Jecripe means, in portuguese, game for stimulus of children with down syndrome in prescholar age and it was developed to meet specific needs of this group previously ignored by commercial and educational games. The activities of the Jecripe game were developed according to the research of the multidisciplinary team that joined the project. They follow a “step by step” progression, stimulating the child in interactive operations such as moving, clicking and dragging with the mouse, imitation of gestures through music and dance. Moreover, the main character, Betinho, has features of a child with Down syndrome, as Samuca Baby, unique aspect of such games. The Jecripe game is also a research environment for graduate students in computer science at Federal Fluminense University.
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