Category Archives: Games

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PHP Target Word Game Primer Tutorial

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Meanwhile, back at the “word-games-trying-to-assist-ESL-students” ranch … “Targét! Darn it Targét, where are ya? There’s chores to be done, Targét. Tar’gggggééééééétttttt!” “Paw, did you come a calling, with an unsilent ‘t’ … when youse knows full well, Paw … that … Continue reading →

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HTML/Javascript Threesome Guessing Game Tutorial

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Today we have a game to test your knowledge of “threesomes” in history or culture or language, and we invite you to play with another player, and add your own, maybe while they aren’t looking?! (Hint: Try the middle Dot). … Continue reading →

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Android Studio Tic Tac Toe Game Tutorial

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Wonder if you were around when we created Tic Tac Toe (or more like Noughts and Crosses, in Australia) using the HTML5 Canvas element and drag and drop methods (if you liked, or just plain box clicking, otherwise, which will … Continue reading →

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HTML Missing Character Game Primer Tutorial

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Recently, with HTML Morse Code Primer Tutorial as shown below, we found time for HTML multiple mode select tags. The thing about today’s Missing Character game in HTML and Javascript is that it does make use of an HTML multiple … Continue reading →

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HTML Morse Code Primer Tutorial

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Recently, with Yahoo YQL Web Service JSON Worldbank Datasets Tutorial as shown below, we found time for HTML multiple mode select tags … How do you do, Hmmst? I’m not exactly sure … (pointing to right of screen) … ask … Continue reading →

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Language Word Association Game Tutorial

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Yesterday we created English Word Association Game Primer Tutorial as shown below, to show a draft English only version of a Word Association game good for ESL purposes. Today we build on that functionality by allowing Word Associations in French … Continue reading →

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English Word Association Game Primer Tutorial

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With yesterday’s Yahoo YQL Web Service JSON Thesaurus Tutorial, using Yahoo Web Services called YQL, as shown below, building on previous ones here at this blog, we effectively signed off on the final (supplementing recent PHP/CSS Sentence Auxiliary Verb Game … Continue reading →

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PHP/CSS Sentence Auxiliary Verb Game Tutorial

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The easiest English games to design are those that involve discrete words, because then dictionaries and thesauruses can be used. Learning English (for students whose first language is not English (ESL)) is obviously more useful when the student can piece … Continue reading →

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