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Activities/Blocku/Student

2013-12-18T07:36:22Z

Dudeman514:

{{Blocku/Navigation}}

This page displays how the student can interact with Blocku and what features are available to the student.

[[Image:student.jpg|550px]]

=Description=
The student will be able to choose from past made puzzles as practice or from pre-existing puzzles for fun as a way to play Blocku. When the teacher is in control they will be able to join the class with the task at hand.

==Available Features==
*Is given the answer then the puzzle
*Can use classroom mode

== Features Available Soon ==
*Can choose to use pre-made puzzles
*Can choose difficulty
*Can choose grid size
*Can choose the set of numbers
*Can choose operators used

==Activities==
Students can play Blocku at home or in the classroom. The game can be played with a partner on one XO, or in teams on separate XO's.

==Student Feedback==
===From a 4th grade class in Allendale Columbia School:===

It is easy to understand with clear instructions.
It’s a hard game but was fun.
The game should have settings to change the level of difficulty before game begins instead of standard forced game.
Some kids requested easier levels.
Hard but not too hard.
Side calculator to help those in need
"The game was fun, it was good because it had to do with math and adding things to get to a number. It was hard but not too hard. I need to reuse my instructions"

{{Blocku/Contacts}}

Activities/Blocku/Student

2013-12-18T07:33:53Z

Dudeman514:

{{Blocku/Navigation}}

This page displays how the student can interact with Blocku and what features are available to the student.

[[Image:student.jpg|550px]]

=Description=
The student will be able to choose from past made puzzles as practice or from pre-existing puzzles for fun as a way to play Blocku. When the teacher is in control they will be able to join the class with the task at hand.

==Available Features==
*Is given the answer then the puzzle
*Can use classroom mode

== Features Available Soon ==
*Can choose to use pre-made puzzles
*Can choose difficulty
*Can choose grid size
*Can choose the set of numbers
*Can choose operators used

==Activities==
Students can play Blocku at home or in the classroom. The game can be played with a partner on one XO, or in teams on separate XO's.

===Student Feedback===
From a 4th grade class in Allendale Columbia School:

It is easy to understand with clear instructions
It’s a hard game
It was fun

The game should have settings to change the level of difficulty before game begins instead of standard forced game
Easier levels
It was fun
Hard but not too hard

Side calculator to help those in need

"The game was fun, it was good because it had to do with math and adding things to get to a number. It was hard but not too hard. I need to reuse my instructions"

{{Blocku/Contacts}}

Activities/Blocku/Development

2013-12-18T07:25:00Z

Dudeman514:

{{Blocku/Navigation}}

This page displays the pertinent information regarding the development of Blocku.

==Members==
If you would like to help out with the development of Blocku then contact any of the active members. We would be happy with any help you can give.

===Active===

:'''Members listed here are actively working on the project.'''

{|
|-
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<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:mdemayo| Mark DeMayo]] </div>
email: [mailto:mdemayo24@gmail.com mdemayo24@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''
</div>

===Inactive Members===
:'''Members listed here are not actively working on the project, but may be contacted for questioning or consult purposes.'''
{|
|-
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Kaeedo| Kai Ito]] </div>
email: [mailto:kxi8435@rit.edu kxi8435@rit.edu]
<p>Blog: http://kaeedo.wordpress.com</p>
Contribution: Lead programmer
</div>
|-
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Iogburu| Ihudiya Ogburu]]</div>
email: [mailto:ifogburu@gmail.com ifogburu@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Designer, Artist''

</div>
|-
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:coolestdude1| Ariel Zamparini]]</div>
email: [mailto:arielzamparini@gmail.com arielzamparini@gmail.com]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
|
<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Fran Rogers| Fran Rogers]]</div>
email: [mailto:fran@dumetella.net fran@dumetella.net]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>

|-
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<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Lorin_Petersen| Lorin Petersen]] </div>
email: [mailto:lorin.petersen@gmail.com Lorin.petersen@gmail.com ]

Contribution: ''Documentation''

</div>

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<div style="border: 1px solid black; width: 250px; padding: 5px;">
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid black">[[User:Matt_Critelli| Matt Critelli]] </div>
email: [mailto:mlc9545@g.rit.edu mlc9545@g.rit.edu]

Contribution: ''Programmer''

</div>
|}

==Development Meetings==

4pm-6pm Wednesday January 20, 2010

4pm Thursday January 28, 2010 (IRC)

4pm-6pm Thursday February 18, 2010

2pm-4pm Wednesday February 24, 2010

5pm-6pm Thursday February 25, 2010

6pm Tuesday September 21, 2010 - Meeting w/project creator (Mark DeMayo) to discuss the project's status and development to date.

9am Friday September 24, 2010 - Initial group meeting, division of labor, discussion of project milestones

3-5pm Friday October 1, 2010 - Work on Pythonistas presentation, milestones, and goal breakdown/update

2pm Sunday October 10, 2010 - Work on puzzle editor, redeveloped/expanded milestones

10am Thursday November 11, 2010 - Merge final code, create final presentation for tonights Pythonistas meeting. Complete group documentation.

10am Tuesday November 16, 2010 - Meet to turn in most updated versions of all materials. Update wiki with all relevant information to be used by future developers.

==Updates==
12.18.2013 Updated the Wiki Page with new contacts, Added more to the Git Repository including a ReadMe, updated the game to work with newer versions of Sugar

01.14.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with New Links

01.16.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new suggestions

01.21.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new description, milestones, and logo

01.27.2010 Added in Fran, Added in summaries for student/teachers

02.02.2010 Developed Teacher Lesson Plan

02.09.2010 Reformatted Wiki

02.07.2010 Created the screenshot of the start menu and three game screens

02.07.2010 Added the screenshots to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the Lesson Plan to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the active members and their contacts to wiki

02.09.2010 Reformatted and Enhanced the Wiki

02.24.2010 Fixed Size on Bugs Box, Added in more bugs encountered

02.24.2010 Added in future work for possible co-ops for blocku at RIT

02.25.2010 Added an image of the tutorial screen.

09.23.2010 Added new group members to wiki.

10.31.2010 Updated development page with new milestones and progress. Also added new screen shots and mock-up images. Updated Bugs/Fixes.

11.09.2010 Another milestone crossed off the list (block rotation). Added the new public repository link and the svn link for the board editor. Board editor screen shots up as well.

02.22.2011 Version 1.0 released

==Milestones & Goals==
*<s>Decide which program to use as a foundation. (Tetravex, Super Cube, Jigsaw-Puzzle)</s>

*<s>Display a graphical interface.</s>

*<s>Make squares movable.</s>

*<s>Display squares with numbers.</s>

*<s>Make squares able to be rotated.</s>

*<s>Display game grid.</s>

*<s>Blocks can snap to grid.</s>

*<s>Complete Software Requirements Specifications</s>

*<s>Complete Lesson Plan, and Instructional Documentation</s>

*<s>Block rotation</s>

*<s>Basic menu functions</s>

*<s>Allow use of GameBoy buttons</s>

*<s>Create art style</s>

*<s>Time Attack Mode</s>

*<s>Puzzle Mode</s>

*<s>Story Mode</s>

*<s>Scoring system</s>

*<s>Sugarize</s>

*Translate
For a complete list of tasks that need to be accomplished, please see the following http://kaeedo.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/start-of-co-op/

==Future Work==
*Allow teachers to input any constraint not just Math ones.

*Change custom game screen to allow users to input matching pairs.

*Change custom game screen to allow users to input constraint.

*The ability to save games.

*The ability to load games.

*A leaderboard.

*Achievements/Trophies

*Save pair lists and constraints for future use.

*Add sound effects for snap to grid

*Possibility of [http://trololololololololololo.com/ Trololo] song upon completion of puzzle during SOLVED! screen

==Bugs/Fixes==

{| border='1'
|-
!width="20%"|Bugs
!width="40%"|Problem
!width="40%"|Fix
|-
|Rotation
|Blocks Warp when Rotating getting bigger the more you do it
|The Fix we derived for this will be that the blocks do not physically rotate only then numbers get passed around
|-
|Rotation Variables
|Rotation variable are using place holds should be more dynamic
|Concatenated the string didn't work but casting it to str worked
|-
|Sprite Lag
|Seems like there is redundant code in the works causing lag in the movement
|The blocks are now frozen to mouse. No more sprite lag
|-
|Screen Size
|Screen is at the moment not dynamic should be changed to be full screen and dynamic for no problems in the future
|Screen resolution has been changed to XO native resolution
|-
|Sprite Size
|They are too tiny at the moment make bigger ...
|Everything is bigger now. Much more easily readable
|-
|Grid
|needs to be dynamic and not a png image
|Program randomly generates a board of individual squares so its no longer a png image.
|-
|Snap to grid
|Snapping to grid still happened even after a block was released elsewhere
|Added a check to check if there was a block currently moving when snap to grid should occur
|-
|Dragging switches target
|When dragging a block over another block, you could start dragging the other block instead. This depended on which block was created first in the code.
|Another check that only allows dragging to start if a drag isn't currently occurring
|-
|Individual Rotation
|Only One Block can rotate make it so that any block can, maybe visual cue like a rotate symbol on a block
|Each individual block on screen can now be clicked and rotated.
|-
|Elements on Top
|Certain elements that should be always on top aren't. Sometimes some blocks become on top. This has something to do with how the sprite rendering works.
|Changed render mode to Layered Updates.
|-
|Cursor Transparency
|Cursor Image isn't transparent where it needs to be even though png image itself is.
|Used image.convert_alpha
|-
|Load a board dragging
|When loading in a pre-constructed board, blocks cannot be dragged.
|Included the editMode boolean check
|}

==Public Git Repository==
http://gitorious.org/blocku/blocku

==SVN For the Editor==
http://blocku.sourcefortsmod.com/svn

==Public IRC Channel==

=====<u>Server</u>=====
irc.freenode.net

=====<u>Channel</u>=====
<nowiki>#blocku</nowiki>

{{Blocku/Contacts}}

Activities/Blocku

2013-12-18T07:16:48Z

Dudeman514: Added names to contact list

{{Activities/Blocku/Navigation}}

[[Image:blocku.png]]

{{:Blocku/status}}
Blocku is a puzzle game consisting of filling a grid with squares by matching the squares sides by following a constraint. Blocku is a game that can be used by teachers to teach a multitude of subjects to students. The teacher will be able to create a constraint such as match the formula to the answer or A + B = C. Then the teacher makes a list with two columns. Each row in the columns is a pair of of matching objects. The first row of column A matches the first row of column B. Using this formula the game will randomly assign the objects of each column to square blocks, one object per side. The student then has to put all the pieces in a grid so that pairs on the sides of the squares follow the constraint. The student will be able to move the pieces as well as rotate them.

==Description (original)==
Blocku is a math based jigsaw puzzle. Blocku will come with a few pre-made puzzles. It will have a teacher edit tool where teachers can make their own puzzles. Puzzles can be as complicated as a castle or as simple as a square. The teacher will be given a grid where he/she can specify how the puzzle is supposed to look. Then the teacher chooses what type of operator he/she wants (+, -, x, /). Then the teacher inputs the answer. The activity randomly chooses what number will appear on the sides of each square.

To complete each puzzle the student has to match the sides of squares together so that the numbers finish the math equation at the top of the screen. The puzzle is completed when all pieces are used and are in the correct positions. Below is an example of how a game may progress.

[[Image:tutorial1.gif]]

==Special Modes==

===Survival===

This mode is used through the Quick Play menu. This will allow the student to start with a two tile puzzle and progressively build up to the max amount of tiles.

===Classroom===

This mode is used through the Custom Game menu. This allows students or teachers to setup a custom game and share it with other students. The students go to their neighborhood on their XO and click on the activity to join the game.

==License==
Blocku license is [[File:lgplv3.png]]
For more information concerning the licensing information please view: [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPLv3]

==Contacts==
[mailto:mdemayo24@gmail.com Mark DeMayo]

[mailto:arielzamparini@gmail.com Ariel Zamparini]

[mailto:ifogburu@gmail.com Ihudiya Ogburu]

[mailto:fran@dumetella.net Fran Rogers]

[mailto:lorin.petersen@gmail.com Lorin Petersen]

[mailto:mlc9545@g.rit.edu Matt Critelli]

[mailto:kxi8435@rit.edu Kai Ito]

[mailto:rwv5771@rit.edu Ryan Videlock]

[mailto:crv8475@rit.edu Colin Videlock]

[mailto:crf9284@rit.edu Corey Flickenger]