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KID'S GAME
copyright (c) Dan P. Sydow 1991
WHO KID'S GAME IS FOR:
Any child learning to spell. Kid's Game contains only basic words such
as "cat", "man", "tree", etc.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Only a mouse is needed to play Kid's Game! No keyboard input is required.
Have your child click the mouse on any one of the six pictures on the
left of the screen. Then have your child click on the matching word on
the right of the screen. That's all there is to it! The talking face at
the bottom right of the screen will inform your child as to whether the
choice was right or wrong.
Clicking on the ARROW icon at the top right of the screen cycles through
the "pages" of the game. The fully-functional version has eight separate
pages, each with six pictures.
Clicking on the FACE icon that appears next to the ARROW icon opens up a
dialog that gives you talking face options. The fully-functional version
has six different faces, not just the elephant. Your child simply clicks
a face. The dialog will disappear and the face your child clicked on will
appear in the lower right of the screen in place of the elephant.
The Options menu allows you to change the way the words on the right of
the screen are displayed. You may choose uppercase or lowercase.
So that your child does not accidently bring up interfering Desk Accesories,
DA's have been disabled.
PURCHASING KID'S GAME:
There are two versions of Kid's Game available, both are described below.
KID'S GAME (standard version) - contains eight (8) pages of pictures, each
page having 6 pictures for a total of 48 pictures. Each page has six
pictures and the six corresponding words. Clicking the ARROW icon cycles
you through the pages. This version contains six talking faces to choose
from. The face can be changed at any point in the game. There's an
elephant, clown, lion, and three others. The cost of this version is $11.95.
KID'S GAME (personalized version) - Kid's Game can be personalized! If you
send along a disk with your own bitmap images, they will be included in
a version of Kid's Game just for you! You may send in as few or as many as
you like, up to 48 pictures. We'll put six pictures on each page, along with
the corresponding words. You can have up to eight pages. The cost of this
version is $22.95. Details for creating bitmap images are on the next page.
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IDEAS FOR A PERSONALIZED VERSION:
Use a paint/draw program to draw likenesses of you and your other family
members. We'll put these on a page or pages, along with the names you
provide ("MOM", "DAD", "BROTHER", or sibling names "JOE", "SUE", etc.).
You can also send scanned images of people.
Send ethnic or religious bitmapped pictures. "Theme" pages can be made for
various holidays or events. This will teach your child the spelling of words
that he or she might not see often.
If your child is having trouble spelling particular words, send bitmapped
images of pictures that represent those words.
Foreign languages - teach your child the spelling of simple foreign language
words. Send pictures, along with the proper spelling of the words
associated with each picture. Any language will work - be sure to include
correctly spelled words!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING BITMAPPED IMAGES:
Kid's Game uses PICTs. These are bitmapped images. Bitmaps can be in color
or black and white. The following are some ways that you can obtain bitmapped
images to be used in a custom copy of Kid's Game:
1). Draw or paint any small pictures you desire, using ANY paint or draw
program that you have. Use the programs "COPY" to copy each picture
into the Scrapbook. You can make the selection rectangle around a picture
any size you want. We'll crop it down to size. When you have all the
images you want in your Scrapbook, open (double click) your System Folder.
In there you'll find a file called Scrapbook File. Copy it to another
disk. We will extract the PICTs from this file. This is the preferred
method.
2). Use a paint or draw program to draw small pictures. Save and copy each
document to a disk. Using this method you may use any one or more of the
following programs: Fullpaint, MacPaint, MacDraw, Canvas DA, Pixel Paint.
3). Send copies of public domain clip art that you already have. These can
be Fullpaint, MacPaint, MacDraw, Canvas DA, Pixel Paint documents. Or
copy them to the Scrapbook and send the Scrapbook File, as in Method 1.
4). If you have a scanner, scan images that you want. Bring these images
into the Scrapbook File and copy it to a disk.
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OVERALL INSTRUCTIONS (FOR PERSONALIZED VERSION)
1). Create bitmapped images. Copy them to a disk, preferably by means of
the Scrapbook File. Send up to 48 pictures. If you send less, we will
add the remaining amount of pictures to fill up eight pages, unless
you specify that you want only your pictures used.
2). Include either a text file or a hand written list of the words that
are to be associated with all of the pictures. For foreign language
words, be sure to include correct spelling!
3). If you have an arrangement preference (what pictures are grouped
together), fill in the bottom of this page.
4). Send $22.95 check or money order per version.
List the picture grouping that you prefer for the pictures you send. There
will be six pictures per page. Fill in the correct number of pages.
Example: If you send in 18 pictures, fill in Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3.
Leave the lines of Page 4, Page 5, and Page 6 blank.
If you have no preference of picture layout, leave all pages blank. If you
send less than 48 pictures, we will add the remaining amount of pictures to
fill up eight pages, unless you specify that you want only your pictures used.
Pictures to go on each page:
Page 1: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Page 2: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Page 4: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Page 5: ___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Page 6: ___________________________________________________________________
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Should we add color to your pictures? Yes _____ No ______
If less than 48 pictures, should we add
more pictures to create a total of 8 pages? Yes _____ No ______
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KID'S GAME ORDER FORM
Educational Engineering Software
8220 W. Grantosa Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53218
Your shipping address:
Name _________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________ Apt. ________
City __________________________ State _____ Zip ____________
Quantity Item Cost Each Subtotal
__________________________________________________________________________
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| | Kid's Game (standard version) $11.95 ea. | |
|________|____________________________________________________|__________|
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| | Kid's Game (personalized version) $22.95 ea. | |
|________|____________________________________________________|__________|
| | |
| Total | |
|_____________________________________________________________|__________|
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Mail the above form to:
Educational Engineering Software
8220 W. Grantosa Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53218
If ordering a personalized version, include the preceding page (page 3).