Check out our demonstration video!

Click here to download our User Guide

Click here for printable answers

STARTING THE GAME:

Find the 'Flag Template' link at the bottom right of the website. Photocopy this template onto 1 red piece of paper, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 orange, 1 green and 1 grey/white. Laminate to extend the life of your flags.

Connect to a data projector and turn this on, along with the sound.

Choose the MAKEorBREAK game you want to play by clicking on it in the My Games section. There is a total of 60 questions maximum for curriculum and general knowledge games.

SETTING UP THE CLASS:

Separate your class into a maximum of SIX groups and allocate each group ONE of your photocopied coloured flags (pieces of paper).

TEAM-MODE (OPTIONAL):

How to use Team-mode

ON THE SCREEN:

Click a question number to start playing.
The first group to have a person standing with their flag raised above their head gets a shot at the answer. (This means that teams must discuss the answer and settle on an answer BEFORE they stand up.)
If a team answers incorrectly, the second student to stand can have a go, etc.

SCORING:

If a student answers correctly, they can choose to MAKE one of their own castles or BREAK an opponent's castle. Click the blank square space to make, click on a castle to break!

EXTRA TIPS:

It may be necessary to penalise a team by destroying a castle if they break major rules eg telling their team-mate an answer after they have stood up.

It can help to nominate a trusted student to be in charge of keeping score and building/destroying castles. This frees you up to decide which group answered first and second etc.

Team-mode also makes adjudication a lot easier.

It can be fun to add the odd ‘double-point score’ bonus from time to time. Before clicking on the next question, simply call out ‘double-point score’.

TIPS FOR CUSTOM Q&A's:

When entering your own questions, be aware that MAKEorBREAK works best with less text and not so much length in the answers.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN:

MAKEorBREAK has a simple interface and flexible scoring options so that you can play it your way!

FEEDBACK:

Your feedback is appreciated. Feel free to let us know your thoughts on improvements, tweaks etc.

For any further queries or tips, email me at: jared@makeorbreak.co.nz
Make contact, I’d love to hear from you !