[math4] Class start-up

[Karlie Robinson]

Here in Rochester, we have an active LUG member, Alain Leblanc who I'm 
sure would help with translation too. 

Nadège Michel wrote:
>>>> Now imagine that before successfully attacking any monster, or drinking 
>>>> a health potion, or performing some other important gameplay function, 
>>>> you must answer a question of some kind.  My emphasis was to find a 
>>>> Free Software codebase that was simple, in Python, already worked, and 
>>>> could be easily hacked.  Hacked being the key word ther
>>>>       
>>>>         
> This makes me remember a game I played when I was a little girl. It was 
> called "Le Labyrinthe D'Orthophus" in French.
> I think that would be "The Maze of Orthophus" in English, but it was a 
> French game, so you probably never heard about that game.
>
> So in this game you are a young boy ( or knight ), and you are in a 
> dungeon. You walk around, opening doors. In each room (and sometimes in 
> hallways) you meet some creatures (monsters, animals, people..) and you 
> have to answer correctly their questions to go on your adventures.
> The questions are about maths or "French": grammar & orthography  
> (orthography => orthophus).
> Each good answer rewards you a "letter". At the end of the game, you 
> meet the dungeon master and this time the answer of the question had to 
> be formed with the letters you collected before.
>
> You can find more information and download the game here : 
> http://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1
> It's in French, sorry :) But I would be happy to translate something if 
> you ask.
> If you want to play, I don't know if it's possible with Linux, I never 
> tried. I don't know much about DOS emulation.
>
> I think it's a good game, I spent many hours playing and learning with 
> it, could be a  great source of  ideas.
>
> By the way, I'm a French girl, Fedora user, XO owner, and a 
> Fedora/Sugar/Free Software contributor "wanna-be".
> I'm a game developer, I work for Wizarbox, a little game development 
> studio in Paris and I always wanted to develop games for linux or for 
> the XO's on my spare time, so I would be happy to help you all with 
> Mongo or other stuff. :)
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