language game?

[OddChild]

Hi All,


sorry for not posting in over a year.

I moved again, ah well... Anywho I have been working on a program that teaches Arabic. I am wanting to release it as GPL in a few months. Anywho, I am really in need of testers..

The reason I stopped by here is: i need to figure out how to make the quiz more exciting.

The current beta version can be downloaded at: arabsforchrist.org/downloads/EZArabic_beta_Setup.exe

Thanks for any ideas.

Right now, there is a little status bar that goes lower until it hits zero. Nothing too exciting. Any suggestions would be excellent.


Johnny

[Guilect]

Well hello Oddchild.
Long time no hear.
Glad to see that you are still out and about.

Your program was a large download, ~ 65 Meg.
But after downloading, and right after starting the installer :



after pressing the OK button, the hard drive spun for a few minutes.
There was a blank window, titled "MainForm".
Then I got the "error occured do you want to send to Microsoft..." message.

Perhaps the upload (or my download) got corrupted?
Any chance for a lite version? Or just a screen shot from you for us to critique instead?

Regards,
Guilect

[OddChild]

Sounds like a corrupted download




Basically it plays a sound of a letter and if the user gets it right it plays a sound or if it is wrong it plays another set of sounds.

I haven't figured out how to make it more "fun".

The reason it is so big is because it has a part in the program called "read along" in which a user can read a long with a native speaker through the Gospel of John in Arabic.

Here is a zip version, hopefully it runs fine. arabsforchrist.org/downloads/beta_ezarabic.zip

The error you found seems to have been from the installer program, so I would guess it got corrupted.

glad to see things are still going on here.

[Guilect]

The only thing I can think of right now, is to have some sort of reward system for correct answers. They can gain points or get treated to a fireworks display, for example.
Positive re-inforcement and encouragement might make the program more enjoyable.