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Could you do a 3D dice set where the numbers on each die rolls to a random
value say 1 to 10 (I realize die are 6 sided but lets call them magic dice)
you could use the numeral or dots so that kids could all count or if their
'beyond' counting they could use the numeral. A die between the 2 other
dies could roll to an operation + - / or x depending on a difficulty setting
for easiest it would be stuck at +. Then the kids enter the correct number
and a reward screen, say fireworks or such. A simple Flash card type of
game. I'm sorry I haven't used your game, but I did think this would be a
fairly easy flash card type of idea, not being a programmer other than high
school and college project experience I am not really sure how easy it would
be, but perhaps it will be easy for you?
Keep in touch,
Brian Thompson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kidsgames@smluc.org [mailto:owner-kidsgames@smluc.org]On
> Behalf Of Steve Baker
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:59 PM
> To: kidsgames@smluc.org
> Subject: [kidsgames] Just Subscribed.
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I was just "invited" to join this list by Jeff Waddell
> and I'm gradually wading through the list archives to
> get a feel for the discussions so far.
>
> So, by way of introduction:
>
> I'm the author/maintainer of the "Tux the Penguin: A
> Quest for Herring" game - and the associated "Game Engine"
> (I hate that term) "PLIB".
>
> http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/tux_aqfh
> http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/plib
>
> Tux_AQFH is a kids game (it was written for my 7yr old
> son - Oliver - who ended up doing a fair chunk of the work
> on it!) - but it's not what I'd describe as 'educational'.
> (Although writing it was considerably educational to both
> Oliver and myself!)
>
> It seems to me that someone with the right background in
> education could quite easily add teaching elements into
> Tux_AQFH to make a spin-off educational game based on it.
>
> We showed Tux_AQFH at Oliver's school ("Family Math Night")
> and >300 children played it. On that basis, it's pretty
> safe to say that even with a regular 'gamepad' joystick,
> it can be played by Kintergarten through 10years old...
> at least.
>
> If this group wanted to "get something out the door"
> quickly (something that's important for freeware groups
> IMHO) then Tux_AQFH might be a good first vehicle. Even
> if you later decided it was inappropriate (eg because
> it requires 3D hardware that schools are unlikely to
> own) - I think the exercise of actually DOING IT would
> teach everyone a lot and focus efforts more concretely.
>
> I've been thinking about hacking something into Tux_AQFH
> to drill Oliver on his multiplications tables...but I
> just don't know enough about the educational stuff to
> know what would work. By the time I get it done, he'll
> have the tables down cold anyway... :-)
>
> Tux_AQFH is now distributed with several of the major
> Linux distributions - so it'll be quite well known to
> many Linux-equipped parents. Tux_AQFH (like all games
> that use the PLIB engine) is 100% portable to Windoze
> and MacOS - as well as other UNIXen (BSD, IRIX, Solaris).
>
> Whilst I'm introducing myself, I should mention that
> I've been using UNIX/Minix/Linux and programming in C
> since c.1975 - I'm a professional 3D graphics programmer.
> I also hacked Berkeley LOGO to work on Linux/X and have
> been interested in pressing for the teaching of computer
> programming in Schools. One example of this is
> 'HICCUP - A Kid Powered Computer' here:
>
http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1/software/hiccup.html
I recently signed up to a new project at Hillcrest
high school in Dallas TX, they are thinking about
writing a text adventure with edutainment stuff in
it to run on their Linux network. It's early days
for that - but the team leader seems fairly confident
of getting some pretty serious funding for that work.
I've notified that group of the existance of this
list.
I also act as consultant for the FlightGear flight
simulator project...they are a major user of my PLIB
engine.
Well, enough about me - I'm going to lurk for a bit
and see if I can be of any use here.
--
Steve Baker http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1
sjbaker1@airmail.net (home) http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker
sjbaker@hti.com (work)
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