Hi All....
Thanks for recording and posting these. Do any of you remember the Apple ii
game for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?" Must have been circa mid 1980s.
All text. Fun problem solving. I got the Babelfish!
On a more useful note... the folks in Uruguay have some good things going with
their "Conozco" series. They started with history and geography with "Conozco
Uruguay." After that came "Conozco Alimentos" about nutrition, "Knowing
Numbers" about math (GCF and LCM), "Conozco Nicaragua", and, by Uruguay's
talented young programmer, Christofer, "Conozco Elementos Químicos." I had
hoped there would have been a new Conozco we could have all worked on at
eduJAM, but I guess I was the only one interested.
Anyway, this is a great example of a simple narrative game that has grown to
cover a wide range of subjects. I have only actually downloaded and played the
first one, so I don't know how they have adapted it. I did talk with one of
the Conozco developers in Montevideo (maybe Gabriel Eirea?) and he told me they
are working on a new, expanded one called "Conozco America" which will be like
the Uruguay game, but include all of the countries in the Americas! An
ambitious undertaking.
Caryl
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