Single Player Computer Games
The "Zee Gedicht" (Sea Poem)
Made for 8-10 year olds. First the original poem is shown and then the instructions are to make your own "Sea Poem" by dragging each sentence into place and hitting the space bar to fix it in place. Once finished, hitting the "printer image" will then print the poem that has been created out on an a4 sheet.
Made in 2007.
"Het Weer" (The weather)
Made for 8-10 year olds. The sheep and the bird are main characters in the children's educational televion programme, "Huisje Boompje Beestje". As the 'sheep' you are asked to catch the raindrops and to avoid the sticks thrown by the bird. Points are gained or lost and the final screen explains that water drops are measured by weather experts.
Made in 2007.
The "Listen to Bird call patterns" game
Made for 6 year olds onwards. You begin by dragging the birds over their matching environment to begin the game. Press "start" and then "speel" and a bird will call. The goal is to see how far you can imitate the pattern of bird calls without making a mistake. The game can be played endlessly and you can always begin again to improve on your score by clicking on "Nog een keer".
Made in 2004 for the "Huisje Boomje Beestje" schooltv.nl website for a theme on 'birds'. The game teaches you to listen for patterns as well as to learn to recognize the bird's call.
The Water Game
Made for 6 to 12 year olds, children need to drag the things that do not belong in the water into the rubbish container. Bottles of water empty as a timer. The score at the end indicates which items were correctly located and which ones were not. The number is the amount that have been correctly moved into the rubbish container. Each time the game is played 8 out of a total of 16 possible objects appear.
The Cat and Mouse Party Story Game
Made for 6 to 10 year olds, children need to match the image with the correct text. The story was written by J. van der Linden, and I did the illustrations, design and scripted the game in flash. At the end children can print out a page which has all images and text matched exactly onto one a4 sheet, which they can colour in and cut out to make their own storybook.
Day or Night Animals
Made for 6 to 10 year olds. You need to drag the animal into the night or day. They can start over at any moment by clicking on the top left button.
To the website (in Dutch) which this was made for >> huisje boompje beestje
Animals in the cold or the heat
Made for 6 to 10 year olds. You need to drag the animal into the matching climate. They can start over at any moment by clicking on the top left button.
To the website (in Dutch) which this was made for >> huisje boompje beestje
Insects that sting
Made for 6 to 10 year olds. You need to drag and match the body parts to the correct bee, wasp or mosquito. Once all the parts are correctly placed you go to a page with some informaton about this insect.
To the website (in Dutch) which this was made for >> huisje boompje beestje
What type of clothing?
Made for 6 to 10 year olds. You need to drag and match the the hat, shoes or uniform to one of the 5 individuals.
To the website (in Dutch) which this was made for >> huisje boompje beestje
Who eats what type of food?
Made for 6 to 8 year olds. You need to drag the "eter" to the correct food type. They can start over at any moment by clicking on the top right button.
To the website (in Dutch) which this was made for >> huisje boompje beestje
10 years and older: Spot the differences
Made for a theme on the afterlife for a website on religion for 10 year olds.
A little information is given at the end about burial customs for 4 religions.
One of 9 games for the Heilige Huisjes (Holy Houses) website I also designed. I will link to this one day.
How does a salamander grow?
10 - 13 years for a Nature program. Using the arrow keys you move the egg as fast as possible to the next level in its development. At the final level there is a print out page with a summary of the life cycle of the Salamander.
A crossword puzzle for adults
Most games I make are for children, so here I decided to make a quizz that I might want to play.
Mail me any odd facts you know and if I like them, I'll add them to the crossword puzzle.
See a crossword puzzle for 8 year olds in Dutch.
As I find time I'll add more.