An Android Mobile Game

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Siena College of San Jose

City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan

Juan’s Adventure: Philippine Edition

An Android mobile game

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

By

John Jeriel L. Cultivo

Bezalel L. Padit

March 2015

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Introduction

         Android is the most popular mobile platform in the world. Android development is becoming an increasingly popular field. For developers who want to target a huge, diverse audience, The in demand use of computer system software has been implemented from PC, mobile and even other means of technology and Applications / Games are now invading it. In years, games are also being implemented by the use of the World Wide Web. Programmers and developers continuously discover and develop new faces, styles of games or apps which most of the people were looking forward in it. In line with this, several android applications are being developed running to the tablets. Most are for gaming, application system, knowledge base system and data processing. (URL 1)

This is the reason why the proponents are more encouraged to develop a game that will give players not just fun but also facts because nowadays, mobile games offer an arena of weapon, killings, brutality and shooting which contributes to the aggressive behavior of the user. The proponents choose to develop an exciting game entitled Juan’s Adventure that will not make the user aggressive as he plays but rather make him think and have fun by not having to kill or beat something.

Juan de la Cruz is the generic name of the Filipino. It is symbolically used in the Philippines to represent the Filipino. Juan de la Cruz is equivalent of Uncle Sam of America. Juan de la Cruz is a typical Filipino which is friendly, humble, self-respecting and hardworking. Through the years the idea was followed by other newspapermen and Juan de la Cruz appeared into various pages of books, newspapers and other printed materials. (URL 2)

This is the main reason why the proponents come up with our title Juan’s Adventure. It represents the Filipinos with the values mentioned above. So the proponents decided to choose this name to represent the school and the Philippines.

Statement of the Problem

General Problem

How to design and develop an educational game that will increase the knowledge of the players with reference to general information about the Philippines?

Specific Problems

• How will the proponents design and create an appealing background design of the game?
• How will the proponents encourage the players to play educational games rather than aggressive games or war games?
• How to find and select the appropriate questions to the game that will encourage the players to play the game?

Conceptual Framework

Juan’s Adventure is a mobile question and answer game. It has a main character named Juan DelaCruz. Juan is a Filipino adventurer who has been lost in the Northern part of Luzon. He has only the map of the Philippines to guide him back to his hometown. Now he must answer all the questions to reach his hometown that is located in Mindanao. As he travels across the islands and seas, he will discover the rich history and information regarding the Philippines.

The procedure of the game is to answer all the questions so that Juan can go back to his homeland in Mindanao. There are three (3) stages (Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) and each stage has 30 questions. The questions and the four (4) choices are randomly shown to the player each stage. The game has 3 hints for each stage. The hints can be used to help the player answer the question. If the player did not use of all of his/her hints, it will be added to his previous hints. For every hint, 1 choice will be removed from the choices for the player to answer the question easily. If the player answers the question correctly, s/he will move to another place and if not, s/he will be stuck on that particular question. The path where Juan will advance until he reaches his hometown is fixed. For every five (5) consecutive correct answer, one (1) hint will be added to his previous hints. And it can be used for the next question or stages. There will be a short trivia for every finished stage completed by the player. The trivia will refer to the values the Filipino is known for.

Objectives of the Study

General Objective

The general objective of the study is to develop a mobile quiz and at the same time adventure game which is educational and fun for the players to enhance their thinking skills as well as increase their knowledge about the information regarding the Philippines.

Specific Objectives

Specifically the proponents aim to:

• Create a good design which will be appealing and interesting to the players.
• Design a game that has bunch of questions with a touch of adventure which will make the players feel the game while learning and having fun.
• Develop a game with random questions taken on trusted resources and books that will challenge the player answering the questions.

Significance of the Study

Below are the beneficiaries of the proposed game.

Siena College of San Jose

        The study will benefit the Siena College of San Jose 1st year to 4th year High School in helping the school to familiarize the students in history, landmarks and culture of the Philippines. Through this game, disseminating of information to the students about Philippines will be easy. The proponents can also promote the school with the use of the game by adding the logo of the school in the game for advertising. Also, the proponents can also prove that the school can deal with the fast changing technology by developing such games for mobile devices. And lastly, the school can be promoted through the game for the proponents will add the logo of the school in the game.