Eye Can Fly

Article contents

1. Overview
2. Who's it for?
3. Before you start
4. Setting up Eye Can Fly
5. Using the menus
6. Profiles - setting up and learner
7. Options and personalisation
8. Gameplay adjustments
9. Playing Eye Can Fly
10. System requirements
11. Downloads and documentation
12. Useful support articles

1. Overview

Eye Can Fly is a flying adventure created specifically for eye-gaze users. It features 24 missions for your pilot, Aimee, to soar through - introducing concepts like geography, compass directions, and topography while helping players build confidence and precision with their eye-gaze skills.

Alongside eye gaze, play can also be controlled using any mouse-pointer device, a keyboard, switches, or joysticks:

2. Who's it for?

• Eye-gaze users who can reliably select items on screen
• Learners using switches or keyboard access

• Children working on early geography concepts
  
• SEND learners who benefit from visual, motivating games
  
• Teachers, therapists, and parents supporting eye-gaze learning

• Set up and mount the eye tracker following the manufacturer’s guidance
  

• Make sure eye-gaze mouse control is working on the computer
  
• Calibrate eye-gaze for the learner
• Check the learner can dwell-click reliably

• Screen resolution: Match your screen size
  (If unsure, choose the highest option)
  
  
• Graphics quality:
  
  • Fantastic = best visuals
  • Fastest = smoother on slower computers
    
    

Windowed mode:

• On = plays in a window
• Off = full screen

• Keyboard
  
• Switches
• Joysticks / gamepads

Tip: Primary and secondary controls can work at the same time.

• Menus use large buttons for easier eye-gaze access
  
• Select items using dwell clicking
  
• A red cursor circle shrinks while dwelling
  

• The Options menu and Quit button on the title screen do not support dwell clicking
  
• These require a standard mouse click

• Press Start
  
• Choose a new profile
  
• Select a shape and letter
  

• Progress
  
• Option settings

• From the home screen (default for new profiles)
  
• From a loaded profile (saved for that learner only)

Press OK to save changes.

• Pointer – for eye-gaze or mouse
  
• Keyboard / Switch – for switch or keyboard access
  
• Left & Right only – simpler flying (up/down is automatic)
  
• Up, Down, Left & Right – full control (recommended later)
  
  

• Vehicle visible – see the plane or airship
  
• Vehicle invisible – first-person view

8. Gameplay adjustments

• Flight speed: Medium / Slow / Very Slow
  
• Cursor size: Large or small
  
• Cursor visibility: Visible / 50% / Hidden
  
  

• Dwell click time: 0.5 to 2.5 seconds
  
• You can disable dwell clicking on:
  • Profile selection screen
  • All non-game menus
    

• 1 minute (default)
  
• 2.5 minutes
  
• 5 minutes
  
• 20 minutes
  
• Unlimited
  

• Sound effects
  
• Music
  
• Voice volume

9. Playing Eye Can Fly

• Plane flies automatically
  
• Look at balloons to pop them
  
• Locations: Farm, Island, World Map
  
• Pointer only (not available in keyboard/switch mode)
  

• Left and right
  
• Near and far
  
• Compass points
  
• Geography concepts
  
  

1. The Farm – left/right only (introductory)
   
2. The Island – rescue missions and exploration
   
3. The World – continents and landmarks

Tip: Start with left/right only before adding up/down movement.

• Fly freely around:
  • The Farm
    
  • The Island
    
  • The World
    
• No time pressure
  
• Great for exploration and enjoyment
  
  

• Coin Chase – collect falling coins
  
• Aimee’s Treasure Hunt – explore and find hidden coins
  
• Rooster Race – race chickens around the island

10. System requirements

• Compatible with: Windows: 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
• Activation key delivered by email.
• An active internet is connection required for installation/activation.

11. Downloads and documentation

• Eye Can Fly MSI installer (760MB)
• Eye Can Fly Product Activation Manual (315 KB)
  
  
• A Guide to Eye Gaze in the Classroom

12. Useful support articles

• EyeGaze Software Activation Support
• Progressing with Eye Gaze

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