                               FACEMAKER

                             by Spinnaker

This is probably my youngest's favorite Adam program.  He
also enjoys the Smurf Paint and Play cartridge, but he isn't
big enough to understand it as well as this one.

This great program is actually three in one.  First you can
choose to build a face, by pressing "1" on your joystick.
You then see a list of parts that you can build your face
from.  The list is made up of the graphic part of the face,
so a child who cannot yet read can still enjoy the
exercises.  You can select any of the following parts to
make your face:  mouth, eyes, ears, noses, and hair.

To make your selection of a body part you wish to define,
press the "*" button on the joystick.  For example, if you
wish to select a mouth, move the cursor to the graphic lips
and press "*".  You will then have a selection of six
different mouths.  After placing the cursor by the mouth you
wish to select, you can then change the color of the mouth
by pressing the "#" button.  When the mouth is the color and
shape you desire, press "*" again to return to the main
Build a Face menu.  Each face part has six different styles
and can be in a variety of colors.  My youngest made a man
with green lips, magenta eyes and red ears.

After building your face, you can use the face in the second
part of the program.  In this part you can animate the face
by using a simple form of programming.  The program comes
with a keypad template which looks like this:
             1   2   3
             S   F   C
             W   T   E
             *       #
 
Here is a quick definition of each of the keys on the
template:
     1--Build A Face
     2--Program Face
     3--Memory Game
     S--Smile
     F--Frown
     C--Cry
     W--Wink
     T--Tongue
     E--Ear Wiggle
After pressing "2" for Program, you are instructed to press
"*" when you are ready to program.  When you press "*" a
long rectangular box is drawn at the bottom of the screen.
As you press the various letter (S,F,etc.) these will appear
in the box.  You may continue pressing the different letters
until the box is full or you wish to end (by pressing "*"
again), whichever comes first.  The face then performs as
you have programmed it.  This is fun even for adults.  This
part of the program helps children become familiar with some
computer fundamentals such as: menus, cursors, return keys,
space bars, simple programming and simple graphics.

The last part of the program is selected by pressing "3".
This is a variation on the Simon games.  Instead of
repeating the same tune, you have to repeat the same
animation game sequence.  For example, if the face winks,
frown, and then sticks it tongue out at you, you must press
the keys on the keypad (W, F,T) to make it repeat the same
exact sequence.  You must start over when you get out of
sequence.  This is a great educational game for the very
young to those of us that are still young at heart.

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