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</head><body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Just a thought--not sure
what value there is to a mobile typing tutor. Unlike full-sized
keyboards, there's no "right way" to type with your thumbs. Whatever
kids learn via normal use is essentially correct. Just my $0.02.<br>
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">Hello
Tux users,</span><br
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<span
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am interested in the Google Summer of Code Tux4Kids Mobile project. </span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">I
downloaded all three modules TuxMath,TuxWrite and Tux Paint and after
playing a few games, I realised I had an old summer project which could
be rewritten to port these games for Android. A few hours later I had a
working version of the TuxMath game ready which you can download
below(Sorry - no Tux or lasers yet!). I am looking forward to receiving
some feedback.</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">Anyways,
I would like to start a discussion on the scope of this project. I
believe it is quite possible to implement the most used features of all
three modules in the given time frame, so I would like to get some input
which these are. I am posting below a series of proposed features and
questions for each module</span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">Tux
Math:</span><br
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<br
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Full Implementation of the Tux Math game as it is(perhaps time will not
be sufficient to implement all of the lessons). </span><br
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<span
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The Factoroids game seems to have really complex controls for a mobile
application. I propose instead a game where the player has to guide Tux
to the right answer using the accelerometer, dodging some wrong answers
on the way. Or maybe the player has to combine some elements to create a
final result by collecting the right numbers and switch Tux's
abilities(mathematical operations). For example if the required result
is 13 and the numbers are 3 9 7 25 1 the player has to switch to - ,
collect 3 , switch to +, collect 9 ,collect 7. </span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">TuxType:</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">-Implementation
of the full game is possible, but I have a really big concern regarding
the limited drawing space on mobile devices - the keyboard takes up
half the screen and the remaining space won't be enough to draw all the
cool graphics TuxType has. I believe that a replacement game would be
better. Any ideas?</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">The
only one I've had so far is to have a text-controlled side-scroller.
The player has to type words to make Tux progress forward, but there are
also some reserved words like "hit","attack","block","throw", "jump" to
control the character. This would also require parsing some childrens'
books to acquire a larger wordset of child-safe words.</span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">Tux
Paint:</span><br
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<span
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This module has a lot of functionality, so implementing all of it is
not feasible. What would you say are the most important features?</span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">All:</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">If
a mobile connection is present, we can post highscores online and have
kids competing against each other. More distant future - we can even
have matches - who comes out with the highest score in a game.</span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">Thank
you for reading and for any feedback!</span><br
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<br
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style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(247,247,247)">P.S.
App should run on Android 2.1+. Also, if you make a mistake there is no
undo button - you have to enter a 3-digit number which automatically
resets to null.</span><br>
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