Wikiracing

This week during Teen Time, the teens taught me about a game called Wiki Wikiracing.

Wikiracing is a game in which players compete to navigate from one Wikipedia page to another using only internal links. The Seattle Times has recommended it as a good educational pastime for children [8] and the Larchmont Gazette has said, "While I don't know any teenagers who would curl up with an encyclopedia for a good read, I hear that a lot are reading it in the process of playing the Wikipedia Game". The average number of links separating any English-language Wikipedia page from the United Kingdom page is 3. Thus, it has been occasionally banned in the game. Other common rules such as not using the United States page increase the game's difficulty. Whelan, Aubrey 21 July

Wikiracing

Wikiracing is a game using the Wikipedia online encyclopedia which focuses on traversing links from one page to another. Read more. More information available on the Github page. Data exchange with server during the game is fulfilled via asynchronous websockets. This allows for seamless multiplayer game process and doesn't require inefficient and complicated poll requests. This project uses Postgresql database for main data storage and Redis database for storing short-term websocket information. Both these databases are both managed by Heroku platform and allow for automatic scaling. It makes possible to create simple but flexible pipeline for this project. Wikirace can be played not only in singleplayer, it's multiplayer-ready as well. Play with all your friends. Who solves wikirace the fastest, gets more points! Wikirace Toggle navigation Home Create lobby. What is wikiracing Wikiracing is a game using the Wikipedia online encyclopedia which focuses on traversing links from one page to another. Asynchronous websockets Data exchange with server during the game is fulfilled via asynchronous websockets.

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Conquer the encyclopedia of everything. A multiplayer game in which up to eight players race to find Wikipedia articles as fast as possible. I absolutely love playing this game. It combines fun with a bit of education. However I do have one suggestion that could help its users learn even more.

Wikiracing is a game in which players compete to navigate from one Wikipedia page to another using only internal links. The Seattle Times has recommended it as a good educational pastime for children [8] and the Larchmont Gazette has said, "While I don't know any teenagers who would curl up with an encyclopedia for a good read, I hear that a lot are reading it in the process of playing the Wikipedia Game". The average number of links separating any English-language Wikipedia page from the United Kingdom page is 3. Thus, it has been occasionally banned in the game. Other common rules such as not using the United States page increase the game's difficulty. Whelan, Aubrey 21 July

Wikiracing

Wikiracing is a game using the online encyclopedia Wikipedia which focuses on traversing links from one page to another. With this extension, you can play Wikiracing directly from Wikipedia Page together with your friends! How to play: To play, you have to open any Wikipedia page first because this extension only has permission for wikipedia, not other sites. Then you can click the extension icon to show popup. After creating a room, you can share the link by clicking "Copy Room Link" on the extension popup, or just copy your url. Note that your friends must install the extension beforehand. If this extension is already installed, then opening any shared room link will prompt you to enter a username, and after that you will join the room. Happy Wikiracing!

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In Wikiracing, having fun on the journey can be just as important as reaching the destination. Project page Talk. Stevens, Heidi 14 August Download as PDF Printable version. More By This Developer. Powered by BiblioCommons. The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:. Toggle limited content width. Players were also awarded badges for reaching certain milestones. Star Tribune. Category : Wikipedia games. In other projects. The harder the puzzle was, the greater the points that were awarded. Add a comment to: Wiki Racing: A fun, educational game for all ages We welcome your respectful and on-topic comments and questions in this limited public forum.

Wikiracing is a game using the Wikipedia online encyclopedia which focuses on traversing links from one page to another. Read more.

Ben Jones. The Wikipedia links are represented using nodes in the graph and are stored in a queue. If the developer can figure out some way to allow early finishers of the race to read articles while in the app and while waiting for other competitors to find the page, this app could be even more fun and feed my love to learn. Read Edit View history. Players start on the same randomly selected article, and must navigate to another pre-selected target article, solely by clicking links within each article. The queue is initialized with the start link. Archived from the original on 4 March The program is terminated after writing the start, end, and shortest path links into JSON file. Mac Requires macOS The winner shows off the path they took by pressing the back button on their browser and you get some insight into how they think! This project uses Postgresql database for main data storage and Redis database for storing short-term websocket information. Stevens, Heidi 14 August