Memorizr Game component documentation

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Memorizr component for Joomla is a gaming application , a clone of the classic popular pair finder game. 

Requirements:
Joomla 3.6+

Installation

Application comes as a classic Joomla component, it installs via the regular Joomla installer. During installation, or update, a script checks if either Community Builder, Jomsocial or EasySocial are also installed and installs 4 corresponding userpoints rules.
- pay2play rule: Deduct some points when a user starts a game
- firstscoreongame rule: Rewards a player when playing and scoring on a game for the first time
- scoreimproved rule: when improving own score on a specific game
- newhighscore rule: when new score is the best of a specific game


Configuration

Profile Manager: Will you use a 3rd party application to manage user profiles ? (links from leaderboards names to user profiles)
Points Manager: Will you enable a 3rd party points manager to charge points for games and or reward points for new scores and high scores ?
Enable Activity Stream: If you use Jomsocial or EasySOcial as profile manager you can enable the Activity Stream feature to have new scores and high scores announced in the community Activity Stream.
Email Looser: Enable this to have Email notifications to players that just get their 1st place score beaten.
Facebook APP ID: If you want the Facebook Likes and Share feature to be enabled, input your Facebook Application ID for this domain.
Logo URL: You can set a link to that logo.
NEW Sticker Treshold: For how many plays will the NEW sticker stay? (Maps view)
HOT Sticker Treshold: How many plays required for the HOT sticker to show? (Maps view)

Adding a game

After setup you can create as many map categories and subcategories and create as many maps as you want. A map is a game defined by:
- title
- description
- category
- tiles: how many pairs are required to complete the game.
- cover image: prefered dimensions 320x200


Once saved and published, game will be available in the front end on the 'games' view of the Memorizr component.

Add a manu Item to the games view.
Open your MENUS manager in Joomla backend, select the menu where to add the new menu item. Click 'Add New Menu Item'. Set your new menu item type: Memorizr - Games

Memorizr comes with 4 menu item types:
- Games - Shows a list of Games
- Single Game - Shows a specific Game: Choose the game you want in the menu item settings.
- Scores - Shows latest scores, it can show global scores or display a specific user's scores if a userid variable is added in the url (like from the 'More Scores' button in the mod_memorizr_scores module when set to display current user's scores only)
- Leaderboard - Single game's leaderboard. It shows a game's scores but also game description, cover .
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