Kreeate Game User Manual

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1 Kreeate Game User Manual

2 Contents Page Introduction 3 Note On How to Save Your Game 5 Our New Kreeate Game Currency: Gangalangs 10 Our New Kreeate Game Quests Activity 11 How to Play the Kreeate Game 12 Creating your player profile 14 Starting a new business 16 Business activities (game play) 27 Business level upgrades 37 Leaderboard 49 The Study Zone 46 How to Purchase Gangalangs 52 How to Purchase a Quest Activity 58 2

3 Hello Welcome to Kreeate Your decision to download the Kreeate game will only benefit you so play, learn and earn as much as you can If you have not downloaded the game file as yet, then visit where you will find a link to the game file. Click on the icon and the file will start to download. You can download this file on an Android or Windows device. The main aim of the Kreeate game is to earn as many tokens as you can Tokens can be earned in two ways The first way to earn tokens is by trading products in three different industries - Retail, Automotive and Technology You trade through your own business, which you must register when starting out Apart from trading products in these industries, another important goal is to get your business three star graded This will allow you to unlock industries four and five which are Property and Sport & Entertainment There are other interesting tasks to complete like paying tax and buying insurance The second way to earn tokens is by completing curriculum aligned quizzes for the subjects Mathematics, EMS and Business Studies. These quizzes can be accessed in the Study Zone Completing quizzes is the quickest way to earn loads of tokens and you can take the same quiz more than once We have also introduced our very own Kreeate Game currency gangalangs Gangalangs can be used to access our Quests activity where awards are given for successfully completing quest academic challenges. These awards are in cash money! 3

4 You can also lose tokens for NOT paying tax, NOT being insured when disasters strike and for NOT making at least 10 trades per day NOT Paying Tax you will lose up to half your tokens if you get audited and have not paid tax by the time you get audited. Audited means the taxman pays your business a visit to see whether you paid tax or not. NOT being insured you will lose ALL tokens AND products/stock when a disaster strikes and you are NOT insured NOT making at least 10 trades per day you will lose 10% of you tokens for everyday that you do not make 10 trades in your store A leaderboard will reflect the top token earners Top earners will win prizes 4

5 NOTE THE FOLLOWING ABOUT SAVING YOUR GAME: Your game progress is automatically saved to your device. If you exit the game at any stage, your progress and game data will be stored to your device and will not be lost. You do not need to click the save icon, which appears in the top right hand corner of the home screen as is shown below: However, you may be required to save your game if you are participating in various competitions/activities eg: weekly Kreeate Game competitions, national or provincial quizzes etc. If you are required to save your game, then you will need to navigate to the Home Screen as shown above. Use/click the blue and white arrow button in the bottom right corner until you return to the home screen as shown in the screenshot above. You will then need to click on the SAVE button which is the blue disk button in the top right corner of the home screen. 5

6 When you click on the SAVE button the following screen will appear: The options are straight forward. Saving Option 1 Using your own data or a wifi connection HOTSPOTTING OR CONNECTING TO AN EDUCATORS DEVICE OR TO AN AVAILABLE WIFI IS THE BEST OPTION TO SAVE YOUR GAME PROFILE AND PROGRESS! If you have data or are connected to WiFi, then click on the top blue block option that states Tap here if you have wi-fi or data. This is the preferred method to save your game. 6

7 Saving Option 2 Saving to your educator/teacher s device If you click on the blue block that states Tap here to save to your teachers computer, you will be transferring all of your game information to your educators device. In order to use this saving option, you first need to connect your device to your educator/teacher s device through your wifi. Search for your educator/teacher s device in your wifi list and then click on it to connect. Once you are connected to your educator/teacher s device, click on the blue button that states Tap here to save to your teachers computer. The following screen will now appear: Your educator will give you the Unique Code. This unique code is in the form of an IP address eg: Type this unique code into the box and once you have entered it correctly, click OK. This will ensure that all of your game data will be saved to your educator s device (laptop/desktop/mobile). Your educator is then responsible for uploading your game data to our server for the weekly competition so make sure they do so!! 7

8 If you enter the incorrect unique code into the screen shown on page 7, the following message in the screenshot below will appear. It may be that this message also appears because you are not connected to your educator s device. If this error message appears, click OK and THEN WAIT FOR 2-3 MINUTES After the 2 3 minute wait, click on the Tap here to save to your teachers computer button and then enter the unique code again and click Ok. YOU MAY NEED TO REPEAT THIS PROCESS A FEW TIMES IF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR EDUCATOR/TEACHER S DEVICE IS NOT VERY STRONG 8

9 When you have saved successfully, the following message will appear 9

10 OUR NEW KREEATE GAME CURRENCY: GANGALANGS We have introduced our very own currency into the Kreeate Game Our currency is called Gangalangs There are three denominations of Gangalangs, each with an applicable cost and they are as follows: Bronze Gangalangs = 50c each Silver Gangalangs = R25.00 each Gold Ganglangs = R each Gangalangs can be bought in packs that vary in price from R10.00 to R They can be purchased from the Kreeate Central Bank that appears on the Town Map screen as shown below: Gangalangs can be used to access our new Quests activity where awards in the form of cash money are available for successfully completing certain academic challenges. More information on where and how to purchase Gangalangs is provided from Page 50 onwards of this User Manual 10

11 OUR NEW KREEATE GAME QUESTS ACTIVITY We have introduced a new Quests activity into the Kreeate Game. More information on how to access these is provided from Page 58 onwards. Quests are academic challenges that have certain criteria eg: 10 in a Row which requires you to complete ten mathematics quizzes (for Gr8 or Gr9) in a row and get 100% for each quiz. There are cash awards for successfully completing quest challenges You need to pay to access these Quests and the cost of a Quest is stated in gangalangs eg: 15 bronze gangalangs for a quest You will have 12 hours to complete a quest. If you do not complete the quest within this 12 hour period, you will forfeit the quest and it will be recycled back to the quest pool for another player to purchase. You will also only have three attempts to successfully complete a quest activity There are three categories of quests and each has a difficulty rating. They are as follows: Bronze Quests = Easy Silver Quests = Moderate Gold Quests = Hard The table below provides you with the cost to access a quest as well as the cash award for successfully completing the academic quest challenge: Quest Category Quest Gangalang Cost Quest Rand Cost Quest Award Bronze 15 bronze gangalangs R7.50 R75.00 Silver 2 silver gangalangs R50.00 R Gold 1 gold gangalang R R There are also a limited number of quests available per quest category. However, quests are recycled in that once a quest has been completed or forfeited by a player, it will become available to purchase once again. The table below provides you with information on the number of quests available per category: Quest Category Number of Quests and Quest Awards Available Bronze 60 Silver 20 Gold 5 11

12 READY TO PLAY THE KREEATE GAME? Right, let s get started Go the website If you scroll down, you will see the following on the page: 12

13 Android Devices and Android Kreeate Game File Option If you are using an Android smart device ie: a smartphone or a tablet, you will select the Click for Android APK option. You need to click on the Kreeate icon that appears under the wording Click for Android APK Once you click on this icon, the game file will start downloading Please Note: some devices will require you to install the game file. If this is the case, you will need to go to your downloads and click on the Kreeate Game apk file. This will begin the installation. If a security message pops up, click allow/accept/ok as the game file is not harmful This will complete the installation of the Kreeate Game on your Android smart device 13

14 Windows Devices and Windows Emulator (BlueStacks) Option If you are using a Windows device ie: a laptop or a desktop computer (eg: in a school computer lab), you will need to select the Click for Windows Emulator (BlueStacks) option You need to click on the Kreeate icon that appears under the wording Click for Windows Emulator (BlueStacks) Once you click on this icon, the BlueStacks Emulator file will start downloading Once the download is complete, you will be required to complete a couple of additional steps to load and install BlueStacks. Once you have complete the installation, it may be that your device requests you to sign in with your Google account. If you have a Google account, then sign in with that. If you do not have a Google account you will need to create one by visiting Once you have created your Google account, you will then be able to log in and use BlueStacks You now need to download the Android APK Kreeate Game file as well In order to download the Android APK Kreeate Game file, you need to click on the Kreeate icon that appears under the wording Click for Android APK Once you click on this icon, the game file will start downloading Once the Android APK has been downloaded, you need to open up the BlueStacks Emulator When the BlueStacks Emulator is open, click on the Apps tab at the top of the screen You now need to drag the Kreeate Game Android APK Game file into this Apps screen of the BlueStacks Emulator You can now open and play the Kreeate Game in the BlueStacks Emulator 14

15 Once you have downloaded and installed the Kreeate Game file to your Android or Windows device, the icon below will appear on your screen: If not, then create a desktop shortcut for the game Click on the desktop game icon to open the game 15

16 When you click on the desktop icon, the screen below will appear It is most likely that you are a new user so click on New Player 16

17 Complete the registration form as required Please make sure you fill in the correct details If you fill in the incorrect details, you will miss out on communication about exciting competitions, prizes and other activities Please ensure you fill in the correct details for your parents If you do not fill in the profile fields correctly and as required, we will delete your account 17

18 Once you have completed all the fields of the registration form, a red button with Register Me Now will appear The Register Me Now will only appear if you completed all the information fields Click on the red Register Me Now button A notification will appear that says Welcome to Kreeate Click Ok to continue 18

19 Once you have clicked Ok to continue, the screen below will appear Click on Start a New Business 19

20 The following screen will appear with an infographic informing you about the types of businesses you can register in South Africa and the organization through which you register a business This is the first bit of learning in the game Click the red x to close this infographic 20

21 Next is to select the type of business you want to register There are several options, select which type of business you want to register If you want find out more about each type of business, there is a web address at the top of the game screen - If you visit this website you can learn all about registering and running a business in South Africa 21

22 Once you ve selected the type of business entity you want to register, a screen will appear with a pop-up that congratulates you on registering a business entity Click on the red x to close this pop-up You now need to select an industry in which you want to start your business You have three choices Retail, Technology and Automotive Click on the i icon, this is the information icon, to read a very short note on what each industry is all about The infographic will also tell you what products you will be trading in the business should you decide to register a business in that industry These infographics provide you with your second bit of learning You need to select an industry so click on whichever industry you want 22

23 If you click on Retail, you will have two retail store brand options: 1. The Fix 2. Sportscene Select one of these retail store brand options 23

24 When you click on an industry another pop appears requesting you to register a business name This is what it looks like Type in the name of your business, it can be anything. Please refrain from using profanity as we will delete your account Click ok when you have typed in your business name 24

25 Another congratulatory pop-appears with information on what products you will be selling in this industry We give you some products for free to start trading as you will see in this infographic Please take note of the last paragraph that states you must register for tax in order to start trading This is exactly what is required in the real world of business You will not be allowed to continue if you do not register for tax Click on the red x to close this congratulatory pop-up 25

26 Click on the red Register for Tax button The tax screen will now appear There is some text to provide you with a little of bit of information on registering a business for tax in South Africa Click the i icon of each tax button to find out what each tax is Then click on each tax button to register for these taxes 26

27 Green ticks will appear when you have clicked on the tax buttons Click on the blue and white arrow button in the bottom right hand corner to continue 27

28 The Town Map Screen will appear with some blue button icons appearing down the left hand side of the screen (Study Zone, My Businesses, Leader Board, Get a Quest) Click on My Businesses 28

29 A pop up will appear with an icon of a building This is the icon for your business Click on this icon The pop up will disappear You now need to select a location for your business on the town map 29

30 Select a location on the map and click on that spot The brand icon will now appear on the map and some gold stars will burst out of the icon. In the screenshot, the icon for the Sportscene retail option has been shown. Now click on the white brand icon that has appeared on the Town Map screen where you have selected to locate your business 30

31 A new screen will appear with the image of your business s building There will be three buttons down the right hand side of this screen (Enter Shop, Warehouse and Office) To start trading click on Enter Shop 31

32 You will now be taken into your store. Below is an example of what the Automotive Store looks like. The Retail and Technology businesses have different store graphics A character will move into the store screen and appear at the counter The character will offer you a certain amount of tokens for a certain amount of a product you sell You have five seconds to decide whether or not you want to accept or reject the offer Click Successful Sale if you want to accept and Rejected Sale if you want to decline (not accept) If you do not click anything within the five seconds a pop up will appear saying Times Up If you do not click on anything five times during your time in the store, we will deduct tokens You can accept and decline as many offers from these customers as you want This is the first way in which you can earn tokens in the game 32

33 NOTE: there are what we will call Easter Eggs for the in-store trading. Easter Eggs are trades where a customer will offer you a huge amount of tokens for a small amount of products eg: tokens for 5 pairs of shoes You may run low or run out of stock. To buy more stock for your store, click on the blue and white arrow in the bottom right hand corner and then click on Warehouse This will take you into the warehouse where a list of products along with cost prices will be shown. Below is a demo graphic of the The Fix Retail Industry Warehouse Click on the product icon to purchase the amount you want Remember that you need to have enough tokens to purchase new stock Once you have completed purchasing product from the warehouse, click the blue and white arrow button in the bottom right corner NOTE: you MUST remember what you paid for the products in the warehouse. This will help you to decide whether or not to accept a sale in your store - think is this a profitable offer ie: am I making a profit on this sale? You can now click on Enter Store and start trading again 33

34 When you are done with your trading, click on the blue and white arrow button in the bottom right hand corner You can now click on Office This will take into your business s office where all of the administration happens An office screen will appear There will be four buttons down the right hand side (Tax Info, Upgrade, Buy Insurance, Accounts) 34

35 Tax Info will tell you how much tax you must pay If you click on Tax Info, a pop will appear with your current tax bill You can chose to pay tax or you can click on the x to close the window ie: decline to pay tax If you decline to pay your tax, the chances of the tax man auditing you will increase If the tax man comes to audit you and you have not paid your tax, you could lose up to HALF YOUR TOKENS If you click on Pay Tax a message will appear saying You have paid your tax, well done! Click on the x to close this pop-up 35

36 NOTE: it is advisable to buy insurance. In the game, there are disasters such as floods, fire and theft. If any of these disasters strike and you do not have insurance, YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. You will lose all of your tokens and all of your stock and will have to start the game from the beginning Click Buy insurance to buy insurance Insurance will cost your 2500 tokens When you click on Buy insurance a pop-up will appear Click on Yes 36

37 Another pop-up will appear saying You are now insured Click Ok or the x to close 37

38 To upgrade your business and get an additional gold star, click on the Upgrade Lvl button in your OFFICE A pop-up will appear that asks if you want to upgrade your shop for tokens If you have enough tokens, click on Yes If you do not have enough tokens, click No 38

39 If you click on Yes but do not have enough tokens another pop-up will appear stating You need more tokens. To get free tokens, do a quiz The screenshot below is a demo of this pop-up Click Ok or the x to close Click on the blue and white arrow in the bottom right hand corner to get back to your store To get back to the MAP SCREEN, click on the blue and white arrow in the bottom right hand corner once again 39

40 If you purchased a Level Upgrade (a gold star) you will see the gold star appear above your business icon. You will also see that there are two more blank stars that will need to be filled You will need to earn enough tokens to purchase these additional stars A second gold star will cost you tokens A third gold star will cost you tokens 40

41 NOTE: you can unlock a 4 th and 5 th industry in this game. These additional industries are Property and Sport & Entertainment. In order to unlock these additional two industries, you need to have one business in each of first the three industries and each of these businesses has to be THREE-STAR graded. To get a GOLD STAR, you need to upgrade. Upgrades are purchased in the game in the OFFICE. A Level 1 upgrade will cost you tokens, a Level 2 Upgrade will cost you tokens and a Level 3 Upgrade will cost you tokens. Once you have a business that is three-star graded in each of the three industries, go back to the main menu. The main menu is this one as indicated below. Simply click on the blue and white arrow until you arrive at this Home Screen Click on 'Start a new business' If you have a business in each of the three industries that is three-star graded, you will now see a new button called: Investments - click this button 41

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43 You will see another screen explaining how investments work Click 'Next' 43

44 Here you will see 3 Investments: 1) A band, 2) A sport team and 3) A media company Click on 'Band' You will be asked to confirm that you wish to purchase a band Repeat this step for the other 2 investments when you have enough money Once you own a band, the sport team and the media company, you will able to unlock the next investments Click 'Next' on the investment screens Here you can buy 1) A house, 2) A factory and 3) An amusement park The process is the same as for the previous industries Everyday that you play and trade you will receive money for your investments 44

45 When you have returned to the Town Map Screen, click on Leaderboard The leaderboard will slide out and show you the top performers in terms of tokens earned If you are in the top five performers, you name will appear in the top five ranking on the leaderboard If you are not in the top performers, your name will appear at the bottom of the leaderboard next to the number that reflects your rank or position on the leaderboard Click on the x to close the leaderboard 45

46 THE STUDY ZONE NOTE: Quizzes are the quickest way to earn loads of tokens. We have quizzes for the following subjects in the game: Gr7, Gr8 and Gr9 EMS Gr10, Gr11 and Gr12 Business Studies Gr8 and Gr9 Mathematics We also have a stand alone Gr9 Financial Literacy Quiz Each subject has a different number of quizzes and each quiz has a different amount of questions. The number of questions in each quiz will increase as you cover more work in class throughout the year. The quiz questions are aligned to your curriculum and are linked to the teaching plan. What this means is that if you take a quiz, it will test you on the work that you were supposed to have covered in the class eg: Quiz 2 for Gr9 EMS covers all the work you have done in class for the first four weeks of Term 1, Quiz 3 for Gr9 EMS covers all the work you have done in class for the entire Term 1. To take a quiz, click on the Study Zone button on the TOWN MAP screen 46

47 The following screen will appear. In order to access the latest quizzes, click on Check for Updates. A green box with loading and a percentage counter will appear as the latest quizzes are loaded. The Study Zone will open automatically once this loading is completed (usually around 23MG) You only need to click on Check for Updates the first time you click on Study Zone when playing the Kreeate Game. Thereafter you can click on Enter Study. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to have data or be connected to WiFi or the internet in order load the latest quizzes. If you do not have data or are not connected to WiFi or the internet, then you will NOT be able to run the Check for Updates 47

48 The following screen will appear with the choice of different subjects Click on the subject for which you want to do a quiz 48

49 When you click on the subject for which you want to take quizzes, you will be taken to a screen that lists the various grades for which we have quizzes. This image below is an example of what this screen looks like for Business Studies 49

50 When you select the relevant grade for which you want to take quizzes, the following screen will appear with the various quizzes that can be accessed for that subject and grade. PLEASE NOTE: The later the quiz term and week, the more work it will cover. NOTE: You can take any of these quizzes as many times as you like! 50

51 Questions will appear and the question screens will look this Click on whichever answer you believe is correct When you have answered all questions, a quiz report screen will come up and give you feedback on how many questions you answered correctly To exit the Study Zone and return to the Town Map, click on the red Exit Learning Zone button at the bottom of the screen 51

52 HOW TO PURCHASE GANGALANGS Return to the Town Map screen Here you will see an icon labeled Kreeate Central Bank as is shown in the screenshot below: Click on the Kreeate Central Bank icon 52

53 The following screen will now appear: Click on the gangalang pack of your choice 53

54 The following screen will now appear: Click on Next Step 54

55 The following screen will now appear: Click on Get the Gangalangs You will need to have data or be online in order to complete the gangalangs purchase process. In order to complete the process, follow the steps on the PayFast payment gateway until your transaction is complete 55

56 Once you have clicked on Get the Gangalangs, you will be taken to the following screen. You will need to have data or be online in order to complete the gangalangs purchase process. In order to complete the process, follow the steps on the PayFast payment gateway until your transaction is complete 56

57 Once you have completed the purchase process through the PayFast Payment Gateway, you will be taken back to the screen below: Your Gangalang total will now reflect next to the package option. The total gangalangs you have will appear in brackets as shown above PLEASE NOTE: TO REVIEW GANGALANG TOTALS, CLICK ON THE KREEATE CENTRAL BANK ICON AND YOUR TOTALS WILL APPEAR IN BRACKETS NEXT TO THE RELEVANT GANGALANG COLOUR PACKAGE 57

58 HOW TO PURCHASE A QUEST ACTIVITY PLEASE NOTE: You can only purchase Quest Activities if you have the correct amount of gangalangs. If you have sufficient gangalangs, follow the steps below. If not, please purchase gangalangs and then proceed to purchase a quest ativity If you have sufficient gangalangs, return to the Town Map screen as show below Here you will see a button labeled Get a Quest Click on this Get a Quest button 58

59 The following screen will now appear. You will see that the table lists the following: Gr8 and Gr9 quests available for purchase Cost of each quest Award for each quest Number of quests available for purchase To purchase a quest activity, click on the Take this quest button that appears in the Take the Quest column PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY PURCHASE ONE QUEST AT A TIME. 59

60 Once you have clicked on Take the Quest, the following screen will appear confirming you have successfully purchased the Quest. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETE A QUEST CHALLENGE, WHICH IS 12 HOURS. THIS IS STATED IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE SCREENSHOT SHOWN ABOVE PLEASE NOTE: YOU ALSO ONLY HAVE 3 ATTEMPTS TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A QUEST. IF YOU DO NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE QUEST CHALLENGE WITHIN THREE ATTEMPTS, THE QUEST WILL BE DELETED FROM YOUR PROFILE AND YOU WILL NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW QUEST. Click the EXIT button at the bottom of this screen to return to the Town Map screen 60

61 In order to access the quest you have just purchased, return to the Town Map screen as shown below: 61

62 Click on Study Zone and the following screen will appear: Then click on Enter Study button 62

63 The following screen will appear Scroll down and click on the Take the Quest button. You will be taken directly to the start of your quest as shown in the example screenshot below: 63

64 You can exit this challenge (quiz) at any time by clicking on the red Exit Button The number of times you have attempted the quest and your score for the quest will reflect at the top of the Town Map screen as shown below: 64