How to create a Match Up Game


Match Up is an excellent learning tool in the form of a game. In this game students have to match up the image with the correct word, a word and its meaning, or a math problem with the correct answer using a simple drag and drop.

Learn to create a Match Up Game with this video tutorial:

Beginning of work

First of all, sign in to your profile on interacty.me to start:

Sign in page on Interacty

To create a Match Up Game, click Template Gallery button at the top of the screen:

Template Gallery button on Interacty

Select Match Up:

Match Up game mechanic on Interacty

You will see different templates. The Preview (2) button allows you to preview the template. Then, select the template you like by clicking the Edit (1) button:

Matching game templates on Interacty

Template editing

Click Edit button, to start edit your quiz:

Start editing your matching game on Interacty

You will see a Pairs tab. Let's keep just six of them. To do this, we have to delete some pairs by clicking Remove button:

Editing pairs of your matching game on Interacty

Good! For each card you can upload a Text (1), Image (2) or even Audio (3) option:

customizing your match up game on Interacty

Adding audio is an amazing feature which can be used to creating games with matching the audio messages to the pictures.

Let’s choose a text and write “orange”, for example. You can also switch (1) background color to another one. Then, just click Save (2):

choosing a color for your matching card on Interacty

It's done! For the second card of this pair, let’s pick Add Image option:

adding image to the matching card on Interacty

There are 2 ways to upload a new image. Directly from your computer or using the Unsplash Library.

Unsplash Library is direct access to the Unsplash stock photo service:

Interacty's free image library

To add an image from your device, click Upload Media:

Uploading an image to your matching game on Interacty

First pair of cards is ready:

Demonstration of the first pair of cards on Interacty

Same with the next pair. Let's choose a text option to the first card and write "apple" this time:

customizing matching cards on Interacty

Then, add an image to the second card and choose a picture of apple on my computer:

matching pairs game on Interacty

That’s it. All we have to do is just repeat these steps to the next pairs:

demonstration of ready made pairs for matching game on Interacty

Perfect! We are done with the Pairs and can switch to the Final screen tab:

setting up the final screen tab for your matching game on Interacty

This is what user will see right after he finish your game. Let’s fill header with “Perfectly done” and description with ”You have found all the pairs”:

setting up the final screen for your matching game on Interacty

You can also add another picture to your final screen by clicking Change:

adding an image to your final screen message on Interacty

It’s done. Let’s click Save button:

saving your matching game on Interacty

After that, you can also add gamification features to your project, if needed:

adding gamification features to your matching game on Interacty

Save and Share

Click the Preview and evaluate the current state of your project:

preview your matching game on Interacty

Try your matching game and don't forget to rate how it looks on different devices. To do this, switch between the phone and personal computer (1) icons. If you notice an error or decide to fix anything, return to the Editor (2) by selecting the appropriate menu item:

switching between the phone and personal computer icons

Don't forget to select a Title (1) for your project. This will make it easier to find it. After that, you can safely click the Publish (2) button:

giving a title to your matching game on Interacty

Your project is ready! You can share with your audience by sending a link, or choosing any other convenient way:

link to your matching game on Interacty

You can always return to editing your template again by clicking the Edit (1) button in the list of profile projects. You can also check Statistics/leads (2), if needed:

checking statistics for your matching game on Interacty


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