Teams

Yesterday we picked roles for our teams and did our team page. I got the role of artist/visual/sound person. Sammie is the coder/action script person and Branden is the Project manager. We all got along great when we decided who would do what and never argued. It was a very simple process. I'm looking forward to drawing the pictures for the game and just putting the whole game together. I think it will be a very fun experience. The inspiration for our game was our classmates. Some of them struggled with finding volume and we wanted to help them. I think our game will help our classmates a lot and I hope they like it!

Paper Prototype Reflection

Yesterday we did our paper prototyping video. Branden recorded while Sammie and I went through the steps. It took a good amount of tries to get the video like we wanted. When we did it the first couple times, I recorded while Sammie went through the steps. It was difficult in the beginning because when we would get to a certain step and mess up. So we decided to switch and I went through the steps while Sammie recorded. When I got to the same step Sammie was on when she messed up I totally forgot what I was going to say. This happened a few more times until we decided that both me and Sammie would talk and go through the steps while Branden recorded. This helped a lot. We did mess up a couple more times but the last one we did we felt pretty confident with. I liked that we all worked together to make our video because we felt like a team. I thought the video we made was very good and I hope everyone agrees!

Team Expectations

Yesterday we got our teams to make our games. The team I'm in consists of three people, Sammie, Branden, and myself. We call our team The Dream Team! The game idea we're going to focus on is volume. All of us felt this was a good math subject to focus on for our game. We assigned parts for each other to make it easier but also make sure everyone has an equal share in the game. I will be the artist, Sammie will be working with the codes in flash, and Branden will be the dealing with finding the resources. I think if we all work together on this and work hard we will have a great game. I think the team I'm in is going to work because we all get along. We have some idea of how we're going to make our game and I think that will become clearer as we begin the game making process. I'm very excited to start our game!

Game Idea Reflection

I learned a lot by writing and practicing in flash. I learned how to change the color, and the size of text. I also learned how to change the style of the text. This has made me learn a lot because when we start our games I'll know a few things and it will be easier to get started. You can also change the backround color of your text to make it pop out more. I also learned what some of the symbols meant and how to use them. I liked knowing what the symbols were and how to use them because now I'll be able to use what I learned in my game. I also learned how to publish what I type on flash to my wiki and I thought that was pretty easy. I'm really excited to learn how to add the sounds to our games when we make them. I think it will make our games more fun and interesting! Making our games will be a fun experience and I'm excited to learn a lot more about flash as we begin making our games! Game Idea

Games We Play

I don't really play games too often, but the one I have played that is really close to my mini game is pac man. In my mini game you have to move the bunny so it will eat the carrots and your points go up. Pac man is very similar because you have to have move the pac man around to eat dots and your points go up. They're both very easy games to play and very fun. Also,when I play these games to make the bunny or pac man move I have to use the arrows on the computer keyboard. Another game I have played I've also had to use the computer keys to make an action happen. One game I've played, I have to move the arrow keys right or left and then hit the up arrow button to make the ball hit two or more other ones and the pop. I liked all of these games and they were all very fun! Minigame

Mini Game Project

I thought working on our mini games yesterday and the day before was difficult at times. I think it was difficult because there were so many steps to follow and the directions were hard to understands at times. I did like working on them though because i learned a lot. I learned how to add new layers, make the objects move faster, and make make my bunny eat the carrot to make my score go up. First we had to make all the objects a movie clip. To do that we had to put a box around each object then change it to a movie clip. The layers weren't hard to add, but I had to remember when I was puting actions in the actions window i had to be in the actions layer too in order for it to work. I think making our games will be fun but challenging too. I am very excited to make them!

Flash Introduction

Today I read the introduction to flash layers. It looks like if might be a bit tricky to do at first, but also fun. To me it kind of looks like Microsoft Word but a little different. The Introduction was very helpful because it told me what all the symbols mean that we will be using. It also told me where everything is located. The part that I think will be hard is having to draw pictures with a computer mouse. Computer mouses only turn so far and I think using the mouse will be hard to use at first until we get used to it. The thing I think will be easiest is organizing everything. I say this because you can put different pictures in different layers and it won't mess up any of the other pictures. I can't wait to make our games !

Blogs I Follow

I chose Math Help, Lets Play Math, and Watch Math Blog as my 3 blogs. I chose these because I think they are blogs that can help everyone with math. Math Help is a blog that can give you ansers to any section in math and can give you examples on how to solve problems. Lets Play Math is a blog that tries to help you understand math but also have fun while your doing it. It also plays around with k-12 mathmatics. Watch Math Blog is a blog that discusses how to solve math problems and also gives math videos to look at also. I feel these blogs can help everyone understand math better in a funner way. I liked that they all had a description their blog sound fun and not boring!

Social Issue Review

Yesterday our class we went to choosing a topic and wrote some responses to social issues in our community. The topics we wrote responses to were enviorment,health,civic participation,education, and poverty. A lot of the games we have played in the past couple of weeks have to do with these social issues. I learned that these social issues go on all over the world and not just here. Writing the responses yesterday made me realize that the particular social issues I mentioned have a big impact on the way we live.