Balloon Risk Game

• Pumps for each balloon wey you collect: na the average number of pumps for balloons wey you cash in. We no count balloons wey burst, because burst go cut the count short. Researchers dey call am adjusted average pumps, and na the main score for this game [1].
• Your risk style: na our own playful name for that number (Careful, Steady, Bold or Daredevil). E describe how you play this game, no be your personality.
• Points wey you collect and balloons wey burst: na the cost and reward of your style. More pumps mean bigger balloons and more bursts.
• Compare with other players: once at least 30 people don play, the result go show the share of players wey pump less than you.

1. Pump. Every pump add 5 points to the balloon wey dey front of you. The balloon go grow.
2. Collect any time wey you like. The balloon points go join your total, and the next balloon go show.
3. If e burst first, you go lose the points for that balloon. Every balloon get different hidden time wey e go burst.

You go play 30 balloons. Like the original task, any balloon fit burst from the first pump reach the 128th pump, and every point get the same chance, so the average burst point dey for the middle [1].

The original study use 90 balloons with three colours and pay real money, 5 cents for each pump; the main score come from the 30 balloons wey get 128-pump limit, na that version you dey play here [1]. Researchers don use from 10 reach 90 balloons [2]; for the original study, scores from the first 10 balloons or last 10 balloons lead to the same conclusions [1].

• Learning. Plenty people dey pump more as the game dey go on, after dem see how far balloons fit go [1].
• The stakes. Lab versions pay real money; this game use points, so your choices fit bold pass or careful pass wetin you go choose with cash.
• Knowing the maths. If you read Figure 1 before you play, e go change your choices. Play first, then read.

This game show how you balance risk and reward across 30 balloons, today. E no be personality test, and e no fit tell you whether you dey take risks with money, health or driving: the connection between this task and real-life habits small [3]. E no talk anything about your health and e no be diagnosis.

Our version near the one wey dem publish, but you no fit compare the scores strictly with lab studies: dem pay money, use different number of balloons and test small groups of students [1][2]. Compare your score with other players here and with your own later plays.