind-up.zip

I wasn't sure what to make for this competition.  I don't have any interest in adult games, and I couldn't really think of anything that'd qualify as "educational".

The game I've got here is rather simple:  there's a little wind-up robot that's able to move for 45 "steps", and will perform any action that's queued up within those steps.  But the only way you can access the correct step to add an action is by adding up the numbers 1-9, each one only once.  The little robot then performs its actions after all the numbers have been used.  And the player had to get this robot to the goal.

It's not really that educational; it only requires a little basic addition and some logical thinking typical to a puzzle-platformer.  A little math practice, but it doesn't exactly teach anything.
I can't claim it's that interesting, either, unless you're really into puzzle-platform games.  But I wanted to at least get it to a prototype state to see what people would think.

EDIT - Game canceled, never mind.

[fishmatt]

I love the hell out of that control panel.

[Inanimate]

Weren't there programmable robot toys in schools like this?

Also: fantastic sprites, and an amazing idea!

[frosty]

This is pretty cool, but the UI is confusing. 

I'd suggest putting a row of 9 empty cells at the bottom with a disabled "Go" button at the end.  As you select each number, they would leave the "available" pool and fill up the "action" bar, left-to-right.  When that's filled up, the Go button would light up to show that you can start up the little guy. 

Or something like that, to make the UI itself indicate what the rules are.

[Fifth]

That's a good idea, thanks!  It would certainly help with some of the ambiguity on actually starting things up.

But it doesn't really matter any more, 'cause I've decided to drop the game in favor of something a little more engaging.

Ah, well.  It was a fun little experiment.

[Inanimate]