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Toad's Mystery Prize Machine

A fun luck based game for third grade elementary using food and color vocabulary to help with unit 5 'What do you like?'.

Inspired completely by 'Toad's Mystery Box Game' and 'Which Present Do You Want?'. I just wanted to jazz it up a bit. I've found my students get super excited if they feel they're playing an actual video game.

The premise is quite simple. We have the students in our classes pair up with the person next to them. The whole class is then prompted to ask either 'What color do you like?' or 'What fruit do you like?' depending on the round. You then tap the insert coin button to prompt the slot machine to spin which reveals a choice of two answers. The pair then answers 'I like ...' to receive their prize. Tap the color or fruit they choose to reveal the prize. Just like the two games that inspired this there is one good prize and one not so good prize. Even though they don't win any real prizes this seemed to a get a real laugh out of the kids which is great fun! It got glowing reviews of 楽しかったです :)

There is also a vocabulary check before the game starts right after the title screen.

This is my first submission to this website so please be kind. I welcome any feedback!

I have created a tutorial for the slot machine animation. Please feel free to check it out here- https://youtu.be/Fa4Qpnkhphk?si=s-FQ6hCEOWJ_1F5E

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  • Toads Mystery Prize Machine.pptx (34.5 MB)
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    Submitted by lousytipper September 19, 2024 Estimated time: 10 minutes
    1. Matthew September 20, 2024

      Nice Stuff!

    2. kusobaba September 24, 2024

      Love it! Thanks very much.

    3. Honey Maglasang September 24, 2024

      This game is amazing! May I know how you did this? It's very nice!!!

    4. lousytipper September 24, 2024

      Hey @Matthew and @kusobaba - Thank you for your kind words! I hope your students enjoy this game too.

      @Honey Maglasang, the animations? I can create a tutorial on youtube and show you how. Would that help?

    5. kaylakayla September 24, 2024

      So cute!!! Love it

    6. lousytipper September 24, 2024

      Thanks so much @kaylakayla. Thank you also for the inspiration!

    7. larasensei September 25, 2024

      Wow! This is just brilliant! @lousytipper. I'd definitely be one of those who will diligently watch your youtube tutorial in case you'll make one. Thanks so much for sharing your time and talent with us. :)

    8. Honey Maglasang September 25, 2024

      @lousytipper Yes, please! I'd like to watch your tutorial on youtube. Looking forward to it ! Thanks ahead! ^_^

    9. lousytipper September 26, 2024

      Thank you @larasensei, I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine did!

      @Honey Maglasang and @larasensei also thank you for your interest in a tutorial. I've been working hard on another activity this week so I will get that up this weekend. Check back on monday :)

    10. natashas September 27, 2024

      You're incredibly talented! Thank you for sharing this for free. I would love to subscribe to your YouTube channel or any personal site you create in the future. :)

    11. xjeney04 October 2, 2024

      Nice job! Your game came out great, I can't wait to use it in my classes. Thanks for sharing!

    12. lousytipper October 2, 2024

      Hey @Honey Maglasang and @larasensei sorry it's a bit late. It's been a busy week with a cool new activity being used on Friday. Here is a link to a video tutorial for the slot machine animation. https://youtu.be/Fa4Qpnkhphk?si=s-FQ6hCEOWJ_1F5E

    13. lousytipper October 2, 2024

      Thanks @natashas and @xjeney04. Appreciate ya!

    14. RosaSensei October 2, 2024

      Ahh I'm so sad my 3rd grade students are finished with this Unit, I would love to play this with them!
      I will definitely save this for next year, or for my 1st and 2nd grade students when they review colors and fruits. Thank you for your hard work! <3

    15. sebdteach October 2, 2024

      Nice work, thank you! :)

    16. larasensei October 10, 2024

      @lousytipper You are awesome! I can't thank you enough. I just saw your tutorial on Youtube and it's very easy to understand. Please allow me to call you Professor Jon for being our hardworking powerpoint game instructor. :)

    17. cyych October 11, 2024

      This is amazing!! Thank you so much!

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