Title :
An educational game for learning wind and gravity theory on iOS: Drop donuts
Author :
Wattanatchariya, Kawin ; Chuchuaikam, Satapond ; Dejdumrong, Natasha
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., King Mongkut´´s Univ. of Technol. Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
An educational game for learning gravity theory is developed on iOS technology, called "Drop Donuts". The goal of this game is to feed a monster on the island at the bottom of the screen by dropping donuts. While the wind speed and direction keeps changing all the time, a donut is dropped. Flowing leaves will be a hint to the players in the determination of the wind direction and speed. This will affect to the donut in following away. This game is developed using a tool called "GameSalad". The result is an edutainment game which provides both fun and physics concept. Furthermore, the wind simulation is implemented and deployed onto iPhone or iPad devices.
Keywords :
computer games; courseware; gravity; mobile computing; physics computing; wind; Drop Donuts; GameSalad; educational game; edutainment game; gravity theory learning; iOS; iPad device; iPhone device; wind simulation; wind theory learning; Educational Game; Gravity Theory; iPhone;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE), 2011 Eighth International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nakhon Pathom
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0686-8
DOI :
10.1109/JCSSE.2011.5930152