Hot Dot Spotter

_Hot Dot Spotter_ is an educational title developed with the aim of teaching
four to eight year olds number recognition and counting skills.

After a brief flurry of introduction screens the game invites the player to
enter their name after which the player presses ‘P’ to start a game. The game
consists of a border, or dot dropper, at the top of the screen from which any
one of four spheres may drop. These spheres contain a number of dots and the
player must count these dots and press the corresponding number key. If they
are unsuccessful the ball falls to the bottom of the screen where the number
of spots are counted for the players benefit. If they are successful a snooker
cue comes in from the side of the screen which knocks the sphere off to the
left of the screen and points are scored. As the spheres fall they pass
through three coloured zones, hitting the correct key while the sphere is in
the yellow zone scores three points, the pink zone scores two and the green
zone scores just one.

The game is entirely keyboard controlled, it continues until the player has
lost three lives. A high score for the gaming session is maintained but it is
not preserved from one session to the next.

Hot Dot Spotter