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Thursday 8 October 2015

Computer Game (Interactive Game)

Introduction


Online game or online interactive game is a specialized application or technology which connects player through the internet or over a computer network. Over the last decade, the expansion of online gaming has reflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the internet and the growth of internet access itself.
            Online games have attracted players from a variety of ages, nationalities and occupations. Game design can range from simple text-based environment to the incorporation of complex graphics and virtual world.
            Quite number of parents automatically thought that online games do more harm than good to their children. However, playing games online can provide some benefits to children’s skills development. Parents and teachers can create reasonable guidelines with their children and create positive agreements around playing online games then struggles like kids staying up late playing on their computer and problem with children isolations themselves do not need to become an issue.
            There are multitudes of fun and age appropriate games online that can provide opportunities for children to exercise their creativity, set goals, practice persistence, develop responsibility and even learn new technology. Games like taking some of virtual pet like horse games, building citizen, puzzle and more can be quite for fun. 
A good idea before introducing online games to a child is to take a moment to review or select a game that comfortable with understanding how the games actually work and some of benefits of playing games online can help us make a decision on whether children should play games online.


Content Review

Interactive Online Games 

(a) Blind Spot


How to play blind spot game :
As kids grow up, it is important to ensure that they are exposed to games of educational value. Blind Spot is a memory game where objects of different sizes and different shapes appear for a brief time on the screen and then disappear. Once the objects have disappeared, players have to click on the parts of the screen where the different objects had appeared. A click on each right position gains them points, while a wrong click will deduct 1000 points from the player's score. The Blind Spot game has ten levels and each level gets more difficult as the number of objects that appear on the screen increase and the size of the objects reduce. Players must ensure that at each level, they try and click on the right positions of all the objects. Complete all the ten levels to finish the game.

Benefits of the game :
The Blind Spot game is an excellent memory game for kids. The game encourages players to pay attention to the different positions of different objects and recall them as they try and click on the original positions of the objects. The game is beneficial for kids as it not only sharpens their memory but also improves hand-eye coordination. It develops in them a spatial sense that encourages them to understand positions with respect to each other within a particular space.
Source: Blind Spot Game

(b) ABC


How to play ABC game :
This ABC Game is perfect for toddlers because it has no specific task to accomplish. There are twenty six boxes, one for each letter of the alphabet. Inside each box is the upper case letter, the lower case letter and the picture of a word that begins with the letter sound. Players can click on any of the boxes to hear the name of the letter, the sound it makes and what the picture is. The boxes can be clicked on in any desired order.

 Benefits of the game :
ABC Game is a wonderful game for toddlers and preschoolers. Even older kids who are not fully acquainted with the letters and their sounds would benefit from playing this game. In short, this is an alphabet game for kids who are still learning their ABC's. There are many online ABC games, but a fair number of them only deal with letter recognition. This ABC game for kids also deals with the closely related subject of letter sounds. Phonetics is quite confusing for kids who are just beginning to learn it, and this phonics game can be a useful learning tool at this stage. The game can also contribute to the development of a child's vocabulary, since for each letter, kids are given a word that begins with the letter.
Source: ABC Game

(c) World's Capital Quiz


How to play World Capitals Quiz game :
Playing the World Capitals game is easy. A name of a country is displayed on the screen. The objective of the game is for players to choose the right capital for each country from the four options provided. Click on the option that you think is the right answer. Players will score points for each right answer.

Benefits of World Capitals Quiz game :
Knowing the capitals of different countries is important for both kids as well as adults. Learning the world capitals is an essential part of every child's school curriculum. Geography lessons would be incomplete if they did not include countries and capitals and with fun World Capitals Quiz game, learning the capitals will become a fun activity for kids.  They will know more about the name of state all around the world.

(d) Clash of the Clans


How to play Clash of Clans Game :
Get your base up and running. First priority is to make your base more defensive so no one takes away your treasures. Focus on trying to put your town hall in the center of your base so that it is hard to take more trophies from you that come with taking down the town hall. Next, go to the Shop, the items to protect your base are under defense. Good initial defenses are walls and the mortar. If you have these, you are much less likely to have someone raid you and steal your gold and elixir. Walls are much better upgraded so make sure you can do that quite quickly. Try to get the walls to level 3 as quick as possible. Since you have limited resources at first, put the walls you buy around the most important buildings only. Lastly, Spend your gold, elixir and gems wisely. Do not waste them, especially your gems because they come in short supply.
Benefits Clash of Clans Game :
The game revolves around the idea of fortifying a base, defending it from invading players and their clans, and raiding the bases of others in order to gain resources and start the whole process over again. The gameplay is addicting, and because logging off means leaving your base wide open for a raid, the game’s top players stay glued to their screens.

(e) DOTA

How to play Dota 2 Game :
Dota 2 is an online game in matches involving two teams of five players, each of which occupies a stronghold at a corner of the map. Each stronghold contains a building called the "Ancient", which the opposite team must destroy to win the match. Each player controls a character called a "Hero", and focuses on leveling up, collecting gold, acquiring items, and fighting against the other team to achieve victory.

Benefits of Dota 2 Game :
The core of the game is winning by your team’s ability to strategize an attack plan. It all starts from carefully selecting the team’s heroes to match or to even exceed the abilities of the opponents’ own hero selection. Of course, it all boils down as to how skilled you are in using a specific hero. The process continues as you customize your hero’s abilities, followed by who should be assigned in specific locations or lanes in the map. Besides that, Dota actually cultivates teamwork. In a team of five, each member is assigned to a particular task he is good at. This requires some sacrifices and even choosing a hero you didn’t plan on using for the sake of creating a dynamic team. Of course, real teamwork emerges as you all agree upon pushing forward and helping team mates escape their own deaths.

Pros & Cons of Interactive Online Games

Pros:
As we all know that children loves to play video games, it does not matter if it’s an offline or online game, they just love to play video games. But somehow everything that we do, there will be it is pros and cons. There are some pros that we found for the interactive online game.
Exclusive content are one of the best reasons of taking the gaming online is to access the exclusive content that is available for whatever it is their playing. Besides that, another benefit of online gaming systems is that demos are made available for gamers so that when they can have a go at playing that potential purchase and decide how much they really want it before investing. Plus, as an extra bonus, they can buy games right then and there without having to rush out to the store. Online gaming enables people to socialize whilst playing , helping people to maintain relationships by interacting with family and friends across the globe. This can be beneficial for games by reinforcing team, building skills and adding more tactical and strategic elements to game. Play this can help develop lateral thinking.
Apart of that, online gaming allows them to compare their playing against a whole range of other players and there is a feel good factor in knowing that they are a better player than someone else. Knowing that it is not artificial intelligence that the children are up against naturally build up more competitiveness and as they are not always going to be the best. For example, The Blind Spot Game, the more they increase for their level the more the tougher the game will be so from there they will get the competitiveness among other player. Games are the heartbeat of the children. The children will forget everything when they are busy playing games. Another example, Clash of Clan Game, because a player can go to other player’s village so from there they will feel insecure and want to do more about their village like others.
Online games are considered safe for children. As online games are time bound, children can learn the importance of each minute and second. Online games also enhance creativity and imagination in children. Children may learn new things from online games. Moreover, online games are helpful in developing motor skills in children too. Many online games are quiz games or creative games. Playing these games is a good exercise for brain. When a child moves step by step, ahead in online games, the spirit of competition in them also increases. For instant, the ABC Game, they will learn more on their language development through that game, because they will be a sound for the lower and upper case letter. For more, the World Capital Quz Game, because it is about the world, the name all around the world so it will develop more in the children’s imagination development.
Cons:
In this era of technology, everything can be done by just using gadget. Everything that we need can just be found in the tip of our finger. Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive. Thoughts, feelings, behaviors and decreased prosocial helping.
The effect of video game violence in kids is worsened by games’. Interactive nature in  many games, children are rewarded for being more violent. The acting of violence is done repeatedly. The child is in control of the violence and experiences the violence in their own eyes (killings, kicking, stabbing and shooting). This active participation, repetition and reward are effective tools for learning behaviors. Besides that, too much video game playing makes the children socially isolated. Also, he may spend less time in other activities such as homework, reading, sports and interacting with the family and friends.
Video games may also have bad effects on some children’s health including Obesity, Video-induced  seizures and postural, Muscular and skeletal disorders such as Tendonifis, Nerve Compression, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Apart of that, online gaming also could teach bad language to the children. Some video games do use bad words. Sometimes stories of the games are difficult to decode and when the child fails to play that game, they starts blaming themselves and develops a kind of negative feeling. If the children is in the growing age, these games can prove a serious blow to their mental and ethical development. Children will get easily fascinated by these games so it is very difficult to make them understand the direct and indirect affects of these games. 
Moreover, online gaming has created its own brand of elitism with the purchase of newly released games. Companies can use the marketing of redeemable codes that allow for bonus content and material, to encourage buyers to invest in brand new games and discourages pre-owned. Server issues are essentially viruses in a game that cause it to run irregularly this is an issue with all gaming. However they do seem to be more prevelant online. Battlefield 3 was plagued with strange server issues and the Call Of Duty Games has suffered server connection difficulties. 

Animation Video

Example of interactive animation video.

Title: Learn Alphabet with Choo-Choo the Train.

Source : 1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoT1hTUVqn4