[Tux4kids-discuss] gsoc applicant
Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 15:28:14 UTC 2015
Dear Sir,
Are you satisfied with the ideas and the designs that I sent you? Should I
build more on these or should I look upon more kind of games and designs?
Thank You
Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
IIT Roorkee
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir,
>
> Here are some designs that I have worked upon. The designs are
> respectively:
> 1. The activity that is going on in each game around the globe, i.e. how
> many users are trying the games.
> 2. Your progress in a particular game.
> 3. Your profile, which shows what problems you have solved and what are
> still left to solve. To go to next level you need to solve all the problems
> related to that level. Plus it also shows your own recent tries along with
> the report whether it was correct or wrong.
> Link:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gWmpHqBsYCDxghRKRTcEEPOR2PqG8r5LqJy1XF649LI/edit
>
> Thank You
> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
> IIT Roorkee
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here are some designs that I have worked upon. The designs are
>> respectively:
>> 1. The activity that is going on in each game around the globe, i.e. how
>> many users are trying the games.
>> 2. Your progress in a particular game.
>> 3. Your profile, which shows what problems you have solved and what are
>> still left to solve. To go to next level you need to solve all the problems
>> related to that level. Plus it also shows your own recent tries along with
>> the report whether it was correct or wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hoping for a positive reply.
>>
>> Thank You
>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>> IIT Roorkee
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sir,
>>>
>>> I have gone through the Phaser library, viewed the tutorials and plus
>>> have also looked into the code of many games. I also tried to play with it
>>> by trying many great features it has to develop something by myself. The
>>> best part is that it uses simple JavaScript and HTML Canvas to develop and
>>> as I have a good depth of knowledge in JavaScript and HTML Canvas it will
>>> be great time to work with it. After using Phaser library, I feel confident
>>> that something great can be achieved through it and some beautiful features
>>> can be added to the game ideas that I had suggested.
>>>
>>> Thank You
>>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>> I have planned different games that can be made and different features
>>>> user profile will have. This will also include how the rating and comparing
>>>> will work.
>>>>
>>>> Different Categories Games
>>>>
>>>> Reasoning:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> See-Saw game. Different shaped objects will be randomly placed in
>>>> the see-saw in both the sides and the user has to has to select the heavier
>>>> one. This can be made increasingly complex for higher levels by including
>>>> more than 2 objects.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> There will be two snakes (starting from different positions)
>>>> following you and you have to confuse them in such a way that they
>>>> collide
>>>> to each other.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Speed:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> There will be a colour named and randomly different colours will be
>>>> displayed on the screen. As soon the colour displayed matches with the
>>>> colour written, user has to click on it. The points will be decided
>>>> according to the speed.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Words will be continuously displaying on the screen for 30 seconds
>>>> and the user has to type it. Points will depend on number of correct
>>>> characters, time and accuracy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Memory:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Randomly a city will be displayed in a world map and the user has
>>>> to keep remembering those. Then he will be asked to connect the cities in
>>>> the map in order. The more cities he connects the more points he scores.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> There will be a cube with a pattern displayed in it. The user will
>>>> be given few seconds to remember the pattern and then he has to make the
>>>> same for going to the next question.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Attention:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> An audio will be played (15-30 seconds long) then questions related
>>>> to that will be asked to score points. The audio can contain direct answers
>>>> or hint for the answers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Flexibility:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> User will be a postman and he will have a task to post the letters
>>>> to their correct addresses in a city with different paths. You have to
>>>> select the order of the letters in an efficient way such that the postman
>>>> has to travel a minimum distance to deliver them all. The fewer steps will
>>>> give higher points.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Player can be hotel manager and have to manage its client by
>>>> providing them proper rooms and fulfill their respective demands.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> User Profile
>>>> User profile will have a detailed report of their performance in each
>>>> category of game. They will be given an overall rating and plus individual
>>>> rating for different category as well. This will help them to compare with
>>>> others around the world. Rating would be not just depended on the the
>>>> scores but also your age and how much time it took for you to cross
>>>> different levels.
>>>>
>>>> User should also be a given details of the most played games around the
>>>> globe and how many users have passed a particular game and a particular
>>>> level, so that they can judge which level is crossed by the most of the
>>>> users and which of them he has not solved. User would also have an option
>>>> to view another person’s profile to compare his complete performance with
>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>> Extra Features
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> We can include the accuracy of each game and level so that user can
>>>> see which one has the most successful rate.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> A player will have an option to challenge another user for an one
>>>> on one challenge, The player with higher scores will be decided as a user.
>>>> This will give the user extra points (points achieved will depend on the
>>>> level of the opponent, it will follow Elo’s algorithm).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The following can be achieved by including the following additional
>>>> API’s:
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Scores API can be used to produce scores for each user.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Leaderboards API can be used to produce the leaderboard for each
>>>> category and age group.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> There are many more API reference provided by Google (
>>>> https://developers.google.com/games/services/) which can be used
>>>> and I am going through all of them to select the best ones for the project.
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Having a knowledge of HTML Canvas can also help in developing
>>>> better animations along with Phaser library.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank You
>>>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>>>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a first year B.Tech student of Electronics and Communication
>>>>> Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
>>>>> with a CGPA of 9.9.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to contribute to the TUX4ME. I have a good knowledge of
>>>>> PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, C++, Ajax , Bootstrap, Node.Js,
>>>>> and I am familiar with MVC application architecture and UX. I have also
>>>>> worked with git and a have contributed in making a ebook library for our
>>>>> college which uses a great amount of PHP. I am very comfortable with Web
>>>>> Development and making apps from scratch.
>>>>> I also have some great ideas related to each sub-topic upon which a
>>>>> game can be made.
>>>>> Like:
>>>>> ->Speed=How fast a child can identify a color, there is a maze made up
>>>>> of tiles and as soon a particular tile is reached child has to press the
>>>>> button.
>>>>> ->Memory=We all have played a game of remembering cities in school and
>>>>> converting this to a web game will be a great idea with impressing pictures
>>>>> and graphics.
>>>>> ->Reasoning=There will be two snakes (starting from different
>>>>> positions) following you and you have to confuse them in such a way that
>>>>> they collide to each other.
>>>>> ->Attention=A small audio can be played followed by questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus, the user profile can also contain the improvement in his
>>>>> performance with time. The rating would also be with not just the scores
>>>>> but will also consider the age of the child as it won't be fare to compare
>>>>> a child with a age gap of more than 2-3 years!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for a late mail but I planned to first find out a real plan
>>>>> which can be implemented. And all the plans that I have suggested can be
>>>>> made and I have properly looked at all the ways in which this can be done.
>>>>> There are many other secondary ideas which can be implemented.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adding to this I also think that Maths and mind exercise are
>>>>> inter-related. So I also think that to these mind exercises we can add
>>>>> mathematics and logical questions. This won't be a complete maths question
>>>>> but a well framed question which requires thinking and logical ability.
>>>>> The way a question has to be presented is also important so that the
>>>>> user enjoys while using it. UI and UX are important I have plans for that
>>>>> as well!
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some more ideas for the games that can we make with examples.
>>>>> The examples are just for what kind of the game it will be. It will be
>>>>> worked upon and make a better different version.
>>>>> Reasoning:
>>>>> http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/logic_games/seesaw-logic.html
>>>>> Memory:
>>>>> http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory_games/color-memory-game.html
>>>>> Speed: Typing speed can also help in providing this, so we can make it
>>>>> a bit interesting rather than simple typing. The user will be provided with
>>>>> 4 sentences and the user has to type type the correct statement as fast as
>>>>> possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have made a rough idea of all the features the app will have. The
>>>>> games that it has that you can find in my first mail. Plus I have also
>>>>> planned to have Ego's formula for rating the player.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will you suggest any prerequisite that I should work on or plan for
>>>>> the project.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had also send this before directly to the mentor.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also submitted a proposal, kindly review it and provide some
>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You
>>>>> Abhinav Kauhsal keshari
>>>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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