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[paulgr17]

Hello everyone. I am a rather grown up primary school computer science teacher. I am looking forward to making a game for my students (so as to use it in the lab during the next school year). This game will "teach" basic computer science terms (for ex. hard disc, monitor, etc.). But I haven't found a good plot yet... Does any of you have a good idea? Something that I liked very much is the shooting logic that I found common at these 3 games: Zuma (http://www.popcap.com/games/free/zuma?detect=2), Steam (http://arcade.usatoday.com/fiche.php?intIdGame=270407) and Sweetopia (http://arcade.usatoday.com/fiche.php?intIdGame=182795). Could someone help with the coding of such games? I also found the following link: www.mooktown.com/sexyfaq/sexycurves.html. Maybe this would help someone more than it helped me! I would like to thank you all!

[SamuraiCrow]

What programming language do you want to use for your project? I could point out some reusable cross-platform libraries to you and even find you some tutorials on how to use them.

[onyxthedog]

You could make it like a platform style game, where they have to travel through the various parts of computer, and navigate based either on a lecture that you gave them earlier or have each level or mini-level based on a chapter in a book or other resource that you have used previously. They may have to navigate their way to certain points in the different components based on a clever riddle, such as, "I control where data gets, I hope you brain wrote this part to disk." and they would have to find the Disk Driver. I am not good at making up riddles but you get the idea.

[paulgr17]

What programming language do you want to use for your project? I could point out some reusable cross-platform libraries to you and even find you some tutorials on how to use them.

Thank you so much for your correspondence. Lately I am experimenting enough with Actionscript in Flash. My intention is to create projects combining interactivity with animation, which has a great impact on children of first childhood years. Of course I do have knowledge of Java, although I haven't used it for a quite long period of time..!! Thank you in any way!

[paulgr17]

You could make it like a platform style game, where they have to travel through the various parts of computer, and navigate based either on a lecture that you gave them earlier or have each level or mini-level based on a chapter in a book or other resource that you have used previously. They may have to navigate their way to certain points in the different components based on a clever riddle, such as, "I control where data gets, I hope you brain wrote this part to disk." and they would have to find the Disk Driver. I am not good at making up riddles but you get the idea.

Your idea is really great! Thank you so much for your reply!

[onyxthedog]

Always willing to help.

[onyxthedog]

Maybe they have to Mario-style squish viruses, and they could have to beat the hacker at the end. Along they way could have to fight bosses, such as, segment faults and corupted Bios, or maybe these could be a twist in the story line.

[paulgr17]

Maybe they have to Mario-style squish viruses, and they could have to beat the hacker at the end. Along they way could have to fight bosses, such as, segment faults and corupted Bios, or maybe these could be a twist in the story line.

Really perfect!!! Thanx so much!!!