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→How It Works
**If the player eats a Power Pellet (4 per level) the ghosts freeze for a few seconds
**If the player eats a Power Pellet (4 per level) the ghosts freeze for a few seconds
**Player has to eat the Enemy with the correct answer
**Player has to eat the Enemy with the correct answer
**If the player eats the wrong answer they lose a life, and continue playing, the ghost is warped back to its spawn
**If the player eats the wrong answer they lose a life, and continue playing, the ghost is warped back to its spawn point
**If the player eats 100 regular pellets they gain a life
**If the player eats 100 regular pellets they gain a life
***A life is an answer attempt, if you run out of lives the game ends
***A life is an answer attempt, if you run out of lives the game ends
**After the three ghosts have been eaten and answered correctly, a new 'level' (so to speak) begins
**After the three ghosts have been eaten and answered correctly, a new 'level' (so to speak) begins
***At the start of each level, three questions are generated of random operation type (+, -, /, x)
*Questions
*Questions
**Random question generation
**Random question generation
**The answer has a programmable limit
**The answer has a programmable limit (12 by default)
**Current Types
**Current Types
***Multiplication tables
***Multiplication tables
***Inequalities (given a number, find which ghost's answer is greater than or less than the number)
***Inequalities (given a number, find which ghost's answer is greater than or less than the number)
***Basic Algebra problems (solve for x)
***Basic Algebra problems (solve for x)
***Fractions
===Features===
===Features===
*PacMath
*PacMath
**User will control a yellow sprite
**User will control a yellow sprite
**User will attempt to touch numbered sprites based on mathematical questions
**User will attempt to "eat" numbered sprites based on mathematical questions
*Question sets
*Question sets
**Student picks question type at game start
**Question type randomly generated at game start
**Instructor will be able to see the rankings of a particular student?
*Future Features
*Ranking
**Instructor will be able to see the rankings of a particular student
**<s>Top 10 scores will be recorded and displayed while game is paused</s> - maybe one day it will
**Student or teacher will be able to choose question type
*Speed setting as well?
**Top 10 scores will be recorded and displayed while game is paused
**Adjustable speed (faster for more of a challenge)
===Controls===
===Controls===
User will be able to interact with the game through two input devices
User will be able to interact with the game through the keyboard
*Keyboard
*Keyboard
**UP-ARROW will move sprite up
**UP-ARROW will move sprite up
**RIGHT-ARROW will move sprite right
**RIGHT-ARROW will move sprite right
**LEFT-ARROW will move sprite left
**LEFT-ARROW will move sprite left
**P will pause and resume the game <s>while displaying Rankings</s>
**P will pause and resume the game
*Game-Pad
*Future Controls - GameBoy mode
**UP-ANGLE will move sprite up
**UP-ANGLE will move sprite up
**DOWN-ANGLE will move sprite down
**DOWN-ANGLE will move sprite down
**RIGHT-ANGLE will move sprite right
**RIGHT-ANGLE will move sprite right
**LEFT-ANGLE will move sprite left
**LEFT-ANGLE will move sprite left
**SQUARE will pause and resume the game <s>while displaying Rankings</s>
**SQUARE will pause and resume the game
==Code Structure Plan==
==Code Structure Plan==