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Memorising periodic table
Going to start a project in which I try to make a 'memorising periodic table' game. Ideas so far:
-If it is a first time user, get their information, i.e. Name, age, mastery level
-Store the user's information in a file named, 'Firstname_Periodic'
-Again assuming first time user, get them to name as many elements as they can remember by first showing them a list of the element's symbol (if possible a periodic table with just the symbols labelled on it)
-From the way the user performs, give them a mastery_level:
--Newbie (1-10)
--Intermediate (11-20)
--Comfortable (21-30)
--Semi pro (31-50)
--Professional (51-80)
--Master (81-117)
As for memorising the table, some tests are as follows (ideas a welcome):
-Show one element symbol at a time from the ones the user has not memorised and give some facts about it.
-After showing some of these, say after 5 or 7, do a test and continue until the user chooses to quit.
-Save progress into a text file.
I don't know everything it will contain, but I thought I should just write down some ideas and if anyone has any ideas, post here please. I will try to continue working on it as the school term progresses.
-Need to find an effective method of storing the questions and tests
-If it is a first time user, get their information, i.e. Name, age, mastery level
-Store the user's information in a file named, 'Firstname_Periodic'
-Again assuming first time user, get them to name as many elements as they can remember by first showing them a list of the element's symbol (if possible a periodic table with just the symbols labelled on it)
-From the way the user performs, give them a mastery_level:
--Newbie (1-10)
--Intermediate (11-20)
--Comfortable (21-30)
--Semi pro (31-50)
--Professional (51-80)
--Master (81-117)
As for memorising the table, some tests are as follows (ideas a welcome):
-Show one element symbol at a time from the ones the user has not memorised and give some facts about it.
-After showing some of these, say after 5 or 7, do a test and continue until the user chooses to quit.
-Save progress into a text file.
I don't know everything it will contain, but I thought I should just write down some ideas and if anyone has any ideas, post here please. I will try to continue working on it as the school term progresses.
-Need to find an effective method of storing the questions and tests
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If you truly want ideas, don't do it in C++.
It'll be 1000x easier to use something like Python as a webapp with a MySQL database backend for saving results/user details etc.
It'll be 1000x easier to use something like Python as a webapp with a MySQL database backend for saving results/user details etc.
I kind of have to agree with Zaita here, what you are really wanting will take a bit of graphics if you want it to be any fun for the user. If it was all done in the C++ computer console it would be a bit confusing both in writing the program and for the user.
This can be done quite easily if you have a good understanding of C++ and have a graphics library up and running like SFML, but if you are just starting in C++ then I can't suggest it as practical yet.
It does sound like a good idea and a great study tool, but it's just not going to work unless you've got a firm grasp on both native C++ and whatever graphics library you can get a hold of. If you have both of those down then go for it, and good luck.
I suggest having sections to the game like level 1 is to name all the noble elements, level 2 all the metals, etc, level 5 or 6 would be to guess the number of valence electrons or molecular weight...
Ooh, how about a bit of code that would tell you if an element is likely to undergo a reaction if exposed to another element or a molecule?
This can be done quite easily if you have a good understanding of C++ and have a graphics library up and running like SFML, but if you are just starting in C++ then I can't suggest it as practical yet.
It does sound like a good idea and a great study tool, but it's just not going to work unless you've got a firm grasp on both native C++ and whatever graphics library you can get a hold of. If you have both of those down then go for it, and good luck.
I suggest having sections to the game like level 1 is to name all the noble elements, level 2 all the metals, etc, level 5 or 6 would be to guess the number of valence electrons or molecular weight...
Ooh, how about a bit of code that would tell you if an element is likely to undergo a reaction if exposed to another element or a molecule?
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Ask which element belongs to x group and y period e.g. Period 3 and group 1 - Na
give hints like physical and chemical characters with valency
there are about 118 elements discovered so dont you think the game could be over soon.
give hints like physical and chemical characters with valency
there are about 118 elements discovered so dont you think the game could be over soon.
@Zaita, any recommended reads for python? And how hard is it to learn python compared to c++?
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If you're going C++, i'd recommend the SDL library: http://www.libsdl.org/
And it ain't very get into if you know a bit about classes and pointers. If you don't, the documentation on this site covers both of those topics: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
You'd also might want to get your hands on SDL_image(if you want to deal with image formats other than BMP), and SDL_ttf(true type font), if you want to display characters onto the screen.
And it ain't very get into if you know a bit about classes and pointers. If you don't, the documentation on this site covers both of those topics: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
You'd also might want to get your hands on SDL_image(if you want to deal with image formats other than BMP), and SDL_ttf(true type font), if you want to display characters onto the screen.
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