Our next game also makes use of XML files but it keeps them easy for us as we can just edit the words from inside the game, rather than editing the XML file directly. Languages Online is an Australian educational website (http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/) which provides free downloadable game makers that are particularly suited to language learning. Unfortunately, at the moment they only work on Windows computers, but as many schools use Windows we're going to give it a try. We're only going to look at Memory Game Maker, but if you investigate the site, you'll see you can also create Tetris games, Matching games, or even generate your own cartoon stories. And, there are some readymade games to get you started.
Our game is like Concentration or Pelmanism, where you are given a set of cards, face down, and you have to match up pairs of cards by remembering where they are in the set. Our game has windows of a castle that our...