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1. If you go too slowly or too quickly your computer partner will trip on the rope Be consistent so your partner will know when to jump If using a Wiimote Twirl the Wiimote as you would twirl a rope by making circular gestures with your hands rather than rotational gestures with your wrists Here again make sure to be consistent in the speed at which you turn the rope otherwise your partner will have a very hard time jumping in time Double Dutch is all about cooperation Levels and Points 0 in a row There are infinite levels Double Dutch only ends when you can t keep going2. Color Coding Changes motivated by TA feedback Changes motivated by evaluator s feedback Changes motivated by functional requirements User Manual The school yard classic is back in WiiDutch System Requirements MacBook OS X 10 4 or MacBook Pro OS X 10 5 Java 1 5 0_13 NetBeans IDE 6 0 1 Keyboard at least for starting the game Mouse or Trackpad at least for starting the game Dance Praise USB Dance Pad Wii Remote and Nunchuk Note The beta version will only work on Mac OS X Installation Instructions 1 Download and unarchive wiidutch zip from http slashpoundbang com hci wiidutch zip 2 Change into the directory containing wiidutch jar 3 Run java jar Djava library path lib wiidutch jar Please contact us if you don t have access to a Mac or if you have problems Rules of the Game The goal is to jump rope while making as many points as possible If you play a single player game you will play with a computer partner Your computer partner won t usually make mistakes but this doesn t mean that it ll be easy As a twirler if you change the speed of the rope too fast the jumper won t be able to respond fast enough and he will hit the rope As a jumper if you don t time your jumps right you ll get hit To advance to the next level you need to collect points The jumper gains points by jumping over the rope many times in a row without making a mistake The twirler can speed up the process by twirlin
3. g the rope faster and twirling consistently so that his partner doesn t trip The higher the level the faster the rope will have to twirl and the harder you will have to work to get those points quickly Starting the Game If you want to play with a dance pad plug it in before running the game When you first start the game choose what kind of game you want to play Welcome to WiiDutch How do you want to play Two Player Single Player Jumper Single Player Twirler Then choose how many ropes you want to play with If you re a new player play with one rope to get the hang of the game before advancing to two ropes How many ropes do you want to play with 11121 Finally if you have a Wiimote choose Yes in the following screen and follow the on screen instructions to connect your Wiimote to the game Would you like to play with a Wiimote We know Double Dutch is all about rhythm so to help you get into the groove we won t count your mistakes for the first few seconds of the game But after that it s game on If you ever need to mute the sounds just press the M key on the keyboard Press the M key again to un mute Playing as Jumper If you start a single player jumper game with two ropes but you don t have a dance pad connected you will see the following screen 0 in a row To play with the keyboard When the ropes get close to the ground press the Spacebar or the Up A
4. rrow on the keyboard to jump You do not have to hold it If you start a single player jumper game with two ropes and you do have a dance pad connected you will see the following screen To play with a dance pad Stand with your left foot on the red left arrow and with your right foot on the red right arrow Jump when the ropes get close to the round The faster you complete a level the higher your time bonus at the end of the round Try to go as fast as you can Looking for a Challenge Why not do some tricks while jumping like turning mid air If you re using a keyboard just press the Left or Right Arrow to turn If you re using the mat just move your feet to different targets on the dance pad Feel like jumping with one foot only When using the keyboard press A to lift your left foot D to lift your right and S to put both of your feet on the ground When using the mat just jump with one foot only Ropes not going fast enough for you Press the W key to speed them up If you go overboard don t worry just press Q to slow them down again Playing as Twirler If you start a single player twirler game with one rope you will see the following screen Note the circle on the right hand side of the screen with a dot in the center If using a mouse To twirl the rope simply move the mouse around this circle in whichever direction you like so that the pointer is always on or near the circle
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