0.1 Play Parcheesi Lab

Overview
1.Overview

Play a game of Parcheesi with one or more of your fellow students, your instructor, or an instructor's assistant. Because class sizes vary and the course is self-paced, it may be difficult to find someone from NTC who can play at the same time as you.

If you are unable to arrange a time, you may play against anyone else you know (or don't know!) or against a computer opponent.

As you play, pay attention to concrete game objects such as players, pieces, spaces, and the board, along with information about them and the relationships among them. These observations will support later modeling work.

2.Review Parcheesi
3.Find Someone to Play
fundamentals channel on Slack

Try to arrange a game with one or more fellow students, your instructor, or an instructor's assistant. If that is not practical, you may play with another person or use a computer opponent.

4.Play Parcheesi
5.Notice the Game Objects
  • Notice objects such as players, pieces, spaces, and the board.
  • Notice information that describes those objects during the game.
  • Notice which objects are connected or associated with one another in the game state you observe.

By the end of the activity, you should be able to identify concrete Parcheesi objects, selected information about them, and basic relationships that can later be modeled.

6.Capture the Required Evidence
  • Capture an in-progress online Parcheesi game. The game should visibly be underway, and the taskbar date and time must be visible.
  • Capture your request to play posted in the fundamentals channel on Slack. The request and the taskbar date and time must both be visible.
7.Submit Screenshots to Canvas

Submit the following screenshots directly to Canvas. Each screenshot must be readable, include enough surrounding context to verify the required evidence, and avoid unrelated or sensitive information.

  • The in-progress online Parcheesi game with the taskbar date and time visible.
  • Your request to play in the fundamentals Slack channel with the taskbar date and time visible.

Both screenshots are required.