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App Description

Some Purim fun!

(Description written by the MJGDS students)

Purim!! Purim? The festive Jewish holiday based on the story recorded in the Megillah, Purim is a holiday full of costumes, games, and goodies. It’s super fun, and this game adds to the fun. It is a creative twist on the classic game of “Whack a Mole.” This game is “Whack a Haman.” Haman, what? Haman, the Purim villain. You can learn even more about this fun Jewish holiday by playing this addictive, yet educational game.

You whack the Hamans that pop up by tapping them. Try not to whack the hamentashen!! When the questions pop up, try to answer them correctly first time. Your points will add up when you whack the Hamans or answer the questions correctly. Do you want to impress your Jewish friends with facts about the Jewish holiday of Purim? Then this game is for you!

Who created such a wonderful game? Middle-schoolers, actually! This game was created by an international partnership between Jewish Interactive, an Educational Trust based in South Africa and Israel, and 6th and 7th grade students from the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School (MJGDS) in Jacksonville, Florida.

The sixth graders wrote the questions that pop up at multiple points in the game, and seventh graders created the drawings, the score, the audio, and everything else but the questions. The game was animated, programmed and produced by Jewish Interactive. The Jewish Interactive team mentored the students throughout the project.

It is amazing that middle-schoolers created this game!

So, you should go and play “Whack a Haman”, and remember… Don’t hit the hamentashen!

Note: If you are downloading the version to PC or Mac, you will need to Adobe-air-imagedownload Adobe AIR in order to play it. 
(Free AIR download: https://get.adobe.com/air/)

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About this collaboration

Whack-a-Haman is an international collaboration between Jewish Interactive (based in South Africa, UK and Israel) and Martin J Gottlieb Jewish Day School (Jacksonville, Florida).

The students designed the game and its assets under the guidance of Jewish Interactive and their teacher. Jewish Interactive produced the game.

MJGDS Team

  • MJGDS teacher/director: Mrs. Gutterman
  • Project Manager: Casey B.
  • Quality Control: Sarah C.
  • Art Director: Sarah S.
  • Art Team: Talya P. and Lily H.
  • Audio Engineer: Sydney T.
  • Photographer: Noah R.

A special thanks to sixth grade for coming up with the questions:

Benjamin C., Elior L., Gil S., Itamar L., Jamie B., Jolie W., Rebecca B., Zachary S. and Zoe M.

 

JI Team

With thanks to the JI team for mentoring and believing in the talent of young adults and for their individual roles:

  • Instructional designer and production management: Corinne Ossendryver
  • Programmer and game mechanics: David Komer
  • Graphics:  Rachel Silke
  • Curriculum development: Chana Kanzen
  • Content approval: Rabbi Johnny Solomon
  • JI Director: Nicole Newfield

Jewish Interactive presented Skype lessons to the middle school students on:

  • Purim
  • Lesson plans and education
  • Instructional design of games
  • Audio
  • Graphic design
  • Basic programming
  • Marketing and budgeting

Thank you to all the students who submitted game ideas and we look forward to collaborating and producing them in the future.

Thank you to Jon Mitzmacher and Andrea Hernandez, Corinne Ossendryver, Chana Kanzen and Nicole Newfield for initiating this project and to Shana Gutterman for making it happen.

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