Games::PetalsAroundTheRose - Petals Around the Rose Game

Use the petalsaroundtherose command instead.

Don't look at the code for the solution. It will spoil half the fun and it will only mean you gave up O:-)

I found this game at http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html. Since I had nothing better to do and my brain was melting already (too much work), I decided to give myself a break and code it in Perl.

1. Let the dice be rolled.

2. Enter how many petals you think are around the rose.

3. Hit "Enter" and see if you got it right.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you can get it right every time!

5. Once you have figured it out, don't spoil the fun for others...let them figure it out for themselves!

This bit written by Chris David:

I was introduced to "Petals Around the Rose" by Dr. Richard Duke at the University of Michigan . Dr. Duke used to begin each of his gaming/simulation courses with this exercise. While some students would solve the problem right away, others would struggle all semester. It had taken Dr. Duke well over a year himself, and he would always explain that the smarter you were, the longer it took to figure it out.

The game is quite simple. Only a basic understanding of math is required and an open and creative mind. The game can be used as an example of how different people look at the world differently, and how these different ways of looking can yield different answers. In "Petals Around the Rose" there is always one correct answer. The problem is how we define the problem.

"Petals Around the Rose" is traditionally played with 5 six-sided dice. I developed this version using Macromedia Flash as both an exercise for me to learn Flash and as a way to share the game with the world. Let me know what you think!

Chris can be reached at chris.davis@baker.edu

Jose Castro, <cog@cpan.org>

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-games-petalsaroundtherose@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

Chris Davis, for putting up this game in a website.

Copyright 2005 Jose Castro, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.