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                        I.V. Lipsits, L.V. Antonova



















                        METHODICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

                             TO COMPUTER GAME

























                    Methodical recommendations
                         to computer game

                         Dear colleagues!

     We offer to your attention the game, that is one of the
elements of children's training in economic competence and
corresponds to the facultative course: " Basic concepts of
market economy ". To perform the training process there were
written : the program, the book for independent reading ( book
of I.V. Lipsits "Wonderful Adventures in the Land of Economy",
Publishing House  "Triad" î.1992 ), the dictionary of economic
terms  and the given game.
     It is intended for one educational year and consists of
plots, each of them can be the basis of a school lesson.
Offered materials are not methods of teaching using the game,
but only the description of the game.  The authors specially
don't give any particular advices to the teacher on organization
of the training process, as the course is facultative, and the
level of training of children at schools is very different.
Even with the best will it is impossible to give universal
recommendations. We confined ourselves to indication of the
most necessary and general items  of information on the game,
with the purpose to  help the teacher to prepare to the lesson.
It should be emphasized, that using the given description every
teacher,  having absolutly no notion of computer, ßan organize
the training process.
     The play (the journey) consists of 10 tours.
     1. Introduction lesson
     2. Highway of Economic Interests
     3. Highway of Natural Economy
     4. a) Exchange of goods at natural economy
        b) Unsuccessful attempt of exchange of goods
     5. Highway of Common Plan
     6. Highway of Free Market
     7. Canion of Market Balance
     8. Grotto of Marketing
     9. Arena of Competition.
    10. Black Market Forest.

     The teacher may by oneself determine the amount of hours,
necessary to study a theme.
     In the  beginning of the lesson the teacher should give the
economic information, stipulated by the subject of the lesson.
Then the pupil begins to work on the computer and by executing
the offered tasks he fixes the received knowledge.  All the
required explanations are entered in the  computer and occur
before the pupil at the necessary moment.
     It should be noted, that the game includes information
materials. It is given in a kind of peculiar crosswords. The
pupil is offered to guess and to write a term, the meaning of
which  occurs on the screen. If the  pupil copes  with the
task on one's own,  he receives on his account 10 teps
(tep is conditional monetary unit, used in the game); if he
calls the  help of the computer ( key F1 ), he receives only
4 teps. The words occur on the screen in any order.
     The introduction of this element of the game is stipulated
by the will of the author to give the schoolboys the interpre-
tation of economic terms, most frequently met in life.
     The game is developed thus that it insures differential
approach in training. If the pupil manages quickly with the task
of the lesson and has time he may play a prize game (there are
in all 4), and continue the trip. Sometimes the beginning of the
new round of the game doesn't require special knowledge, and the
teacher may give the opportunity to a good pupil to continue the
trip without assistance. Then he tells the pupil the password
for the next round.
     The password is necessary to make it possible for the pupil
to travel only under the control of the teacher. The passwords
for the transition from one game round to another are known only
by the teacher, and only he tells them to the children, enabling
them to move further.
     The set of passwords, requested before entering
each round of the game:
     Tour 2 - "NEEDS"
     Tour 3 - "SELFSUPPORT"
     Tour 4 - "SALE"
     Tour 5 - "MARKETING"
     Tour 6 - "RISK"
     Tour 7 - "RENT"
     Tour 8 - "ACCOUNT"
     Tour 9 - "MONOPOLIST"
     Tour 10 -"OBLIGATION"

     Using the game during the training should be taken into
account, that the children have to sit not more than 20 minutes
at the computer screen.
     The game begins with an inscription on the screen of the
computer:
          New game
          To continue the game
          End of the game
     Using up and down arrow keys the  player  chooses  a line
and having pressed the key ENTER is included in the game.
     First of  all  each  of the participants should enter his
name ( ----- ), press ENTER and enter his code, consisting of
symbols (letters or figures).
     It is very important, that the pupils remember or better
write down the data entered by them, otherwise they will be
compelled to begin the game from the beginning.

                              Round 1
      The introduction lesson "Journey in Ecoland" begins along
the Highway of Economic Interests.  To get on this highway,
the pupil should cross a bar,  to do this it is necessary to
choose one of the four offered mottos for inhabitants of the land:

     1. One must live within his means.
     2. No pain, no gain.
     3. Self comes first.
     4. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of
themselves.
     Having chosen the motto with the help of an arrow, the pupil
should press ENTER.

     Variant 1
     The choice of the mottos  1,3,4  is incorrect,  and the pupil
has the opportunity to try again.
     Variant 2
     Choosing the motto number 2 you'll hear a melody, that would
accopany the game when your answers are correct.
     When chosing the motto number 2 the schoolboy is given
the chance to continue the trip.
     On the computer screen the children will see a bank  automat,
which they will constantly use during the trip.

     Scheme for  using the bank automat.
     During the game the pupil will regularly use the bank
automat, that executes the following operations:
     1) transfers cash money onto the account;
     2) removes cash from the account;
     3) pays for the entertaining game.

     Let us consider the execution of each operation.
     1. Transfer of money onto the account.
     For fulfillment of this process it is necessary, using
the key with arrows (down and upwards), to move the arrow
to the appropriate line and to press the key ENTER.
 Thus on the screen there will be an inscription:
     "Arrow upwards } use the key - {  . Quit - { ESC }
"To convert money from cash into non-cash  you should
press the key  with the arrow { upwards } as long as all
the money will be transferred. To finish the process
press the key { ESC }.
     2. If the pupil decides to play a prize game, it is
necessary to move the key with the arrow { downwards } to
the line: "Prize game".
     The cost of every game is different. Only if you gained
enough money,  it is possible to play an entertaining game.
     The pupil can choose each of them, but naturally taking
into account the sum, which he disposes of.
     The bank automat and the instruction of work with it
appear on the screen of the computer simultaneously.
     During the trip the pupil has an opportunity to gain money.
It may be payment for a successfully arranged commercial deal,
income from well organized trade,  correct answers to questions,
solving of tasks and etc.. All the earned means are automatically
transferred to the personal account of the pupil; the player can
use these money only. The pupil should clearly understand, that
he may be awarded with a prize game. It will depend on the
amount of money  on his personal account  and the time saved
during his lesson.  If the pupil answers fast and correctly
during the trip, he is saving time and money.
     The rules of the game stipulate the system of fines,
which the pupil has to pay for an incorrectly executed
task and from his account would be taken a certain sum.

                              Round 2

                    Highway of Economic Interests

     To drive through the control point, the pupil has to
answer the question: without what a person can not live?
The pupil should put down numbers from 1 up to 15 in the list
of the offered answers:  without friends, books, water, air,
love, respect, music, food, good luck, roof, family, clothes,
trips, entertainments, protection  from enemies and criminals.
Thus  number 1 should be attributed to the most important need
and number 15 - the the least significant one.
     The answer is correct, if numbers 1,2,3,4,5 in any order
are written down at the words: water, air, roof, clothes, food.
     For the correct answer the pupil receives 3 tep onto his
account. In the case of the incorrect answer the pupil may try
again.
     On the following stage the pupil can be acquainted with the
pyramid of human wishes and continue the trip.

                              Round 3

                   Highway of Natural Economy
     To continue the trip, the children should guess the trade
of the family members, living in the conditions of the natural
economy.
      On the left side of the screen of the computer there will
be emblems, representing the trade to be guessed, and on the right
side - the list of trades.
      The pupil  needs to move an arrow to the name of the trade,
the emblem of which is represented at the left. Correctly defined
correspondence between the emblem and the name of a trade is
encouraged with a prize in teps. In the case of the wrong guess of
a trade, teps are not charged.

                              Round 4 a

                   Exchange of Goods at Natural Economy
       The pupil is offered a task: " To the market came 5 persons.
"Ç"  brought boots and wanted to exchange them for a goose.  "B"
brought an axe and wanted for it a shirt. "V"  brought a shirt and
wanted for it a saw. "G" brought a saw and wanted  for it boots.
"D" brought a goose and wanted to get an axe.
       With whom had "A" to make an exchange so that everybody would
be satisfied?   Variant 1:
       If the pupil enters the combinations that ensures exchange,
he gaines 10 Teps.
       One of the variants of the exchange:
             A with G
             A with V
             A with B
             A with D
     Further you should press the key { ESC }.
     Variant 2
     At the correct answer after the second approach the pupil
receives 7 teps, and after the third one - 5 teps. After the
fourth and fifth approachs teps are not charged.

                              Tour 4 b

                      Unsuccessful exchange
     The pupil is offered to solve the task: to the market  came 5
persons. "à" brought boots and wanted to exchange them for a shirt.
"G" brought an axe and wanted to get for it a saw. "Z"  brought a
bucket and wanted to have for it  a hammer. "I"  brought  a hammer
and wanted for it boots. "è" brought a horse collar and wanted for
it trousers. Who of them managed to make an exchange and with whom?
     Variant 1
     If the player enters the correct answer ( "nobody" ), he
receives a bonus of 10 teps and continues the trip.
     The teacher  tells  the player the password for entrance into
the Highway of Commodity Economy.  -  Password  -
"Marketing".
     Variant 2
     If the  player  gives the wrong answer ( one of letters ),
he may call the help. The pupil calling the bank automat  would
lose 15 teps from his account. If there are not enough money,
he may take credit from the bank MENATEP and a home task.

                              Round 5

                       Highway of Common Plan
     The player is offered to answer the question: in Russia are
produced  ca. 22 millions products in a year. They were produced
by some hundred thousands of enterprises. How much time does one
need using computer to make a better plan for manufacturing of
these products at the enterprises for a year ahead?
      If the player gives the correct answer (more than 1 000
years), he receives a prize of 10 teps.

                               Round 6

                      Highway of Free Market
     During the lesson the children may participate in races
along the Highway of Free Market. The pupil needs to choose
one of the six offered cars. Each of them has a symbol of a
branch, that produces the indicated goods.
     The pupil should know, that the size of the bonus depends
on the size of the demand on this goods.
     On the screen the children will see the racing highway,
divided into 6 pathes. At the end of each of them there is a
frame, showing the size of the demand on the good.
     The game  begins and the pupil, if he  wishes, may  see
the control race,  having pressed the key  ENTER. Then for 5
seconds he ought to choose a car by moving the arrow, located
in the left-hand part of the screen,  with the help of the
keys using the arrow upwards and the arrow downwards. If the
player managed to make the decision, there would be a tag on
his car.  If the pupil had no time to choose a car, the race
begins in 5 seconds, and the tag occurs on the car number 1.
The pupil should realize, that one should concentrate his
attention upon the game and doesn't let slip.
Time is money.

                              Round 7

                   Canion of Market Balance
     On the screen of the computer the pupil will see two hills:
the  Hill of Demand and  the Hill of Supply. To drive  between
them through the Canion of the Market Balance, the pupil has to
solve a task:  "To the market  came  3 persons, each  wanted to
purchase  an axe. The first one  had  5 roubles,  the second 7
roubles, the third 10 roubles. This day axes  were sold only by
one merchant.  He had 2 axes for sale.  What do you think, how
much money did the merchant earn for these 2 axes?
     Variant 1
When the player enters as answer 5,7,10 roubles, he is offered
one more attempt.
     Variant 2
When the player enters as answer 17 roubles he has to pay a fine.
     Variant 3
When the player enters 14 roubles, he will receive a bonus of 4
teps and continue his trip.

                              Round 8

                          Marketing Hollow
     At this lesson the players have to do the most interesting
task. The pupil is offered to think over, what steps may be
taken at management of his own business in the situation, when
at the market appear competitors.
     To make it possible for the the children  to solve  this
problem successfully, it is necessary to explain them, what is
marketing, advertising, to acquaint them with the opportunity
of prohibition of import and export of goods.
After the introductory part of the lesson the pupils begin to
work with the computer. Each of them becomes the owner  of an
American firm, producing and selling shampoo. The work of the
firm became complicated in view of the appearance at the market
of competitors - an Japanese firm, which sells  their shampoo
cheaper. The pupil should find a way out of the given situation,
i.e. ensure the prosperity of their firm. For this purpose they
should choose one of the proposals given on the screen.
     Variant 1
The correct answer is a combination of several solutions (i.e.
number 10). At input of numbers 3, 6 and 1, 2, 8  or  all the
solutions together the pupil receives a bonus  and the
opportunity to continue the trip.
     Variant 2
When choosing the 6-th solution the pupil gets one more approach
and the opportunity to get out of the hollow.
     Variant 3
When choosing any solution (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), but only one
solution the pupil comes back in the menu of the task for search
of a correct solution.
     At the end of the lesson the author considers it expedient
to acquaint  the pupils with one of  the real variants  of the
solution  of a similar problem  by an expert  in the field  of
marketing. For  the continuation of the trip the teacher gives
the  password: "Monopolist".

                        Round 9

              Arena of Competitive Struggle
At the given lesson the pupil is offered to join the battle with
the competitor. The aim of the player is to win as much as possible
buyers, trying a key to their purses.  The player's shop is the
competitor. "Everything for you" is the computer's shop.
     On the screen appears the picture of a key with nine furrows,
each of them having an inscription:
     On the 1-st - Reducing costs for manufacturing of goods
     On the 2-nd - Reducing prices of goods
     On the 3-rd - Advertising expenses
     On the 4-th - Quality improvement
     On the 5-th - Manufacturing of new goods
     On the 6-th - Buying up competitors' enterprises
     On the 7-th - Gaining over experts from competitors
     On the 8-th - Worming economic secrets out of competitors
     On the 9-th - Agreement for market-sharing with competitors
     Changing the form of the key, the pupil chooses the way to
win over buyers. It is possible to change the form of the key
by pressing the digital key, corresponding to the number of the
furrow.
     After pressing the key ENTER the game begins and lasts for
5 minutes.
     To enter the following playing situation the teacher gives
the password "Obligation".

                              Round 10

                         Black Market Forest
     The plot begins with the  text of the gambler's song on
the screen. This is a peculiar visiting card of the place,
where the pupils have to conduct the lesson. Before beginning
the work with the computer the teacher explains the meaning
of the following concepts:goods-falsifiers, copyright, profit,
bankruptcy.
     It is necessary to dwell on the rules of the "thimble"-
game as well as to notify the children, that temptation to earn
money dishonestly will entail serious complications.
     This playing situation offers the children a variety of
temptations, amusements and gives almost the real opportunity
to get rich quickly.   On the screen appear the following
proposals:
        1) to play one of the world-best computer games;
        2) to play "thimble"-game for money;
        3) to open a small enterprise;
        4) to travel further.
     Variant 1
     If the player chooses the solution N 1, he will be punished
for the use of the illegal received copy of the game. In the given
situation the player has two opportunities to continue the trip:
     a) to pay the penalty;
     b) to solve an arithmetic task ( correct answer 41 943, 037
roubles. The answer is correct with round numbers up to the whole
rouble ).
     Variant 2 ( "thimble"-game )
     After pressing  the key  ENTER  the pupil will see on the
screen a picture  of the table, where  is moving a ball. Above
the table there are 3 caps. The ball moves for 15 seconds, then
the caps drop and the ball will be hidden under one of them. The
pupil should guess, under which cap is the ball, and to set the
arrow under the chosen cap,  using the keys [arrow to the left]
and [arrow to the right].
     In the given situation it is not excluded, that the pupil
can lose all his money.
     Variant 3
     The pupil becomes the owner of an underground workshop,
that is manufacturing the falsifiers-goods.
     Then in the control window the player will see the picture
of goods to be copied. Before the image disappears the player
has to press the key with the first letter of the name of the
good. For example: Automobile - Ç.
     At a certain stage of the game the workshop is found out
by the tax inspection and the owner has to answer for
manufacturing of the falsifiers-goods. Then it is possible:
     1) to pay the penalty;
     2) to solve a penal arithmetic task ( answer: 55 roubles
costs each horse).
     If the player stops in the game, having some money on his
account, he may continue the trip.
     Variant 4
     Choosing this variant the pupil will be awarded and may
continue the trip, by playing the prize game.


                     DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIZE GAMES


                       Help for the game "Reversi"

 The aim of the game REVERSI is to finish the game having more
 red circles than the computer the blue ones.
        (On monochrome monitor white and black circles)
 1) You and computer play by the same rules.
 2) To make a correct lead it is necessary that at least one
    circle of the computer would be on a horizontal, vertical or
    diagonal between your two circles. To move the cursor along
   play field use keys arrows. A circle is set with the key
   ENTER or SPACE.
 3) You may press the key <<P>>(leave out a lead) in the
    beginning of the game and the computer leads the game.
 4) Later on you wouldn't be able to leave out a lead, if you
    have a place to set a circle.
 5) No place to go, then choose <<P>> (Leave out a lead)
 6) If both you and the computer have nowhere to go the
    game will be finished.
 7) Who has more circles, wins.

                            Press { ENTER }

                 You choose to play the game "Sea battle" !

                          A perfect choice!

     The computer will draw two game fields, one of them is
 yours. You may see here the disposition of your ships (white
 checks). Where are your enemy's (computer's) ships, you don't
 know. Your task is to sink the enemy's ships. You need to
 choose a check on the enemy's field and to hit the target.
 You set in the commando line the co-ordinates of the chosen
 check and press { ENTER }.
                 For example:
                                ┌───────┐
                           J2 + │ ENTER │
                                └───────┘
     Thereupon the computer straight away would strike in
 return a blow and now again your lead! If one of the adver-
 saries hits directly, the hit check is covered with red
 color (and for monochrome monitor with black color). If you
 failed to hit, on the check you missed appears a cross.
                  Now dare, your lead!

                            Press { ENTER }

                You prefer to play the game "Little boa"!

                        Well then, congratulations!

   To handle the boa, use four keys - arrows. Your task is to
 hit with the boa's head the numbers, that appear in different
 places of the screen (terrarium). With every direct hit the
 little boa grows and becomes longer. Try to "eat up" as many
 numbers as possible and thus to get more prize points. But be
 careful and avoid boa's collisions with terrarium walls and
 inner partitions and with its own body as well. Otherwise the
 boa may perish! You have only five "lives" for the little boa!


                       Well, I wish you good luck !

                              Press  { ENTER }

                       You choose the game "Gorillas"!
                    Congratulations! An excellent choice!


     This game is played by two. Two gorillas fight standing
 on the top of sky-scrapers and throw one another bananas. To
 throw a banana you have to set in the commando line at first
 the angle dimension (to horizontal) in degrees and then the
 force value you need to throw a banana. Every value you have
 to confirm by pressing  the key  { ENTER }.
          For example:        ┌───────┐
                   Angle 45 + │ ENTER │
                              └───────┘
                              ┌───────┐
                   Force 50 + │ ENTER │
                              └───────┘
                                    - it means, that the banana
                                  would be thrown at an angle of
                               45 degrees and with a force of 50.
               Your aim is to hit quicker the rival with a banana.

                             Press { ENTER }