This game takes the user back to the Stone Age where they perform different tasks in order to organise a party. The child must find enough food to feed everyone, decorate the cave and make sure that there will be a fire to dance around. Two Stone Age children guide the user and explain exactly what to do.
Click on the television screen in the corner of the modern living room to enter the world of the cave dwellers.
The Stone Age children invite you to help them prepare for a feast.
There are six tasks:
•make a pouch
•catch fish
•make a spear
•catch a mamoth
•build a fire
•create cave paintings
Explore the landscape with your cursor and click on the objects hidden in the undergrowth.
Complete all the activities successfully to win four rocks and go to the party.
Click on the wooden board in the top left corner to acces the activities.
Starting form the left, they are:
•Equipment Making
•Food Gathering
•Fire Building
•Cave Painting
Equipment Making
Click on the image on the left then choose one of two activities shown on the wooden board.
Making a Spear
Can you make a spear that's strong and sharp and flies through the air?
Choosing the right material is important. Stone Age spear-makers chose a tough wood (ash tree wood used for spears up to medieval times), sharpened at the tip into a point. Adding a flint tip made a sharper weapon.
A selection of materials is laid out on the floor.
Click on and drag your choice of material on to the flashing part of the spear.
You need to make three spears to get the chance for some target practice. Click on the spear and drag it with your mouse to aim. Click on the spear again to throw it.
Making a Pouch
Make a pouch that's big and tough enough to hold ten heavy rocks.
A pouch was useful for carrying home food such as berries and nuts.
A selection of materials is laid out on the floor.
Click on and drag your choice of material on to the flashing part of the pouch.
Test the strength of your pouch. Click on the rocks and drag them to the pouch. If it breaks you will have to start again.
Click on the icon in the top right corner to exit these activities and return to the two cave children.
Food Gathering Activities
Choose an activity by clicking on of the two pictures on the wooden board.
Fishing
How many fish can you catch as they leap form the water?
A large haul of fish would make a filling feast for a Stone Age tribe. Watch out for the eagle - it will try to steal the fish you have caught!
Catch as many fish as you can by clicking on the fish as they jump out of the water.
If you fail to catch enough fish you will have to start again.
Click on the icon in the top right corner to return to the cave children.
Mammoth Hunt
Can you trap a mammoth in a pit? It's not as easy as it sounds!
One mammoth provided enough food for a group of cave people for several days and would help them survive in a challenging and harsh environment. To hunt this huge animal, people had to use skill, brains, and work together as a team.
Catch the mammoth by driving it towards a pit where it can be trapped.
Hold the cursor to the left side of the mamoth to make it go right.
Hold the cursor to the right side of the mamoth to make it go left.
After driving the mamoth into the pit, click on the spears to throw them at it.
Click on the fish icon in top right corner to play the fishing activity.
Click on the icon in the top right corner to return to the cave children.
Making a Fire
A Stone Age cave was a very cold and dark place to live but a fire could make it cosy and snug. People relied on fire for warmth and light, to scare off wild animals, and to cook food.
Build the fire by clicking on suitable sticks and dragging them on to it. Dry sticks work best; wet ones don't.
When you have enough sticks on the fire, the two stones will glow. Click on them and they create a spark that lights the fire.
Keep the fire going by
•adding dry twigs to the fire
•clicking on the cave girl to make her blow on the fire.
If the fire either burns too fiercely or goes out, you will have to start again.
Cave Painting
Decorate the walls with your paintings - a dark cave doesn't have to be boring!
The most famous cave paintings in Europe are in Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain. Cave artists made their own paints using earth, soot, grease and plants. They painted on rock with sticks, fingers and brushes and pads made from fur, skin or moss.
Click on the images you want to use from the left hand wall and drag them to the wall on front of you.
Click on the palette to choose a colour.
Click on the the finger icon on the wooden board to paint the images.
Click on the tool icon to make the images look like carvings.
You can print your pictures and use them to decorate a real wall!
Party
When you've completed all the tasks successfully and earned four rocks you can join the cave dwellers in their party!
