WELCOME TO THE HANGOUT

Brain Vitamin Playground

Where everybody gets to play. Meet the characters, catch falling Braille, start a dance battle, solve a challenge, or ask for a surprise.

Keyboard friendly: Tab through controls and press Enter or Space. Screen-reader announcements appear in the Playground Status region.

The playground is ready. Choose a character or press Surprise Me.

Meet the Playground Crew

Braille Brain, the smiling aqua brain host, raises one finger beneath a six-dot gold headband.

Braille Brain

The quick-thinking host of the playground. He serves trivia, riddles, strange facts and Brain Vitamins.

Braille Man, the navy, aqua and gold BV superhero, waves while dancing.

Braille Man

He believes he is the greatest dancer on the Internet. Nobody has successfully convinced him otherwise.

Dotty, a playful navy character shaped like a Braille cell with six aqua-and-gold dots.

Dotty

A mischievous Braille dot who is constantly hiding somewhere she should not be.

Professor Dots, a silver-haired Black Bahamian scholar in a formal BV academic suit, raises one finger.

Professor Dots

Braille Brain's very confident rival. He insists that every answer should begin with, “According to Professor Dots...”

🎵 NEW: REAL MUSIC DANCE FLOOR

Brain Vitamin Dance Floor

Choose a track and start the party. When a real MP3 is playing, Braille Brain, Braille Man and Dotty react to the energy of the music. Music starts only when you press Play.

Dance Floor ready. Three tracks are playable now, with more original Playground music coming soon.

Coming Soon to the Playground Dance Floor

These song slots are reserved for the next original Brain Vitamin Playground tracks. They will be activated as soon as the finished MP3 files are added.

  1. Dotty's Six-Dot Hop
  2. Professor Dots' Knowledge Groove
  3. Braille Rain Boogie
  4. Captain Cane's Rhythm Walk
  5. Miss Melody's Playground Jam
  6. Ozzie's Wise Owl Shuffle
  7. Everybody Gets to Play Finale

Braille Rain Game

Start the Braille Rain, then catch the falling Braille cells. Sighted visitors can click them. Keyboard and screen-reader users can use the Catch Next Braille button for the same game.

Braille Rain now uses a living storm mix with genuine rain, deep thunder rumble, sharp claps, rolling thunder, frogs and crickets. Additional thunder strikes keep the storm changing while you play.

Storm recording credits

The edited storm includes public-domain rain and thunder recorded by User:Caesar, CC BY 3.0 thunder recorded by Bidgee, and CC BY 3.0 frog-and-cricket ambience recorded by Glaneur de sons. Full credits are included with the audio file.

Caught: 0

Mystery word: Ready

Braille Rain has not started yet.

Who Might Show Up Next?

Captain Cane, Miss Melody, Echo, Glitch, Ozzie and Mr. Mischief are ready to join the fun. The Surprise Me button may summon any of them.

Captain Cane, a confident blind Black Bahamian woman travelling with her white mobility cane.

Captain Cane

Miss Melody, a smiling Black Bahamian singer holding a gold-and-aqua microphone.

Miss Melody

Echo, a BV sound specialist wearing headphones and holding glowing sound rings.

Echo

Glitch, a friendly navy BV robot holding a floating aqua pixel puzzle.

Glitch

Ozzie, the wise navy owl guide holding a tactile book.

Ozzie

Mr. Mischief, a playful Black Bahamian trickster tipping his navy bowler hat.

Mr. Mischief

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