The Final Blog!!

I think that our biggest accomplishment was making it through this class and completing our game. The biggest struggle was just trying to complete the amount of work in the small amount of time. I liked working in groups the most because I got to work with my friends. The thing I liked the least about this class was trying to keep Hunter on task. I would tell the new class to work hard and don't mess around!!! I liked explaining why we picked the game concept and telling everyone what it was about.

Practice Presentation

I am worried about putting my scenes in order. We are getting all the scenes just about finished. We still have to add some sound to our game. I think that our biggest concern is putting all the right scenes in order. I think that we will do fine on our game demo presentation once we get everything done. We have learned a lot of stuff about flash while working on our game demo. We have got a lot done so far. We only have a couple of scenes left that we have to finish. It has been frustrating at times but, we have overcome that.

Presentation

We have over come our greatest struggle by asking for help and learning more about it. Our struggle was the time line. We now know how to use it and understand it a lot more. No, we have almost completed them though. We are almost completely finished with our game demo. All we have to do to it is add the sound, and add about 2 or 3 scenes. I think that our team members are working equally. I am working on the skeleton and the team page while Hunter and Greg are getting sound for it. They have been looking for good sounds to put on our game. I think that the presentation should go over smoothly. If we keep working the way we are now, then the game presentation should be fine. I feel pretty confident in our game demo idea because it teaches a lot about volume and some about baseball.

Accomplishments

We have accomplished most of our game demo skeleton. We hope to finish the rest of it by the end of this week. We have uploaded some sound effects for our game but we still have to put them on. I think the most challenging part of this right now is trying to operate the time line. Everybody is working good now.

Game Demo

This Weeks Progress

From the work we did this week, we finished the main points of our goal. We finished the primary game scene, intro scene, and the team introduction. We had to work hard to get the scenes perfect. After we finished the main scenes, we started to add a help screen. For next week, I want to add as many scenes as we can so we will be ready for the game demo presentation. Next week we will have to work really hard to finish the game demo. Our team is working pretty hard. I think that someone could work a little harder. He could try to do some of the things that we are working on. We can try to help him as he goes along. One of the major things I want to accomplish is putting more scenes on our team page. Another thing is adding more scenes to the game demo. And the last thing I want to accomplish next week is to understand more about the timeline.

Game Skeleton

Game Demo Presentation

The last two days assembling my our game demo haven't been that bad. I think that the only thing that is kind of challenging in Flash is trying to operate the timeline. We have accomplished putting the Intro Scene in, the Team Introduction, and the Primary Game Scene. I think that I have accomplished learning allot more about Flash in the last couple of days. I think it's pretty easy putting in scenes on to the Game Demo. The hardest part in my opinion is trying to do things on the timeline. I think that two of the team members are working equally, but one is doing nothing. Are plans are adding more scenes to our Game Demo. I want to be at least half way finished by the end of the week.

Working in Flash/Game Demo Progress

It's been difficult but i have learned a lot from it. I understand how to add buttons and add navigation to the Game Demo Skeleton. I think that I know enough to work alone on buttons and adding navigation. After I had some help, I finally got my buttons to work. If I click test move, my buttons will work and take me to the next scene. I think the most challenging parts of working in Flash are the time line, key frames, and just making sure everything is correct. If you make a small mistake, then the game demo gets messed up. It's also kind of hard to navigate through Flash.

Adding Sound to Game

I learned how to put sounds onto flash. We plan on adding sounds such as, fans cheering, a baseball hitting a bat, the umpire yelling, the pitcher throwing the ball, songs about baseball in general. The sounds will make the game more interesting and they will be more relaxing to the player. Sound is important in games because it makes the game more interesting and more relaxing to the player. When I play racing games, it usually has the sound of the car, and sometimes traffic noises. The racing game sometimes has music in it too.

Game Demo Skeleton

The live session made things a lot more easier to understand. After we watched the session, it was easier to navigate through Flash. I learned how to put things on the time line and how to create different things in Flash. It was some what confusing trying to make the game-demo-skeleton but it was more clear after the live session. I think if we remember how to do a few things then we should be able to do it.

Adding Sound

The importance of a sound in a game is to make it fun and joy full. It makes the game more interesting. I have played games about driving cars that have sounds such as a car driving, and the other cars around it. The game also had music which made it more fun. Our game will have sounds such as the crowd cheering, the bat hitting the ball. We might have song in it such as "Take Me Out to Ball Game", or something like that. Songs and sounds make games more interesting.

Drawing in Flash

The subject of our game is about baseball. You have to figure out the equation to get to the next base. If you get get four equations right, then you get a home run. As soon as you get an equation wrong, then you are OUT!!! The concept of the game is to have fun playing baseball but also learning how to solve volume equations at the same time. Our inspiration for the game is the challenge of baseball and the excitement of the game.

Cover Page

TEAM BLACKS BLOG

I got the role of coder. I think I'm good at this role because Greg said it's kind of complicated so I should do it. We had a some disagreements on our team page but we resolved the problem by working them out together. I look forward to seeing the finished product of our game. I think that it will be kind of weird playing a game that our team created. Our inspiration was the challenge of baseball.

Team Black's Page

Paper Prototyping Reflection

This past week was a little bit challenging but we got it under control. We had to make paper prototypes for our games that we made. It took some time but we did it. I think that our game should be fine and that it should turn out pretty good. I think that the most challenging part of this week was making the video.

Team Expectations

Our team name is Team BLACK. I had a good idea about how the game would have worked and how it was set up. I think that Greg will be a good manager and a designer. We think that Hunter will do good in sounds and graphics. Were going to focus on volume. Yes, we all agreed on volume. I think that I'm going to try to be the artist. I think that Greg and Hunter are good at finding resources and I feel alright in Flash. Everyone is going to be fine on what they do. It might take some time doing the game but, it will be a lot of fun.

Game Idea Reflection

I learned how to upload a file onto my Wiki. I learned how to changed the font color and the Size of text on Flash. Once we figured out how to upload files on our Wiki, it was easy. It took some time to figure out but as we figured it out, it got a lot easier. The thing I'm most excited about making the game is getting to work with my friends and designing the game. I think that making the game will be a little hard but fun.



Game Idea

Games We Play

I play sports games in my spare time at home or whenever I have free time. I like to play sports games because I like to play sports and there fun.The sports games I play are similar to the ones on here because they are fun and challenging.

Mini Game Project

The last two days of class were pretty easy. The mini game was easy to do when you follow directions. It's fun once you know what your doing. The second day was a little more difficult though. It was kind of confusing putting in the actions. Testing the games was easy to do. So far we have 3-4 layers. When we had to put in the collision action in the action script was a little hard but we got it. The action window is usually where all of it takes place. Now, the game works. The collision works the counting works and the speed works. The whole game is working fine.

Intro to Flash

I read the Introduction to Flash. It says how to download graphics and animation programs. Some of the comments said that it was kind of confusing but fun to learn. The intro talks about how to add layers and different things to the games. It also shows how to add motion layers to the game as well. It seems pretty advanced. I think it will be fun doing the game but i also think that it will be confusing as well.

Blogs I Followed

I chose these blogs because, I thought that they could help me more than the other blogs I saw. These blogs will help me learn more about volume. I think that these blogs are better than others because, they were more descriptive, they had more facts about volume, and they showed some images about volume. I think that these blogs should help out more people because, they showed alot of easy ways to do volume and they also are pretty easy to follow.

Social Issue Review

Yesterday, we looked over different social issues. We gave examples of the different types of issues around the world. Economy, poverty, health, and education were examples of some of the types of issues that are occurring. Prices, investments, and the environment are some more examples of social issues. These issues are happening every day. Most of the games I played concentrated on all of these types of social issues. Poverty, health care, and nutrition were the main issues in the games that I had played. All of the games were all based on the social issues happening all over the world. Now economy is a big issue in the United States. The economy isn't very good these days.

Playing the Game

I liked how the games were kind of challenging. One game called The Cost of Life was challenging because, you had to make the family survive and make money in a poor run-down town. You had to do anything to make the family happy and healthy. The only thing I didnt like was it was kind of confusing at times.



The second game I played was called Cute Little Aiens. I had to keep the aliens alive while having fun at the same time. It was kind wierd at the start but then got a litttle easier as time went on. The only thing i didnt like was the amount of detail in the game.

Week Two

This week was fun at times and challenging at times. Putting in pictures was kind of confusing but they turned out really good in the end. My favorite part of this week was when we had to search google for pictures to upload on our wiiki pages. I would like to learn how to put different gadgets on my blog. It has been fun learning how to write blogs and uploading videos.One of the most confusing things we did this week was uploading images and putting them on our wiki pages.

Blog Review

I viewed a blog today from Sandy River Middle school. His name is Nathan. I liked how Nathan organized his blog and also how he added pictures and videos. I liked how he added helpful videos and and fun games too. Nathans blog link is http://nb251722.blogspot.com/ .