Mr. Magic Cube in the Wisdom Kingdom
Children 3 to 5 online game.
The main content of this application is a online virtual learning environment.
"Enhanced 3D objects within an environment help playability and aids the experience of learning."
Mr. Magic Cube it isthe character that the player controls, he is an animated Shape Sorter Toy. In this game the player is a third and first person view character.
Hand eye coordination is very important to help stimulate a child’s interest so the Wii remote was a solid choice as the game controller.
We perceive this pilot study to be the firststep towards developing our own computer game for children’s literacy skills.Though this study involves a small sample size, the results serve the purposeof illuminating the complex problems that intersect both game design principlesand language learning strategies.
Thisproject uses a software game “Mr. Magic Cube” to educate the children inrecognizing numbers and letters. It will teach the basics of the Englishlanguage to children using colours, shapes, numbers, objects and the alphabetand at the same time help children to develop hand-eye co-ordination.
Children 3 to 5 online game.
The main content of this application is a online virtual learning environment.
"Enhanced 3D objects within an environment help playability and aids the experience of learning."
Mr. Magic Cube it isthe character that the player controls, he is an animated Shape Sorter Toy. In this game the player is a third and first person view character.
Hand eye coordination is very important to help stimulate a child’s interest so the Wii remote was a solid choice as the game controller.
We perceive this pilot study to be the firststep towards developing our own computer game for children’s literacy skills.Though this study involves a small sample size, the results serve the purposeof illuminating the complex problems that intersect both game design principlesand language learning strategies.
Thisproject uses a software game “Mr. Magic Cube” to educate the children inrecognizing numbers and letters. It will teach the basics of the Englishlanguage to children using colours, shapes, numbers, objects and the alphabetand at the same time help children to develop hand-eye co-ordination.
The character has to navigate around and tocollect a defined number of shapes. Several levels have to be completed in alimited amount of time. Each level maycontain several learning topic: numbers, letters, colours and shapes.
The player interacts with the 3d models of theexisting objects on the levels using the game controller (mouse or Wii remote).Move the mouse to move, and click to drag and drop shapes in a predefinedorder.
This kind of activity helps the children learnthe difference between different shapes as well as the name of the shapes, suchas square, star and triangle. Objects and holes in the shape sorter are indifferent colours; consequently this helps the children learn the colours andtheir names too.
Shape sortertoys teach the children the concept of cause and effect, i.e., putting a piecein its right hole will have the effect of making it fit.
The goal of this game is to help children learnnumbers, letters, shapes and colours. The children have to complete tasks usinglogic. When the game is completed, the achievement of learning a new number,letter, shape or colour is a fundamental reward.
Forthis game to maintain interest and therefore learning, 3D was discoveredthrough research to be the most successful, with primary colours being theeasiest for children to recognise and say.
Afterevaluating each aspect of the Information and Communication Technology and theneeds of the children, it is very clear that the ICT through the 3D model and Wiiremote can improve the overall skills of the children.
