This is the last in a set of prepared lectures used for IT 7220, Multimedia Games for Education. The companion text for Flash game reference is ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University by Gary Rosenzweig. This section deals with game frameworks for quiz and trivia games.

1. TRIVIA/QUIZ GAMES
IT 7220 - April 13, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009

2. AGENDA
Schedule Update/Reminders
Rosenzweig Chapter 10
Working with XML Files
Trivia Games (simple, deluxe, images)
Lab
Monday, April 13, 2009

3. SCHEDULE
This session concludes the prepared lecture part of
course
Next week is devoted to Lab and preparation of your
presentations
Presentations scheduled for April 27
Don’t forget Reflection Paper due on May 4
Monday, April 13, 2009

4. XML IN FLASH
eXtensible Markup Language
Provides a simple format for exchanging data
between systems
Examples used include nodes, child nodes, and
attributes
Data for an XML object may be embedded directly in
Action Script; more common method is to read from
an external file
Couple of examples: xmlExample.fla; xmlimport.fla
Monday, April 13, 2009

5. FLASH TRIVIA GAMES
Three Trivia Games are covered in chap 10:
Simple Quiz Game
Deluxe Trivia Quiz
Picture Quiz
Monday, April 13, 2009

6. SIMPLE QUIZ GAME
TriviaGame.fla - basic trivia game is just a series of
questions
10 questions and answers are stored in an external
XML file - trivia1.xml (hint and fact nodes are also
included, however are not used in this version of
game)
The game is built in two frames (even though the
book says three)
Questions appear in order although answers are
shuffled
Monday, April 13, 2009

7. SIMPLE QUIZ GAME (CONT.)
Uses URLLoader and URLRequest objects
Game elements are held in a single Sprite object
gameSprite:
questionSprite
answerSprite
gameButton
Game score is displayed on bottom of screen
Monday, April 13, 2009

8. DELUXE TRIVIA QUIZ
TriviaGameDeluxe.fla - adds additional game elements
A time limit for answering questions
Display of hint
Updated scoring accounts for time and whether hint is
used
Display of factoid adding to educational value
Uses question bank - trivia2.xml
Selects 10 questions from a pool of 42
Questions and answers are randomized
Monday, April 13, 2009

9. PICTURE QUIZ
PictureTriviaGame.fla - variation on Simple Quiz
Game
Allows for display of text or pictures for answers,
using a 2x2 grid formation instead of 4 lines
trivia3.xml - XML file uses a “type” attribute in the
question and answer nodes to specify either text or
file (picture in swf file)
Monday, April 13, 2009

10. LAB
Work in Teams
Monday, April 13, 2009