Microsoft Word types of mobile educational games for children in primary school

3.4 An approach for creating mobile games software
The authors' ultimate research goal is to create mobile game applications that support the work of 
primary school educational trainers. In order to achieve this, the following basic assignments are set, 
which must be carried out on the basis of the research already presented in this article: 
•
prototyping of various (computer-based) mobile games suitable for children (see types in Table 
2); 
•
modification of prototypes with the ability to automatically generate multiple of the same type of 
games for a given prototype, but with different educational content, at different levels of 
complexity and for different educational sections; 
•
modification of prototypes with the ability to customize games with different designs from the 
students; 
•
creating and testing a package of mathematics learning games for 3rd grade students based on 
the prototypes created. 

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Based on a survey of existing games and gaming applications, it is reasonable to place the following 
requirements on the mobile game package created: 
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the games must comply with the Bulgarian state educational requirements in terms of 
methodology and educational content; 
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the games must be age-appropriate and therefore have a lightweight and intuitive interface; 
•
the games must be free of charge and also in Bulgarian; 
•
games must lead to achieving of some learning objectives; 
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game assignments must be creative, intriguing and fun (with an interesting storyline); 
•
games should be relatively short in order to keep the attention of young learners; 
•
game applications should be interactive and animated if possible; 
•
gamified assignments should support the teacher's work; 
•
games must be autonomously usable by the children at home.