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'''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]
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