1. Witton Chou, Kai Lin Huang, Volodymyr Kalish, Karen Tran, Trinh Vo
Pro-Gaming
GROUP 4
Witton Chou, Kai Lin Huang,
Volodymyr Kalish, Karen Tran, Trinh Vo

2. Overview Problem & Solution Target Users Tasks Design Evolution & Demo
Unimplemented Features

3. Overall Problem CS is hard for beginners due to steep learning curve
Many beginners want to learn, but get frustrated and discouraged after encountering difficulties
LEARN!

4. Solution
Designed a serious game for these needs
Why Java?

5. Target Users Who: Anyone interested in CS & Programming Goal:
To make programming fun and attractive to our target users

6. Representative Tasks “Datris” “What goes there?” “Bug-A-Boo”
The game aims to familiarize the users with the concept of data types
“What goes there?”
The objective is to familiarize the users with the coding style and syntax of the Java programming language
“Bug-A-Boo”
The objective of this game is to teach users to identify bugs

8. First Task: Datris Tutorial Added Improved Overall Interface
Buttons
Count down after “New Game”
Improved Scoring System
No scoring limit
Bonus points
Hall of Fame added

9. Tutorial Added

10. Improved Overall Interface

12. Improved Scoring Techniques

13. Scoring System Added

14. Second Task:“What Goes There?”
Tutorial Added
Improved Overall Interface
Buttons Added
√ / X Positions
Auto Position Mouse Cursor
More Varieties of Questions

15. Tutorial Added
Tutorial: #loop statement #control #expectation √/X #skip tutor

16. Improved Overall Interface
#auto cursor#√/Xconfuse user #3 buttons consist fn #pause cover =>#win leftover time

17. Third Task: Bug-a-boo Game Style Changed Completely Tutorial Added
Improved Feedback
Improved Scoring System
No scoring limit
Bonus points
Hall of Fame added
Minor changes
Help document
More Questions

18. Tutorial Added
Tutorial: #bug defn #control #expectation √/X # skip tutor

19. Improved Feedback
#new style #feedback sound #bonus pt#score unlimit =>

20. Improved Scoring System
#break record #replay countdown => #give back kar talk ab’t unimplement feature

21. Unimplemented Features
Animated tutorial
Multiplayer
involve networking protocol knowledge that would bring a lot of new problems and has little to do with User Interface Design

22. Conclusion Pro-Gaming
Big step forward
Introduces most basic CS concepts successfully
With our Pro-Gaming games, we hope to motivate users to learn, practice, and program with fun.

23. Thank You!
Questions?