Free Portal 2 / Fifa 13/ Plants Zombies / Bejeweled 3 / SimCity 4 for middle school kids.

I would do this just for the PvZ, but does it absolutely require some sort of student ID? Don't want to finish the whole thing if I can't get a game. It's kinda fun, but takes too long.

 
Well I just finished the whole thing, it appears it is IP locked to USA. never ask me for student ID or such, but it does say I am not a US resident. So Any of you would help me get my prize?

EDIT: nvm, proxy does the trick, got myself Portal 2.

 
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Zizi said:
Well I just finished the whole thing, it appears it is IP locked to USA. never ask me for student ID or such, but it does say I am not a US resident. So Any of you would help me get my prize?

EDIT: nvm, proxy does the trick, got myself Portal 2.
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How long did it take you to complete it? Any tricks to getting by the whole thing faster or do you have the advantage of coding knowledge?

 
3 hours, no previous knowledge on coding or computer programming. Stage 1-10 is very easy, so is Step 11-12, 16-20. 13 and 15 is difficult without watching the video.

 
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even with advanced coding knowledge (finishing at least 95% on first try), this takes more than 2 hours and some of their JavaScript code examples (shown when you click "Show Code") are incorrect

 
Spent waaaaaaaay too much time on this.

Thought I read somewhere on the site that I could get $10 to iTunes, but I don't see it anywhere.

Might have to snag Portal 2 or something.

Thanks for the heads up.

I even learned something.

 
I am a programmer. It took me some hours, as @drakaenae said. The hardest, most annoying part was figuring out the direction and the angles.
 
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How did you guys do Stage 15 and level 8, where you have to draw three houses? It's impossible Please help me!:(

 
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Montello said:
How did you guys do Stage 15 and level 8, where you have to draw three houses? It's impossible Please help me!:(
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The first step is to get the "draw a house" function working.

When you start over, draw the first house. You will see the zombie in the bottom left of the triangle and that the zombie is facing the triangle, but you want to move that zombie to the bottom right of the box.

You need to add the blocks to make the zombie turn and move forward after the zombie has finished drawing the house.

Add a "turn right by 60 degrees" block to the end of the "draw a house" function. Run the program. Notice that the zombie is now facing the right, and next, you obviously want to move forward, turn, go down, and then do a final turn to face the box.

From here, the strategy is basically to see what happens block-by-block. Don't try to add many blocks at one time.


turn right by 60 degrees // Turn so that the direction is in a straight line.
move forward by length pixels // Move to the top right of the box.
turn right by 90 degrees // The box angle is a 90-degree turn.
move forward by length pixels // Move to the bottom right of the box.
turn right by 180 degrees // Turn so that the zombie faces the box.
 
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The first step is to get the "draw a house" function working.

When you start over, draw the first house. You will see the zombie in the bottom left of the triangle and that the zombie is facing the triangle, but you want to move that zombie to the bottom right of the box.

You need to add the blocks to make the zombie turn and move forward after the zombie has finished drawing the house.

Add a "turn right by 60 degrees" block to the end of the "draw a house" function. Run the program. Notice that the zombie is now facing the right, and next, you obviously want to move forward, turn, go down, and then do a final turn to face the box.

From here, the strategy is basically to see what happens block-by-block. Don't try to add many blocks at one time.


turn right by 60 degrees // Turn so that the direction is in a straight line.
move forward by length pixels // Move to the top right of the box.
turn right by 90 degrees // The box angle is a 90-degree turn.
move forward by length pixels // Move to the bottom right of the box.
turn right by 180 degrees // Turn so that the zombie faces the box.
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Thanks:)

 
pandiosity said:
so out of curiosity besides the portal 2 or the Sim City 4.

can anybody confirm if the other games activate on steam or origin.
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The games work and activate even if you're not from US, you just have to use US VPN to get the code and that's all. I completed to course in 3hours or 4 and then got the code (for FIFA13 origin) and it worked fine :)

 
Has anyone tried to redeem these EA game codes on Steam as well? @Zizi mentioned that they could be redeemed on both Steam and Origin.
 
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Has anyone tried to redeem these EA game codes on Steam as well? @Zizi mentioned that they could be redeemed on both Steam and Origin.
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Sorry for not been clear earlier. EA game purchased on Steam can be redeemed again on Origin, just right click the game and choose 'View CD Key', use that key to redeem again on Origin. But Origin key can not be redeemed on Steam. (Sim CIty 4 was Origin key, so no Steam)

So pretty much if you buy an EA game on Steam, you get two copies, one for Steam and another for Origin, you can give your second key to another person to play on Origin. EA way to get people to use Origin.

Here is a list of EA games on Steam that can do this.

http://techgage.com/article/migrating_your_ea_games_from_steam_or_retail_to_origin/

 
Zizi said:
Sorry for not been clear earlier. EA game purchased on Steam can be redeemed again on Origin, just right click the game and choose 'View CD Key', use that key to redeem again on Origin. But Origin key can not be redeemed on Steam. (Sim CIty 4 was Origin key, so no Steam)

So pretty much if you buy an EA game on Steam, you get two copies, one for Steam and another for Origin, you can give your second key to another person to play on Origin. EA way to get people to use Origin.

Here is a list of EA games on Steam that can do this.

http://techgage.com/article/migrating_your_ea_games_from_steam_or_retail_to_origin/
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I know that some EA games purchased through steam can be activated on Origin. That does not answer my question about the games from this offer,. I can tell you for certain that the code provided for Sim City 4 cannot be activated on steam. as for portal 2 I'd hazard a guess that the game probably only activates on steam.

What I want to know is if games like Bejeweled 3, or Plants Vs Zombies or any other game activate on steam or origin through this offer.

 
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Can someone help me with Stage 11 part 7? I drew the spiral just like in the pic, but it keeps telling me that I did it wrong.

 
Jimbo1 said:
Can someone help me with Stage 11 part 7? I drew the spiral just like in the pic, but it keeps telling me that I did it wrong.
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Bejeweled is an Origin code, despite the fact that the game is on steam.

So currently:

Steam: Portal 2

Origin: FIFA 13, Sim City 4, Bejeweled 3

Plants vs. Zombies is unknown, but I bet it is on Steam.
 

 
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Sigh I tried to go through with this but I finished the first 20 tutorial puzzles and I just gave up I dont have the time for this just to get SimCity 4.
 
MetalMegaGio said:
Sigh I tried to go through with this but I finished the first 20 tutorial puzzles and I just gave up I dont have the time for this just to get SimCity 4.
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It takes forever but yeah I did all of it for SimCity 4, avg about 1 hr 45 mins. Only problem is the simcity 4 is origin key. Trying the registry trick to see if there's a different key that I might be able to activate on steam.

 
Alyrian00 said:
It takes forever but yeah I did all of it for SimCity 4, avg about 1 hr 45 mins. Only problem is the simcity 4 is origin key. Trying the registry trick to see if there's a different key that I might be able to activate on steam.
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It wouldn't really bother me that its an Origin Key as long as I get to play the game its fine with me. I'm gonna sit down tomorrow and try it again and hopefully not give up.

 
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I seem to have encountered a kind of bug, I can't complete any level from the Stage 13. It tells me to use the function, I use it, complete the level and instead shows me It didn't complete...

EDIT: found a fix, seems the problem is with the language XP changing it to english allows it to be completed fine :3

 
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I cant finish stage 15 puzzle 8 can some one please place there node tree, mine is glitching i start out with no nodes and i keep using to many blocks.

 
Is Stage 5 puzzle 7 bugged? beacuse I and my friend can't find any way how to complete this, even if i'm using all the blocks and it goes right, still I got message failed:(

 
I'm having a problem with stage 15 #4.

I draw the house, but it still says I failed to do it right.

Can someone show their successful answer so I can see what I'm missing or if this level is bugged for me?

 
Yea, I have on stage 5 puzzle 7 and on stage 15 puzzle 4, 5, 7 that same problem I do everything correctly but still says I have mistake.

EDIT: I have same problem with all house drawing puzzles, it's bugg for everyone I think. I hope this problem will be fixed soon.

 
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I'm having some problem on 15-7. I drew the house around the elephant by using the function with the length variable, but it still says that I'm doing something wrong.

 
I'm thinking that the program is a bit picky about the order that you add the blocks in.

BTW I finished the course and selected FIFA 13 as my prize. Can anyone tell me if it was worth it to do this program for FIFA 13?

 
Montello said:
Yea, I have on stage 5 puzzle 7 and on stage 15 puzzle 4, 5, 7 that same problem I do everything correctly but still says I have mistake.

EDIT: I have same problem with all house drawing puzzles, it's bugg for everyone I think. I hope this problem will be fixed soon.
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Change the language to espanol, then try using the solutions in the link that clickpow sent.

 
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