[Tux4kids-discuss] gsoc applicant
Neetish Bhat
neetishbhat at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 18:03:31 UTC 2015
Nice work , I'd like you to continue what you have been doing
On Apr 3, 2015 4:40 PM, "Abhinav Kaushal Keshari" <
keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir,
>
> Are you satisfied with the ideas and the designs that I sent you? Should I
> build more on these or should I look upon more kind of games and designs?
>
> Thank You
> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
> IIT Roorkee
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir,
>>
>> Here are some designs that I have worked upon. The designs are
>> respectively:
>> 1. The activity that is going on in each game around the globe, i.e. how
>> many users are trying the games.
>> 2. Your progress in a particular game.
>> 3. Your profile, which shows what problems you have solved and what are
>> still left to solve. To go to next level you need to solve all the problems
>> related to that level. Plus it also shows your own recent tries along with
>> the report whether it was correct or wrong.
>> Link:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gWmpHqBsYCDxghRKRTcEEPOR2PqG8r5LqJy1XF649LI/edit
>>
>> Thank You
>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>> IIT Roorkee
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here are some designs that I have worked upon. The designs are
>>> respectively:
>>> 1. The activity that is going on in each game around the globe, i.e. how
>>> many users are trying the games.
>>> 2. Your progress in a particular game.
>>> 3. Your profile, which shows what problems you have solved and what are
>>> still left to solve. To go to next level you need to solve all the problems
>>> related to that level. Plus it also shows your own recent tries along with
>>> the report whether it was correct or wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hoping for a positive reply.
>>>
>>> Thank You
>>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>
>>>> I have gone through the Phaser library, viewed the tutorials and plus
>>>> have also looked into the code of many games. I also tried to play with it
>>>> by trying many great features it has to develop something by myself. The
>>>> best part is that it uses simple JavaScript and HTML Canvas to develop and
>>>> as I have a good depth of knowledge in JavaScript and HTML Canvas it will
>>>> be great time to work with it. After using Phaser library, I feel confident
>>>> that something great can be achieved through it and some beautiful features
>>>> can be added to the game ideas that I had suggested.
>>>>
>>>> Thank You
>>>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>>>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>> I have planned different games that can be made and different features
>>>>> user profile will have. This will also include how the rating and comparing
>>>>> will work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Different Categories Games
>>>>>
>>>>> Reasoning:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> See-Saw game. Different shaped objects will be randomly placed in
>>>>> the see-saw in both the sides and the user has to has to select the heavier
>>>>> one. This can be made increasingly complex for higher levels by including
>>>>> more than 2 objects.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> There will be two snakes (starting from different positions)
>>>>> following you and you have to confuse them in such a way that they
>>>>> collide
>>>>> to each other.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Speed:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> There will be a colour named and randomly different colours will
>>>>> be displayed on the screen. As soon the colour displayed matches with the
>>>>> colour written, user has to click on it. The points will be decided
>>>>> according to the speed.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Words will be continuously displaying on the screen for 30 seconds
>>>>> and the user has to type it. Points will depend on number of correct
>>>>> characters, time and accuracy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Memory:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Randomly a city will be displayed in a world map and the user has
>>>>> to keep remembering those. Then he will be asked to connect the cities in
>>>>> the map in order. The more cities he connects the more points he scores.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> There will be a cube with a pattern displayed in it. The user will
>>>>> be given few seconds to remember the pattern and then he has to make the
>>>>> same for going to the next question.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Attention:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> An audio will be played (15-30 seconds long) then questions
>>>>> related to that will be asked to score points. The audio can contain direct
>>>>> answers or hint for the answers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Flexibility:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> User will be a postman and he will have a task to post the letters
>>>>> to their correct addresses in a city with different paths. You have to
>>>>> select the order of the letters in an efficient way such that the postman
>>>>> has to travel a minimum distance to deliver them all. The fewer steps will
>>>>> give higher points.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Player can be hotel manager and have to manage its client by
>>>>> providing them proper rooms and fulfill their respective demands.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> User Profile
>>>>> User profile will have a detailed report of their performance in each
>>>>> category of game. They will be given an overall rating and plus individual
>>>>> rating for different category as well. This will help them to compare with
>>>>> others around the world. Rating would be not just depended on the the
>>>>> scores but also your age and how much time it took for you to cross
>>>>> different levels.
>>>>>
>>>>> User should also be a given details of the most played games around
>>>>> the globe and how many users have passed a particular game and a particular
>>>>> level, so that they can judge which level is crossed by the most of the
>>>>> users and which of them he has not solved. User would also have an option
>>>>> to view another person’s profile to compare his complete performance with
>>>>> others.
>>>>>
>>>>> Extra Features
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> We can include the accuracy of each game and level so that user
>>>>> can see which one has the most successful rate.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> A player will have an option to challenge another user for an one
>>>>> on one challenge, The player with higher scores will be decided as a user.
>>>>> This will give the user extra points (points achieved will depend on the
>>>>> level of the opponent, it will follow Elo’s algorithm).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The following can be achieved by including the following additional
>>>>> API’s:
>>>>>
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Scores API can be used to produce scores for each user.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Leaderboards API can be used to produce the leaderboard for each
>>>>> category and age group.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> There are many more API reference provided by Google (
>>>>> https://developers.google.com/games/services/) which can be used
>>>>> and I am going through all of them to select the best ones for the project.
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Having a knowledge of HTML Canvas can also help in developing
>>>>> better animations along with Phaser library.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You
>>>>> Abhinav Kaushal Keshari
>>>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Abhinav Kaushal Keshari <
>>>>> keshariabhinavk1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a first year B.Tech student of Electronics and Communication
>>>>>> Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
>>>>>> with a CGPA of 9.9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to contribute to the TUX4ME. I have a good knowledge of
>>>>>> PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, C++, Ajax , Bootstrap, Node.Js,
>>>>>> and I am familiar with MVC application architecture and UX. I have also
>>>>>> worked with git and a have contributed in making a ebook library for our
>>>>>> college which uses a great amount of PHP. I am very comfortable with Web
>>>>>> Development and making apps from scratch.
>>>>>> I also have some great ideas related to each sub-topic upon which a
>>>>>> game can be made.
>>>>>> Like:
>>>>>> ->Speed=How fast a child can identify a color, there is a maze made
>>>>>> up of tiles and as soon a particular tile is reached child has to press the
>>>>>> button.
>>>>>> ->Memory=We all have played a game of remembering cities in school
>>>>>> and converting this to a web game will be a great idea with impressing
>>>>>> pictures and graphics.
>>>>>> ->Reasoning=There will be two snakes (starting from different
>>>>>> positions) following you and you have to confuse them in such a way that
>>>>>> they collide to each other.
>>>>>> ->Attention=A small audio can be played followed by questions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Plus, the user profile can also contain the improvement in his
>>>>>> performance with time. The rating would also be with not just the scores
>>>>>> but will also consider the age of the child as it won't be fare to compare
>>>>>> a child with a age gap of more than 2-3 years!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for a late mail but I planned to first find out a real plan
>>>>>> which can be implemented. And all the plans that I have suggested can be
>>>>>> made and I have properly looked at all the ways in which this can be done.
>>>>>> There are many other secondary ideas which can be implemented.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adding to this I also think that Maths and mind exercise are
>>>>>> inter-related. So I also think that to these mind exercises we can add
>>>>>> mathematics and logical questions. This won't be a complete maths question
>>>>>> but a well framed question which requires thinking and logical ability.
>>>>>> The way a question has to be presented is also important so that the
>>>>>> user enjoys while using it. UI and UX are important I have plans for that
>>>>>> as well!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are some more ideas for the games that can we make with
>>>>>> examples. The examples are just for what kind of the game it will be. It
>>>>>> will be worked upon and make a better different version.
>>>>>> Reasoning:
>>>>>> http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/logic_games/seesaw-logic.html
>>>>>> Memory:
>>>>>> http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory_games/color-memory-game.html
>>>>>> Speed: Typing speed can also help in providing this, so we can make
>>>>>> it a bit interesting rather than simple typing. The user will be provided
>>>>>> with 4 sentences and the user has to type type the correct statement as
>>>>>> fast as possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have made a rough idea of all the features the app will have. The
>>>>>> games that it has that you can find in my first mail. Plus I have also
>>>>>> planned to have Ego's formula for rating the player.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will you suggest any prerequisite that I should work on or plan for
>>>>>> the project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had also send this before directly to the mentor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have also submitted a proposal, kindly review it and provide some
>>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank You
>>>>>> Abhinav Kauhsal keshari
>>>>>> IIT Roorkee
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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