PSP News & Lik Sang Lua Comp Entry #9 Math Facts v 1.0

May 20th, 2006, 11:47 Posted By: wraggster

PSP News and Lik Sang are proud to host a mini comp aimed just at coders who Code in LUA. Here are the entries one by one.

Heres Entry #9

Math Facts v 1.0 by Mathfacts

The PSP is a wonderful device and the games rather entertaining, but I could not find anything that was primarily focused on education, specifically math. To fill that void, I created this little LUA program so my son could practice his math on the way to school. Math for kids isn't the most exciting thing, so I added some game attributes to try and hold his attention. I also didn't want to have to watch what he did, so I added a "review" page to see how well he did. Anyway, I saw your contest and it inspired me to finish it up and share it with my fellow PSP’ers.

This is my first LUA program and I didn't want to have my son need to load LUA so I found an existing eboot then made my own eboot(%) that contains the Math Facts graphics. In any case, it seems to work fine.

Thanks and keep up the fine site.
Rob

(This has only been tested on a 1.5 PSP.)

Features:
- Presents the user with simple math problems that include +,-,*,/
- Multiple sound effects for correct and incorrect answers
- Can choose between two fonts
- Timer keeps track of the amount of time to answer
- Score varies dependent on the time to answer
- Different hi scores saved dependent on # of problems selected
- Average time to answer displayed at the end (Speed drills!)
- Grade displayed at end (a=90%-100%, b=80%-89%, etc...)
- Some Customizable Options (Through LUA)

Install:

Expand the v1.5 folders into your psp\game directory
(There are tools you can use to remove the annoying corrupted folder)

Usage:

From the Math Facts main screen:
D-Pad: move between the type and number of problems
X key: add or remove problem types (Defaults to all types)
X key: select the # of problems (Defaults to 10)
O key: Change the font type
Triangle Key: Start/Stop music
Start: Starts the game

From the math problem screen:

D-pad: press left/right to select ones, tens, hundreds values
D-Pad: press up/down to cycle numbers from 0 to 9
X key: Enter/Check the answer
Triangle Key: Start/Stop music
Square key: Ends the current game
Start: Play again

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