A program to complement the gameshow-inspired competition developed by Paul Fonstad, Ph.D, Franklin College.
Before using the program, not that you will need to have exported your game slides as .jpg images. Once you have these images, fire up the .jar file.
The program will open into the edit tab. If this is your first time using the program, begin by adding slides. Click Insert Slide to open up a file dialog. Navigate to the .jpg images of your slides, and click the first one. This will load the slide into the editor. Note that the default settings will be applied. Slide Type will be set to regular (meaning that the slide has a point value) and the Value, meaning the number of points a slide is worth, will default to 1. Change these as appropriate, but be sure to click the appropriate OK button after a change to ensure the change is commited to the slide.
After adding your first slide, you will note that the editor says Slide 2 of 2. There is a dummy placeholder initial slide. Click Previous to see the blank slide, and click Delete Slide to remove the empty slide. Note that the editor now indicates Slide 1 of 1. Continue to add slides individually, changing Slide Type and Value as appropriate. Once you are finished, move to the Settings tab to save your game for future use.
The Settings tab allows you to change the Foreground Color (Text) which changes the text color on the presentation window. The Background Color changes the color behind the slide image and text on the presentation window. To save a game, click the Save Current Setup button. Choose a safe place to save and name the file. Note that the images you have loaded into the game should be saved in the resulting file, meaning that, in theory, the game should run regaurdless of the state of the original jpg files. Once you have saved your file feel free to close out of the program. When you need to open a game (.gam) file, reopen the program, switch to the Settings tab, and click Load Setup. Your slides with slide with images, scores, and values will be loaded, along with the background and foreground colors at time of loading. Please note: there is a bug that when loading previous games the Types choice in the Edit Game tab becomes a bit buggy when displaying the slide type. This is a known bug, and the underlying functionality regarding slide types seems unaffected. After loading a previous game, when ready to present it, move to the Run Game tab.
The run game tab is intended to be the screen from which you can present a game. Note the Player Name and Institution fields. Type in the desired values, and press enter in the field. The corresponding changes will be shown on the Presentation Window. This is the secondary window, which is intented to be displayed on the secondary monitor or projector that the audience will see. To move slides forward or backward, click the Next Slide and Previous Slide buttons. This will advance/regress slides. Note the green and red buttons + and -1 buttons. Pressing these will change the score of the corresponding player. The red button will always read "-1", but the green button will change to correspond to the slide value (e.g. if the slide has a value of 5, the green button will say +5). Each player's score is displayed across from their name. Note that currently the hide button is not functional. Also note that the Hide Slide button is also currently non-functional.
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