mulawa1
About Me
Activities Developer
| Name | mulawa1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Pomona, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Homepage | http://mulawa.net |
| User since | September 14, 2010 |
In a little more detail…
I've been messing around with computers for nearly 40 years. My interest has always been in creating interesting activities for other people. I see OLPC as an opportunity to continue to do good work in this area.
My e-mail address is on my home page at mulawa.net
Across and Down created by mulawa1, Aniket21
My inspiration for "Across & Down" comes from Scrabble. Players have to make interlocking English words. The board has "ghost" letters on it. For example if you place a "z" on a "z", you score 8 points.
Appel Haken created by mulawa1
You're looking at a map with straight borders. Your task is to colour in the map so that no two bordering countries have the same colour.
Boxes created by mulawa1
Usually called "Dots & Boxes", this activity revisits the game from our childhood but here the students get to play against me.
Castle created by mulawa1
A game of discovery and strategy inspired by the Adventure games of the 70s.
Countries created by mulawa1
Players have to type in a country for each letter of the alphabet. Successes are rewarded with the display of the country's flag. The activity 'knows' the English names of 212 countries.
DidgArt created by mulawa1
My inspiration for this activity comes from Australian Aboriginal Art. DidgArt offers several drawing shapes which can easily be coloured, re-sized or rotated. Drawings can be saved and retrieved at any time.
Eleusis created by mulawa1
The cards are dealt out and accepted or rejected according to a simple secret rule - e.g. "all cards must be red". There are 19 different rules. The picture shows odd and even numbers alternating.
End Game created by mulawa1
A simple yet entertaining interactive introduction to Chess. Covers piece moves, capture, protection, pawn promotion, checkmate and stalemate. Includes 4 playable end games with the winning strategy demonstrated.
Follow Me created by mulawa1
A simple little game which requires good concentration. Pupils are presented with an ever increasing sequence of pictures which they have to imitate. The Best Score is 'remembered' so the game provides a continual challenge to improve. My best is 40.
IQ created by mulawa1
Fit the ten coloured pieces into the square. There are ten different puzzles - each starts with a different piece in the top left corner.
Jumble created by mulawa1
In a jumble of 83 objects, the player has to locate 20. Each deal is different.
Letters created by mulawa1
Inspired by the TV show, "Letters and Numbers". Players are given 8 letters and have to make as long an English word as possible.
Mancala created by mulawa1, yashagrawal
This is one of my favourite games - very simple to play yet it requires lots of careful thought, counting and planning.
Numbers created by mulawa1
The second of Peter the Magician's Puzzle Activities. Inspired by the TV game, "Letters and Numbers". Players have to make a target number from 3 single digit numbers using only plus and multiply. There are 10 levels which can be set by the player.
Oct created by mulawa1
A fun fullscreen jigsaw with octagonal and square pieces. Comes with 16 pictures - these may be added to or replaced. Click to pick up a piece, click to put it down.
Ominoes created by mulawa1
The picture shows Level 3 completely solved. The shapes are made from 5 squares and are called pentominoes. Level 4 requires the player to find the 35 hexominoes.
PJ created by mulawa1
20 exciting jigsaws - each with 40 unique pieces. Pieces are randomly rotated but there is a button to make them all the right way up. Note that this a large download (over 20 MegaBytes) - check your Journal has enough space before downloading.
PJ Lite created by mulawa1
20 exciting jigsaws - each with 12 unique pieces. This is a simplified version of PJ for younger children - the pieces are all the right way up. Note that this a large download (over 20M) - check your Journal has enough space before downloading.
PMJ created by mulawa1
Peter's Moving Jigsaws - 12 pictures to choose from - rectangular pieces. Pieces are swapped until the puzzle is solved. Note that this a fairly large download (over 4 MegaBytes) - check your Journal has enough space before downloading.
Python Tute created by mulawa1
Easy to follow interactive tutorial for Python and Pygame. Aim is to allow keen students to discover if computer programming is for them.
Rectangles created by mulawa1
The grid is broken up into coloured rectangles but, at the start, only ONE square from each rectangle shows its colour. This square also shows the area (ie the number of squares) of the rectangle. The player must find all the rectangles.
Shapes created by mulawa1
This is my take on the old game of "Battleships". Four shapes are "hidden" on the grid. Left click on a square if you think it is part of a shape. Otherwise right click.
SimCom created by mulawa1
SimCom is a Simple Computer that really works. Pupils can see what really goes on behind the scenes in a real computer. The picture shows a program running and printing the prime numbers.
Sokoban created by mulawa1
A game requiring careful thought and planning. It may be played in tablet mode. Use the turtle to push the red boxes onto the red targets.
Soma created by mulawa1
A 3D version of Ominoes but limited to 4 or 5 cubes. The picture shows the 4 cube version almost solved. Tablet mode works here.
Spirolaterals created by mulawa1
The first of Peter the Magician's Puzzle Activities. Can be regarded as a pre-turtle exploration. A simple pattern has to be created with only 5 numbers. Pattern complexity increases with success.
Star Catcher created by mulawa1
The numbers indicate how many of a cell's 8 neighbours contain a star. Right click on a tile if you think it hides a star, otherwise left click. The display at left is keeping track of your progress.
Sudoku created by mulawa1
Each tile is placed so that it is alone in its row, column and coloured square. Always there is at least one tile that can be placed with certainty - no trial and error is required.
Tessellations created by mulawa1
This activity indulges my passion for tessellations and jigsaws. It includes the 3 regular tessellations (1 polygon) and the 8 semi-regular ones (2 or more polygons). And one Alhambra Tessellation as a Grand Finale.
Trails created by mulawa1
Tiles are placed so that the numbers run in sequence from left to right and down the grid. Numbers may also repeat. A tile placed on its ghost image scores.
Trans created by mulawa1
Fun with rotation and reflection - 16 different pictures - 3 levels: 8, 18 or 32 pieces. The picture shows Level 1 almost solved.
Triples created by mulawa1
The challenge is to find 10 sets of 3 matching cards. Great workout for the memory!
Turtle Machine created by mulawa1
Another "pre-turtle" activity. This one I see as following on from "Spirolaterals". Students can specify the number of repeats and the angle. Once a polygon is created, it becomes available for more complex pattern creation.
My Reviews
Maze
Very simple and intuitive user interface - I'm a great fan for activities that encourage exploration to work out what to do. The increasing complexity is well implemented.
As a new developer I hope to learn a lot from studying this activity.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars September 28, 2010
Idle
I'm lost for words - this is such a great addition to Sugar - I always use IDLE on my PC but when I want to experiment on Sugar boxes I use vi - hating every moment of it. This Sugar IDLE has made my life so much simpler and so much more productive!
Keep up the good work!
Peter
Rated 5 out of 5 stars November 30, 2010
