README

Multi-touch Bingo for Early Childhood Education

Prerequisite Software:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4 -  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851
- Microsoft Surface 2.0 SDK (for development) & Runtime -  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26716
- Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 -  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23714
- Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17876
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (for development)
- Input Simulator (for machines other than the Microsoft PixelSense)

Instructions:
To run the program on a PC, open the solution in Visual Studio, build the solution (Ctrl+Shift+B) and run the executable.
If running in "Debug" mode, buttons can be pressed by hovering the mouse over the button.
If running in "Release" mode, the Input Simulator is required to simulate button presses and byte tags.

Byte Tags:
The following buttons are activated only by byte tags - 
- Play button on menu screen
- Question tile (rotating image) on gameplay screen
The above buttons will be activated when the byte tag has a value of C0, 08, 09, 0B or 0A. Note that only one value is 
required.
Tags can be printed from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11029
Simply print the desired tag(s), glue to a physical object such as a die and press the tagged side to the table surface.