Words Rock can be played by a student on their own or in a group. It is easy to start, join or host a game. The system automatically does all of the hard work for teachers and parents. It concurrently manages the gameplay, recalculates the options for each player and automatically delivers literacy optimised for each student and then reports on Questions completed.

Choose a game complexity

To get started students click on the Words Rock button on the Home Screen and select either the Basic or the Advanced Game.

• The Basic game is suitable for younger students and is quicker to play.
• The Advanced Game is more complexDEDUCTION. It features a range of gadgets that students can use to affect the gameplay of others. It takes a little longer to play.

Choose to play alone or with others

Use logic and develop strategies to play the game

To play Words Rock students must use logic and deduction to predict the location of the parts of the Slugs. The game strategy is ever changing as other players discover parts of the Slugs.
To succeed players must develop and constantly re-evaluate their strategy as other players make their moves.

Questions from the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System

Between each round of gameplay students must answer a Question as determined by the EdAlive Adaptive Learning System.

For details of the operation of the Adaptive Learning System see the relevant section of this publication.

One Question is presented for each round of the game.

Finishing Sequence

After the last Slug is found, Words Rock allocates point credits for the winners of a range of criteria. All the points are then tallied and a winner declared.

A Results Summary Screen is then displayed.