C for Cat Game

WHAT IS THE GAME ABOUT?

We intend to introduce desktop computers to children through a variety of games that indicates to them the diverse possibilities that a computer can open up.  We introduce children through a set of games that are simple to learn and play. For instance, after a tactile walkthorugh of different parts of a computer, one can straight away ask the child to play the following simple game, which is started up with no other Windows or controls being active. The only thing active is the keyboard and the child is encouraged to explore by pressing various keys on the keyboard with no particular instruction. But the game is such that for each key pressed an audio feedback is given: for example, if the C key is pressed, then the audio played is "C for cat  meeoow", and different animal sounds for every key and other creative outputs for the other keys. So the child lerns that the keyboards react in interesting ways to their pressing.

The content of the audio map can be changed to provide different experiences: animals, birds, things, people and so on to keep it rich and novel and unexpected, thus encouraging the children to explore more.