2011 Summer pyGames Competition Submission

Submitted by BigBoss on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 15:48

MASCOT MATH!

This year mascots from all over the creative commons are teaming up to make math fun in a whole new way! Tux, GNU, Wilbur, PyGame, and Kongi are teaming up with pyoneers from over the US to make math princables like Developmental Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry fun to learn again! Remember learning isnt fun if it isnt made fun. Help our mascots teach math to students everywhere!

Choose a subject from the following math sections of the Khan Academy; Developmental Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry
Make sure and use a open source mascot in your game
Be creative! You can use a previous game to build on or create a new game of your own!

Development Path

New Games and Modified Games are judged slightly differently and biased toward new games. This does not mean that with great documentation and a beautiful game design you cant modify a game and win just that we want you to learn to make new and awesome stuff and share it with the community. Remember next year everything submitted is creative commons and useable by other teams.

Documentation

It looks like we are making you write a lot this year. This is mostly to help our judges get a better understanding of the work you've put into developing your game. You can technically skip almost all of the writing but we dont recoment it. The more you help us understand you know what you are doing the better job our judges can to when examining your game.

Team Name: *

Team Picture: *

.gif, .jpg, or .png up to 10Mb

Game upload: *

Please upload your game in .XO format. If you are having issues you may refer to the forums . 7Mb size limit

Game Information

Development Path: *

Please select the type of game you have developed. **New Games** are games that have been created almost entirely from new components the team has found and put together. **Modified Games** are games that use previously made games as a base and change or upgrade features in them to meet the current game challenge. Games are graded based on what design path your team choses.

If your team has modified a game, what game did you use as a base?:

Grade Level: *

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Making sure your game is playable by the right age group is hard. Make sure to test your game as much as possible. Research what games students usually play at that age. If the judges cannot play your game because the content is too hard or too easy for their attention level it will affect your score. (Mod/New: 0-25 py points)

Subject: *

Use any Math or Science topic from the Khan Academy for the subject of your game. Please tell us what subject you pursued in your game

Required Game Criteria

Follows the 2011 theme "Mascot Math!": *

Your team can choose to not follow the 2011 theme, however this will disqualify you from the running for the grand prize.

Is educational: *

You may choose to not make an educational game but this will disqualify your team from receiving any prizes from the competition. Tux will also cry. You monster.

Game Rating: *

The game must have a rating of "E for everyone". Definitions for ratings can be found here Game Ratings & Descriptor Guide

Game Menu

Controls

Working controls?: *

Please articulate on what controls you have utilized for your game and any additional information you may want to share with the judges for choosing those controls. Your controls will be tested. (Modified: 0-10 / New:0-30)

Does your game have an escape option?: *

Can the game be easily exited by the user. (Modified:0-5 py points / New:0-15 py points)

Works on an XO 1.0 platform without lag?: *

Testing is important. Making sure your game works on the right platform helps the judges determine how much you understand about developing for new platforms. (Modified:0-15 py points / New:0-15 py points)

Explain your game's scoring System?: *

Please articulate on the scoring systems developed or utilized for your game and any additional information you may want to share with the judges for choosing this system. This is important to understand during testing. (Modified: 0-10 / New:0-30)

Help!!

Help screenshot:

Please upload an .png of your help screen. (Modified/New:+10 py points)

Documentation Requirements

Did your team use code commenting?: *

This tells our judges if they need to look through your code comments. Answering "No" receives 0 py points by default. (Modified:0-25 py points / New:0-25 py points)

Source Citation: *

Please use the Template and cite all sources for your code, graphics, audio, and program resources. This will be examined by our judges. 20Mb (Modified/New: 0-200 py points)

Essays

How is your game educational and how do you think your game will impact the lives of younger students?: *

Required Essay. There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-100 py points)

Name skills learned by your team during the course of this competition and explain the job fields they apply to.: *

Required Essay. There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-125 py points)

What Mascot did you use in your game? How did you use, why did you choose, and what is it's history?: *

Required Essay. There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-150 py points)

Bonus Essays

What are the best, worst, and hardest parts of the competition? How do they affect your team?:

Bonus Essay (Bonuses only count if all other required criteria are met). There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-50 py points)

Do you think that Summer pyGames can Change the world? Why or Why not?:

Bonus Essay (Bonuses only count if all other required criteria are met). There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-50 py points)

How can open source projects/software improve education? Name specific examples in use or explain your own idea.:

Bonus Essay (Bonuses only count if all other required criteria are met). There is no required length to this essay but the essay should completely answer the question. (0-100 py points)

Graphics

Screenshots

Your team may submit up to five screenshots showcasing your best game graphics to the judges. The Judges will judge these screenshots along with your game. Submitting screenshots helps judges in case there are bugs or other problems with your game. (0-30 py points)

Did You create these graphics yourself or use creative commons resources?: *

Screenshot 1:

Submit a .png of the best graphic screenshots in your game. 2 Mb max

Screenshot 2:

Submit a .png of the best graphic screenshots in your game. 2 Mb max

Screenshot 3:

Submit a .png of the best graphic screenshots in your game. 2 Mb max

Screenshot 4:

Submit a .png of the best graphic screenshots in your game. 2 Mb max

Screenshot 5:

Submit a .png of the best graphic screenshots in your game. 2 Mb max

Is there any information the judges should know when judging the game graphics?: *