Click the image to open the MS PowerPoint show.

This is a memory verse game based on the Bible verse John 3 verse 16. The game was written and first used for the 2023 Westhill Holiday Bible Club, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The game was programmed using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications in the context of a PowerPoint show. You will need Microsoft PowerPoint to be installed on your computer to run this game. Click the image on the left, and decide whether to open the file with PowerPoint directly, or whether to save the file to run with PowerPoint later. Running the show will cause a macro security alert to be displayed. Select the button to enable macro content, otherwise the game will not run.

The game is played by two teams (red and blue) guessing clues alternately. The presenter interacts with the program to implement the choices of those playing. The heights of the sunflowers on the left and right sides of the screen indicate the number of words correctly guessed by each team. It is necessary for the presenter to know beforehand what the verse says.

Instructions

The following instructions assume that the PowerPoint show has started running, with macros enabled.

• Click the Start button.
• A Bible verse is displayed, with some of the words blanked out and numbered. Select one of the blanked words and a clue will be displayed. A timer gives 30 seconds for the clue to be solved.
• If the clue is solved correctly then click the green happy-face button, and the word will be displayed. Click the right arrow button to return to the text with the word inserted.
• If the clue is not solved correctly then click the orange sad-face button, and the word will remain blanked out in the text.
• When closing down PowerPoint will ask if you wish to save changes: this is because the macros have modified the display. Click "Don't Save" to ensure that the game starts at the beginning next time it is run.

This software is protected by UK copyright law. All rights are reserved, but it is licensed for download and use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).