Verb Expansion Game

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Verb Expansion Game

• Team 3
• Bryan Bloss
• Jeremy Comardelle
• Gordon Gable
• Gleyner Garden
• Sponsored By Dr. Beth Young

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Proposal

• Customer requested development of a game that
  would help students practice use of verb phrases.
• Game would have students match a particular verb
  phrase with the rule that created it

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Verb Expansion Is

• Auxiliary Verb Combinations
• Five Main Verb Forms
• Equation of a Sentence
• T (M) (have -en) (be -ing) MV
• Modals

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Verb Phrase Examples

• Present tense
• I will fly T M MV
• I will have flown T M have -en MV
• I will have been flying T M have -en be
  -ing MV
• I am flying T be -ing MV

Where T Tense M Modal (Will/Would Can/Could
May/Might) tense related MV Modal Verb (verb
also changes depending on tense)
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Verb Phrase Examples

• Past tense
• I flew T MV
• I would fly T M MV
• I would have flown T M have -en MV
• I was flying T be -ing MV

Where T Tense M Modal (Will/Would Can/Could
May/Might) tense related MV Modal Verb (verb
also changes depending on tense)
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Game Ideas

• Since sponsor suggested matching game where the
  user would have to match a verb phrase with its
  corresponding rule
• A game of Concentration would fulfill this
  requirement perfectly

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Statement of Work

• The system shall run on a standard desktop
  computer with the Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft
  Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows 98 operating
  systems.
• The system shall utilize to a database of verb
  phrases and associated expansion rules.
• The system shall have a user-friendly interface
  that minimizes entry from the user.
• The system shall provide a score to the user.
• The system shall have the capability to expand
  the database.
• The system shall have less than 2 down time per
  month.
• The system shall use a high level programming
  language.
• The system shall use regular as well as irregular
  verbs in the game.

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Concept of Operation

• User logs into class website, and accesses Game
  intro page.
• Java plug-in may be downloaded installed, if
  necessary.
• User reads instruction page, if necessary.
• User begins Game by accessing page with Game Java
  application.
• Game generates graphical array of "cards", face
  down, with the number ofcards to be determined
  by the difficulty level selected.
• Each card is assigned either a verb phrase or its
  associated rule, sothat there is a whole number
  of matched pairs. This requires theapplication
  to generate the verb phrases from a source file
  of verbs andtheir usage.
• Clock/timer begins.
• User selects two cards at a time.
• If there is a match, cards are colored to
  indicate a finished pair. Ifnot, the two cards
  are turned face down again.
• Repeat steps 8-9 until all of the verb phases
  have matched with the correct phase equation.

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Software Requirement Specs.

• Has to run over the web
• Execution has to be client side
• Best solution Java Applet

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Internal Workings

• Three main classes
• Concentration class
• Gets everything started
• DrawCard class
• Is the actual card that is displayed
• Controller class
• Static
• Methods are called an event happens, i.e. one of
  cards is clicked

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Working Prototype

• http//home.cfl.rr.com/eel5881/Concentration/Conce
  ntration.HTML

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Graphic Design Concept
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Testing

• Component Testing
• Module Testing
• Integration Testing
• Product Testing
• Testers

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Questions/Comments

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