
We quickly realized we could only do words that were unique and easy to visualize. The garbage truck theme and visual matching system created interesting constraints on the design.
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The game implies a never ending battle between the Messy Monkey and the Driver Monkey, and it is the player’s job to clean it up. The theme of the game was inspired by a 2.5-year-old who requested a game of this name, and for the cross-cultural childhood fascination with both primates and waste disposal. Each of the 3 stages offers a different star color, both to enhance play and to indicate progress. This bonus system was developed from theories of emergent play and intrinsic rewards. They can be used to decorate the monkey or the rooftop, or to create a barrier that breaks when new stars arrive. Up in the rooftop selection area these stars are available for play. When all 4 matches in the garbage truck have been made, the player gets a star. In each stage tapping the items in the truck activates supportive sound files by native speakers.Īll 100 words are available at each learning stage, so the learner can practice and then perform, gaining confidence as they go from screen to screen.

Those learning a language typically pick up words in two ways: through sounding them out phonetically, and through “whole word” recognition – such as pairing words with pictures. With Monkey Garbage Truck we seek to fill a specific educational niche: top-down word acquisition. While there are no shortage of literacy games in English, how many apps can you find to learn Zulu (South Africa), or Coccia (Peru)? The game is being developed for the Global Literacy Project, a non-profit organization that encourages native-language literacy in developing communities by donating tabelts loaded with native literacy apps.

In Monkey Garbage Truck early readers learn a hundred simple words in a variety of languages. Initially available in multiple languages including Zulu and Spanish. The game is expected to be released in 2016, Intended to promote early literacy in developing communities.

Yaya Play Games is excited to announce our collaboration withĬurious Learning labs and the Global Literacy Project to create a new game In “ RECYCLE: Garbage Truck Simulator” you drive impressively realistic garbage trucks through a lively city while taking on a range of management tasks as you head your own waste management enterprise.A Multi-Lingual Early Literacy Game, ages 3-and-up They provide the efficient collection and processing of a wide variety of waste and guarantee that our cities don’t drown in garbage. In every city in the world, they are the unsung heroes of the road - garbage men and their high-powered garbage trucks.
