Start Activity : it starts a new activity session using full screen
Score history : it shows the score history. If the player is connected to the internet he will be able to see the scores of the other players.
Tools Menu
Options : it opens a dialog box where the player can change his/her settings
Help Menu
About : information about the version used and the authors
Contents : shows this help
Status Bar : it shows information about the player and his/her connection status
Information about the player:
Id : network identification number (if connected to the Internet) otherwise the number will be 0 (local)
Name
Surname
City
School
Network status : the LED that indicates the status connection :
Grey- local
Green – remote connection
Red – remote but not connected
Shortcut Buttons
Start Activity (play icon ) : a new activity session starts in full screen mode
Score History (icon-medal ) : it shows score history
Options : (gear icon ) : it opens a box where you can modify your settings
Activity Panel
The Boxes : there are 38 squares of 4 different categories :
Start square ( house icon )
Normal square ( icon – questioning )
A Key square (icon – a key )
Bonus square (icon – upside thumbs up )
Penalty square ( icon – down thumbs down )
Player position is indicated by a flashing blue placeholder (it flashes when a player changes position )
Control and Status panel describes player status and it allows to make control actions :
Status :
User: name and surname of the player
Square : square position on the game board
Chances : number of available chances
Keys: number of collected keys
Score : player score
Dices : the number resulted by rolling the dices
Control :
Roll dices button : it rolls the dices , controls the output number of the dices and activates a question square
Jump to Key : if the player has got chances he/she can jump directly to the next key
Exit : it quits the activity without saving any data
Question Panel : any time the player rolls the dices a box appears, it contains :
The Question
An image related to the question
4 options
A bar that indicates the remaining time
Confirm Button
If the time ends and the player hasn’t submitted any answer the panel will automatically close
Options panel : it lets the player modify some options :
User folder : information about the player
Name : player name
Surname : player surname
City : location
School: player’s school
ID: if the player is running the game in local, the ID will be 0 (zero) but if he/she is connected to the Internet an identification number will be attributed :
For already registered player retrieves the recorded ID
For new players a new ID will be created and attributed
Network Folder : information about the network
Remote : if the box is selected then a connection will be established (only if the player is connected to the internet ),if he is not connected, then the game will run on local
Host URL : host address (not necessary to enter the protocol used )
Use Proxy : if the check button is selected , the application will try to connect using a proxy
Proxy : complete URL proxy (it is used to connect to the host , without inserting the protocol )
Proxy port : proxy number of the proxy service (default 3128 )
Desktop Folder : info about the presentation
Available backgrounds for the application
A box that is useful to preview the image selected
Confirm Button : it saves all your options and finishes
Clear Button: it undoes all the changes resetting the panel to the previous options
Cancel Button : it closes the panel without saving data