Learning+Group+Java

This group is for collaboration on the Learning Project

Learning Links and Ideas

1st week, research what people like about learning games and programs, what makes them a best seller. Post information to this page. Discuss through posts/edits to page.

__1st Week Information__

So after almost a full week of looking around, I find that most people seem to like flash card type games for the young kids and that the shooting game I was thinking of has been realized and in a much better way than I was thinking of. Language and math seem to be most important to people, along with a little astronomy and weather, when it comes to application learning. So in my opinion, we have two options, we can go the route tread by almost every other developer and do math and language or we can forge a somewhat empty trail in the learning category and do a logic/spatial reasoning/science route. I feel that something along the lines of monkey island with historical characters might be fun to do and is more of an interactive history to get people to experience the past rather than see it. -Scott

I agree with Scott. It appears that almost every game is based on math, or language skills (reading and foreign languages).

I also spoke with my son at great lengths as to what he found interesting and what held his attention. Every game he played was primarily a geometry based game like Angry Birds, so I am not sure that he was a good test subject for materials. He did seem to like a lot of puzzle games that involved moving pieces around to get another piece into the first piece's position and so on. Those held his attention longer.

Going the route less traveled seems more appealign to me. Monkey Island games (for those that do not know them), were basic 2-D games with static backgorunds and basic character movements. This would seem easier to build based on out previous conversations. Move one object and treat the things they interact with as buttons. I assume that would be the path. -Mick

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