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@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +'''XO ImageQuiz''' is an open-source game for kids aged 6-14 with a simple concept: one question, one image, one click; becoming one of the greatest learning experiences of the future :-) + +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Learning Tool</font> ([http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz/game.php Demo]) +** Kids can explore, create, share and translate questions +** Mess around with the database: create, delete, download and share bundles +** Play single-player games with flashcard-system or just a plain quick quiz-game +** Multi-player games over the mesh - either vs or in coop mode +** Extend the game by plugins they create (and share) or download via web / mesh / schoolserver +** Get introductive reading and further links for each question + +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Teaching Tool</font> +** Teachers can easily build individual question-packages accompanying their lessions (and share / download them) +** Resarching a topic and creating questions for subtopics, as well as engaging in those of other groups, can be part of classes and homeworks + + +* Current status: In development (~ 30% done) +* [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/XO_ImageQuiz/Screenshots Screenshots], [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/XO_ImageQuiz/Plugins Plugin How-To], [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xo-quiz Source] + git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz + += Summary = +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Usability</font>: Easy to use tool for learning and teaching +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Interactivity</font>: Messing around with all parts of the activity is encouraged and simplified +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Collaboration</font>: Create, download and share questions, and have multi-player games +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Localization</font>: Supporting all languages (unicode) and providing ways to translate questions (in-game & gettext) +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Extensiblity</font>: Categories and their images can be shared over internet, schoolserver and mesh +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Balance</font>: Easy, medium and hard questions, each for different ages +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Modular Layout</font>: Written as a plugin framework; even the game-modes are plugins +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Constructive</font>: Building up knowledge with fun and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard system] +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>XO Featured</font>: Integrating the xo-cam, mesh and the users friends +* <font style='color:green;font-weight:bold;'>Categorized</font>: like arts, astronomy, food, geography, health, technics, wildlife, ... + + +[[Image:Xoquiz_astro.gif]] + + += Development = + +== Overview == +The activity for the xo will be written in Python using: + +* [[Pygame]] / the [[Pygame_wrapper|olpc pygames wrapper]] for display and xo interaction (cam, net, mesh) +* [[Pysqlite]] as data-storage system +* [[Unicode]] + + +== Source == +The current source-code is available via git from [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xo-quiz dev.laptop.org]: + git clone git://dev.laptop.org/projects/xo-quiz + + +== Roadmap == + * November 07: - Finishing the web-application + - Start of Python Activity + + * December 07: - Building basic high-quality database + - Start of Single Player + + * January 08: - Single Player Mode + + * February 08: - Tests and Multiplayer + + * March 08: - Final Design and Testing + + * April 08: - Release of version 1.0 + + +== Involved == +* Chris Hager (Austria) (chris(at)linuxuser.at) +* Georg Witwer (Austria) +* [http://www.olpcaustria.org OLPC Austria] + + +== Help == +We are looking for people with: +* Python knowledge +* Design / Layout experience +* Time to create a few questions +* Ideas for the concept + +If you have any of those, and are willing to contribute a few hours, please drop me a line: chris (at) linuxuser.at + + += Related Links = +* General +** [[Game_development]] +** [[Game_development_HOWTO]] +** [[Development_issues]] +** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard Flashcard Learning System] + + +* [http://python.org/ Python] +** [http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/quick-ref2_0.html Python Quick Reference] +** [http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/unicode/python.html Unicode in Python] + + +* [http://pygame.org Pygame] +** [http://pygame.org/docs/ref/index.html PyGame Reference] +** [http://rene.f0o.com/mywiki/PythonGameProgramming PythonGameProgramming] (Excellent, quick diy-introduction on images, sound, display, event handling, ...) +** [http://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials PyGame Tutorials Overview] + + +* [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/PySqlite PySqlite] +** [http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/doc/usage-guide.html Usage Guide] +** [http://lists.initd.org/pipermail/pysqlite/2005-November/000218.html Unicode and PySqlite] + |