XO ImageQuiz

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The XO ImageQuiz is an open-source game for kids aged 6-14 running on the XO laptop. The concept is simple: one question, one image, one click. The main ambition is to connect fun, playful learning and features of the XO in as many ways as possible with a quiz game. And you could actually help building a public database!

The Idea

  • Design and implementation of an easy and fun, educational image-quiz for kids.
  • The goal is to connect a high fun-factor with as many educational aspects and features of the xo as possible.
  • Internet user can generate content by submitting new questions, images and imagemaps online. All in one page.
  • Some first ideas can be found here http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz
  • Aim at playful learning instead of edutainment:
    • Built-in modes to contribute and share questions, ratings and translations
    • It can be used to gain specific knowledge about different topics with a high fun-factor
    • The game provides introductive reading and/or images in addition to the answers
    • Mixed approaches to picking questions (Categories, Flashcard System, Interests, ...)
    • Browsing through categories, questions and answers
  • Open-source images only

The concept is still in development :-) ideas are welcome! (chris(at)linuxuser.at)


Xoquiz astro.gif


Description

Summary

It's all about the educational factors in the quiz project:

  • Easy to pick up knowledge while playing (or submitting questions)
  • Explanatory images, perhaps informative answers (text, introductive reading, maybe a second image)
  • Flashcard System (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashcard)


  • Easy possibility to create and share quizzes by kids (image upload or xo-cam)
  • Ability to use an existing image to create new questions
  • Possibility to create and share translations
  • Rating of other contributions
  • At least 3 difficulty levels (maybe for different ages, ...)
  • In-game translatable questions


  • Categories like Arts, Astronomy, Food, Geography, Health, Technics, ...
  • Single-Player as well as Multiplayer


  • Including limited hd in the concept
  • Modular structure of the activity
    • Exchangeable categories via Mesh or Schoolserver


Game Modes

This are just basic ideas; the concept is not finished yet. If you have any ideas or comments, please post them.


  • Single Player
    • Quiz Mode
      • Choose any category (or all) and have a quick game
    • 'Educational' Mode
      • Get more background information
      • Get stats on which questions how often answered


  • Multiplayer
    • Coop Mode (Teamplay)
      • How many clicked on the right spot
      • See the others cursor and all have to move to one
    • VS Mode
      • Challenge one or more player in any category and difficulty level over the Mesh


  • Submit Mode (using the xo-cam or uploaded images)
  • Rate Contributions
  • Translate Questions


Ideas

A basic, high-quality database is crucial for the game as well as open-source images. An idea would be to apply web2 thoughts and let users contribute and rate the content - should be fun and easy too ;-). I can imagine three ways to generate a good database:

  1. It could be possible to get a digg or such and have lots of people visiting the project and perhaps submitting questions
  2. Some kind of content-jam
  3. Contributions of a core team


Development

Overview

The activity for the xo will be written in Python using:


Source

You can download the current source code via git from 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


Status

  • The page for submitting and rating new questions, and for playing the contributions is online at http://www.linuxuser.at/xoquiz
  • The python activity is currently being started:
    • It's already possible to use the web db
    • Image display works
    • Polygon creation works
    • Check if click is inside polygon works


The project is open for contributers! Leave a note in this page's Talk, or drop me a line (chris at linuxuser.at) if you are interested!


Involved People

  • Chris Hager (Austria) (chris(at)linuxuser.at)
  • Georg Witwer (Austria)


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