My Make Believe Castle (PC) (1995)
73Part 2 where I show things I forgot to do in this video: https://youtu.be/-KniT6zR518
My Make Believe Treasure Isle (PC) (1996): youtu.be/SfU9fBotScE
Dutch title: Zwijsen: Het Drakenkasteel
Spanish title: Mi Castillo de Fantasía
Spanish info page: http://micromundos.com.mx/index.php/mi-castillo-de-fantasia
Dutch reviews:
http://archief.ouders.nl//xso9705e.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20010715073914/http://www.maki.nl/software/r_0025.html
Tagline: My Make Believe Castle: An Imaginary Play World
iOS app of this game: http://mymakebelieve.com/
Official site: http://www.microworlds.com/solutions/mmb.html
Parent's guide: http://www.lcsi.ca/pdf/mymakebelievecastle/parentsguide.pdf
Reviews:
http://www.kidsandcomputers.com/castmain.cfm.htm
http://mathequity.terc.edu/gw/html/MyCastleReview.html
An iconic environment and child-friendly, real time animation lets pre-readers, grades Pre-K to grade 2, bring to life a friendly dragon, princess, good and bad knights and horses as they play and learn in their own musical, castle play world. Children control the actions, mood and speech of a delightful cast of castle inhabitants. The near endless variations mean hours of ever-changing creative play. Each room of the castle features a fun, skill-building activity. Develops creativity, problem-solving, critical-thinking skills, sequential planning
Activities:
The Secret Passage and the Obstacle Course
Four of the scenes contain a hidden scroll with instructions on how to find the secret passage. The scroll shows a character and a sequence of actions which the character must do in order to open the passage.
The Family Crest Activity
Children can write their name on the banner and design a family crest on the castle. This activity encourages creativity and the pre-reading skill of letter recognition.
Catapult and Bull's Eye Activity
This activity is fun! You sit a friend in a chair and then use a catapult to hurl fruit at a bulls eye. A hit with the weight of fruit that matches the friends weight causes a dunking!
The Harp
Children can make their own tune just by clicking on the colored boxes at the end of the strings.
The Maze Activity
The red ant has to reach its friend the black ant. This activity encourages spatial awareness and problem solving.
The Memory Matching Activity
The icons, hidden behind a brick are action icons. When the child finds a matching pair, the characters will do this action.
The Painting Activity
Children can create a new painting to hang on the bedroom wall, even including frame selection.
Credits:
Executive Producer: Michael A. Quinn Producer: Paula Bontá Project Management: Sharnee Chait Parents Guide Software Engineers: Ghislain Carrier Mario Bergeron Daniel Lesage Quality Assurance: René Yelle Art and Animation: Le Groupe Flexidée Music and Voices: Dana Knight Communications Sound Effects: John Jackson Package Design: Flight Path Design Contributions: Jessie Fenn and Mike Freeman for keeping us focused, cost conscious and on schedule, Chantal McMillan for additional graphics, Julien Perron for layout, Alain Tougas for taking the fear out of making CD’s, Steve Bougie for his voice in help, Yannick Yelle for additional quality assurance. Special thanks: Brian Silverman for planting the MicroWorlds animation seed, Susan Einhorn for providing creative design ideas and constructive feedback, All the parents and children who contributed to this product. Field Testing: Susan Van Gelder and the children of St. George’s School, Montréal. Paul Yaxley and the children of Gardenview School, Montréal. Andy Bédard and the children of Wilder Penfield School, Montréal.
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