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+date = 2021-05-22 23:51:04+02:00
+title = "kioku: a simple and customizable memory game"
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+tags = ["memory", "game", "kivy"]
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+Unfortunately one of the parents of a friend of mine was diagnosed with
+Alzheimer. The good news is that it's still at the first stage so keeping the
+brain active will help a lot.
+
+The classic memory game with covered cards can be useful, but I thought that
+it could be more pleasant with cards showing something close to affections,
+for example photos or drawings of what you care about.
+
+## Welcome kioku
+
+**kioku** (記憶) — it means memory in Japanese — it's a memory game where you
+can create your own levels released under the GPL3 license.
+I had to make it run also on Android so I used Python with the
+[kivy framework](https://kivy.org/) to support both Linux and Android.
+
+Here a screenshot of the game screen on Linux playing a custom level made with
+photo of cats[^1]:
+![The game screen of kioku on Linux playing a level with cats](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku/raw/branch/main/extra/screenshot_game_linux.png)
+
+## Code
+
+The code is at [https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku)
+and the README cover already topics like [build and install](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku#installation),
+[level creation](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku#create-a-new-level) and
+[level load](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku#load-a-level), so I'm not
+repeating them here.
+
+
+[^1]: The used photos are released under Creative Commons licenses, see the details
+     [here](https://noa.mornie.org/eriol/kioku#gallery).