Please direct any questions or comments to:

myers@bogart.stanford.edu    OR    Dr Fig@aol.com     OR    lefig@leland.stanford.edu

Thanks!

VERSION 2.0 AND HIGHER AVAILABLE AS OF Feb 94
-3D RENDERED GRAPHICS
-FASTER STARTUP AND LEVEL CHANGES
-MORE FRIENDLY INTERFACE
-MUCH MUCH MORE
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What is the Hungry Frog Series?

The Hungry Frog series is a series of related educational games. Other Hungry Frog games include two math Hungry Frog games, one teaching integer counting skills and the other advanced math topics ranging from addition to absolute value equations. In chemistry, there is the Hungry Frog Ion Eaters game teaching ion formulas, names and charges.

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What is Hungry Frog Counting Eaters?

Hungry Frog Counting Eaters is a color (or B&W) real-time animated multimedia game for children learning to count and like the other Hungry Frog games uses feedback loops to focus instruction on areas of difficulty.  The user controls a Hungry Frog colony which has to eat flies to stay alive and make new frogs and tadpoles. At all levels of play, all game features are fully adjustable.

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How do you play?

To play, just double click on the application icon. Once the game starts,  clicking on a frog gives you control of the frog's tongue. You must hold the mouse button down and drag the tongue to a fly, then release the mouse button. If the number of spots on the fly is the same as the cardinal number on the frog, then the frog will suck in his tongue and eat the fly.

In case you need help, you can run in Demo mode where each fly indicates if the currently selected frog is the correct frog - or you can simply click on a fly you are not familiar with and the correct frog will be indicated.

You remain in the game as long as you have tadpoles (the little swimmers swimming around with the frogs). The tadpoles die, as well as grow into new frogs (when this happens you go up a level) so you have to be sure to keep eating (the more you eat, the more tadpoles you get), or you may run out of tadpoles and the game will end.

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What's the current version?

The current version is v2.0 (as of 2/5/94)
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What computer setup do I need to play?

The game has been tested to work with System 7.0.1* or higher,  and really truly shouldn't care what Mac it runs on - but color Macs are much nicer.  You can run in B&W, 4, 16, 256 or 1000's of colors at any window size up to a two page display (1152x870 pixels). However, millions of colors are not supported, and the game slows down significantly when 1000's of colors are used. Feel free to zoom and resize you windows, that's why those little boxes are there! Smaller windows and fewer colors make the game go faster.

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Last but not least, I NEED YOUR INPUT!

IF THE GAME WORKS FINE, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND ANY MONEY SEND ME SOME EMAIL!

Finally, be aware that due to the nature of shareware other users could have made changes to the program before you receive it, and it is your responsibility to verify that the instructuctional nature of the program has not been compromised, e.g. ion charges or names changed by a third party.