Final Blog

I think that my biggest accomplishment was learning how to add actions to everything and sound. My biggest struggle throughout this class is thinking about what my final game would be like. I liked getting to talk to my group member everyday and learning new things about Flash and how to make a game. Because she helped me learn more things. I disliked doing all the blogs that we did, but we had to do it so people could see how we are doing. I would have to say to the next class that its a big stress taking that you want to do. It'll be very hard on you because you don't know how to do anything. I liked that we were finally done with the game and it was over. Even though that I'm glad this class is over in away I'm sad that it is.

Final Demo

Well, Sarah and I just got done with our game demo today. We fixed everything that we needed to do so it would be better. I really love how it turned out to be in the end. We had to make one final button for the last page and then we uploaded the final thing to our team page. It has been a really big stress on everyone to finish this game on time. I hope that when Sarah and I show everyone our game that we won't mess up and forget to do something. I was very happy for us to be done and I was surprised that we were the first group done. Because, our group only has two people and it and everyone else has either three or four people. I'm very happy that we are done with this! And I hope everyone else gets done and that their game is very good also! This is our final game!! Demo.

Practice Presentation

Well, I hope that Sarah and I can finish our game demo before we have to give our presentation. Sarah just found out how to do the actions and she will teach me how to do it so we both can and so we can get it done a lot faster. After I do that, I'll have to look over the Team Page and make any fixes that need to be changed before people start to look at it. I really hope that we both can finish all the actions so I can fix the team page, and then we will be almost done! I'm very happy that this class and the school is almost over because, this class I think was my hardest class all year, and school is just a big pain. But on the other hand I have got a chance to learn a bunch of new stuff for Flash. I never even knew that there was a web site named "Blogger" until this class. I'm very thankful that I got this class because now I'll know a lot of new things for Flash and I hope I can use them in my life.

Persentation

No, I haven't overcame my biggest struggle yet. Sarah and I are trying to fix our demo so it is right again. I'm going to be looking for sounds today if Sarah doesn't need help, but when she does I'll help her. I think I have an idea of what kind of sound we can use but she has to like it also. And no, i haven't accomplished my goal for this week, because I haven't had a chance to really listen to a sound. I have been trying to help Sarah fix the demo. Yes, I do think that Sarah is doing everything that she needs to be doing with this demo. And we make a great team, we don't disagree, yell at each other.

Biggest Struggle

We have been assembling our game demo for awhile. It has been a big struggle for Sarah and I to do. We have missed up but its not big, we have to put an introduction screen on it and move our scenes. It's going to be hard and not easy at all. I think my biggest thing that I have done so far is helping Sarah when she needs it, make the team page, and I am also going to be finding the sound for the game and thats not going to be easy because there is so many different sounds out in the world that I can pick. And then Sarah has to like it to so we can agree on it. Team Page!

What I Accomplished

I would like to accomplish this week is to try to get all of scenes done and ready to put actions in. I think Sarah and I can do that I don't think its going to be hard since we are already done drawing. But there is one thing that we can't get, its when you get the problem right or wrong we don't know how to put that in there. Because if you get the problem right we don't want a sceen that says you lose. So that is what we are going to work on today in class and try to get it right. I asked Sarah if she could help me on how to add actions and things and then she said that she really didn't get it but, by the end of the class we both will now how to add them. I hope that Sarah and I can start finding different sounds and seeing which one we like and try to add them but I don't know what the teacher have planned for us yet. I think that Sarah and I are getting along great in class and out of class also. We work together even though we say things to each other that we don't mean, we are best friends and nothing can change that. This one slide from our game demo : Soup Can.

assembling our demo

The last two days we have been assembling our game demo. Sarah and I have accomplished a lot with the game, all we need to finish is the actions to go slide to slide and things, the sound, and the slides then I think we will be done. I really haven't accomplished anything because I already know how to draw in Flash and I think Sarah has got that down too. What I really need to accomplish is how to make actions in the game because that is something that I really need to work on. Well, there are a lot of things that are easy to do. Like the learning log that we do and things like the blogs that we do I think that is easy, and also drawing in Flash. But, I think that adding actions is hard and I think that adding sounds will be hard for Sarah and I to do. Sarah might know more about how to add actions and sounds but I don't and I hope she will show me how to add them to the game. Yes, I think that Sarah and I are contributing equally to this. Because we are working in Flash on her computer and if we need to look for something like a code then I would look for it and tell her what it would be and we help each other out when we need it. The plans that I have for the rest of the week is that Sarah and I will get more done with the game and I can get better at adding actions. I know that the week is almost over but I would like to at least get a little bit better before this class is over.

Working Flash

The past two weeks of working in Flash has been very confusing and stressful on everyone. I didn't get a chance to finish my skeleton because we never have time to finish mine. I have learned over a few days that you can't make things up that you missed because you had to leave school. And I'm most confined doing the drawing in Flash. And I think the most difficult thing that I had to do is make an object move. Because you have to have a code for it and it has to be right or then you would be " up the lake without a boat". And I always forget the codes that you have to use for them. I haven't gotten a chance to finish my skeleton so I have been watching and helping Sarah do hers. It has been a hard few day now. Everyone is stressed out from all this. And when Mrs. Forniash isn't here we have another teacher that doesn't know what to do so, we are messed up with it. And we are getting close to start our game and we need to have learned all these things. Lets just say that the past few days haven't been so good for us. But, it is still and always will be a learning progress.

Adding Sound

The importance of sound to a game is that it can help the player think better. And also it makes the game better because how many game have you made that doesn't have sound on it? I can't really think of a game that great sound on it right now. I think that adding sound to our game well be fun because well we get to pick what kind of sound or music we want for the player to listen to while they will be playing the game. And it will just be all out fun. It will make all the of the games better with the sound on them. Because, it just makes the game that you are playing better and more joy full to play. How many games have you played that the sound sucked or it didn't have any? For me I like a good sound and it have to have a sound for me to play better at the game. That's why Sarah and I will found one of the best sounds that we can found. To me if there is a good beat that you can listen to then I can do and go faster and what I'm doing. For others they can't have a lot of noise well they do things. It all depends on what kind of person you are. And that's why we will be making a MUTE button that you can push if you don't want any sound.

Skeleton

I thought the live session with Meredith was very interesting. I learned a lot more things after it. It took a little bit for me to really get it but, after doing in it on Wednesday I really learned a lot. I'm very thankful that we have Meredith and our teacher ( Mrs. Forniash), because if we didn't then we might not be doing so well with this game of ours. But, on Thursday I had to leave school at one p.m. to go to a track meet in Weslyon so that having that said I had to miss the class and I didn't get a chance to finish my skeleton either. I don't know what I'm going to do to get it finished i hope I can finish it so I can learn more about Flash and how to make a full hands on.

Drawing In Flash 2

So far I haven't learned anything other than that our teacher doesn't take our paper prototyping papers home with her. Our game is going very well and I hope it stays that way also. Our group is getting along okay but we still disagree on some things, but we get though them easier. I think this game is going very well for evryone and i hope they also do great on they game and i hope people like playing them too. I think everyone is having a great time with their game. I hope everything is going to be okay at the end for everyone.

Drawing in Flash

We have been drawing in Flash, today is our second day. I have been helping on the scenes that we have to do. It can get to the point where you just want to yell at your computer like yesterday Sarah and I had some problems trying to put text in the middle of circles. And people not listing, not trying, or not even caring about this. But other than most things in this process I have been fine with everything that has happened. One person is practice in Flash while the other is working on the game. Its still a learning thing for everyone and its going to get better. And after this is all over then hopefully everyone in the class could make their own game in Flash if they wanted to.

our team page

We finally finished our team page! All we have to do is to do the color for the font and then we will be finally done with it. We are doing okay very well with this and i hope everyone else is also. I hope everyone in the class does very well with this project. So far we haven't had any disagreement on the team page or anything and if you do then we are just playing around with each other for fun. I look forward to our final team game and how it is going to turn out to be. Our inspiration for our game is the kids out in the world that don't know how to find the area of an object and I just want to help the kids that don't know how. For me this isn't just a grade, I just want to help those kids out in the world that don't know how to find the area of an object. And then by the end of the game I hope that it will help learn a little bit about area and how to find it. this is the link to our team page: Spider Monkeys!

Paper Prototyping

Today, Sarah, Colton, and I did our video. It took us many trys to get it right. It was diffcult but then again, Sarah and I were laughing most of the time. It was very fun if you listen to what you had to do. I liked this part and we still has to do our game, we just just the paper prototyping part and there is more to be done. I didn't like how you had to say every step that you had to do in the game its like the person is stupid but, it was still good.

Team Expectations

Yesterday, we got into our groups. Sarah which is one of my close friend, and we have made this class very fun. Also Colton is in our group. We have thought of what we would be doing for our game, I'm manager and the game designer. Sarah is the artist and the codes person, and Colton is the sounds. We thought of a Team Name also that we all agreed on "Spider Monkeys" is the name. (: It took a long time to pick our game idea though. But, we finally thought of one... Area. I had the idea of it because I have a good idea for it too, and its easy to do. The best artist in the group is Sarah thats why she is the artist for the team. I'm good at finding resouces for anything. And Sarah and I are the best on Flash. I hope that this will be a good game for us, and I also hope everyone else does good for their game too. And I'm excited to start the game because I think I will learn a lot more about Flash and things that I don't really know how to do.

game idea reflection

The game topic that I have been is Area. This is a very easy thing to get after you have learned it. I find this topic very easy and I feel that I can teach other people that don't know how to find the area of an object. I have made an idea of what I would be doing for my game " gameideasarah" this is the link that have what I'm going to be doing for my game. I am most excited to be making the objects in the game move. I still have to get use to Flash a little before I really know more about it. I remember how to make the object move, but I'm not the best. I want to get better at it so I can make my game without problems. But, as we all know everyone is going to have problems. And the other thing that I am excited about is the end of the game to see if it works the way that I have planned for it to work. And that would be the thing that I'm most worried for, is for my game not to work at the end.

Game Compare

No, I do not play games in my free time. I don't play them in my free time is because I never really have free time to do anything. My life is pretty well full, with track and never going home, my boyfriend, and my life. So, i really never play games. I never liked them either so I guess that another reason why I don't play them. If I play either a mini game and games that are out today, I would rather play a mini game. If you had to pick which one would you play?

Mini Game Project

The past new days we worked and made our mini games. It was easy because I knew some things but, I didn't know how to do everything that we did. I messed on one part and that was when we were making the carrot move left to right and to start over again. It was an easy fix i just put the code on the layer. But, other than that mess up it was easy. I'm not saying that I know everything there is to know about Flash and stuff, but I know more than I didn't before. Taking classes that use Flash before you work on the mini game is better than just using Flash for the first time and you would get confused on it. I took a class for nine weeks that you would learn how to use Flash and now looking back I'm glad that i did it. But anyways, I'm use to it even more than I was.

Flash Intro.

I think that flash is and will be easy. Because, I have already been in flash and it wasn't hard. But, on the comments it said that it would be hard. I will just find out by myself if it is or not. It's not a big thing to do. I think that it will be easy to put two or more pictures together. But, maybe for some people in this class it will be hard for them because they aren't up to date with Flash. But, for me and my experience with Flash i think it'll be easy.

Blog I Follow

I choose Lets Play, Middle School Math, and Math Project. I picked these three websites because they had the highest ranking. It will give me more information about my game. These blogs help me make a better picture of my project and how it should be. What I need to fix when people tell me what I am doing wrong. It helps me think about my topic also. They could be talking about if it isn't the best and some might think it is. People think differently than others. These blogs help me get a better idea. They make me think about what I need to fix and not to fix. And they might not help other people but, they help me get a better idea for my game later.

Social Issue Review

Yesterday, we answered questions on section one and two under Topic Assignments. It didn't go so good without our teacher here, because people would post things that they should have. It talk about the health, poverty, education, civic participation, environment. It asked how they would change our community. And they change our community in different ways. We are trying to fix our environment, so it will get better and better. People are trying to get a lot of people to go Green ( turn of lights, use less water, don't watch to much TV). The president is trying to get better health care for people that don't have very good health care. We're aren't all rich, and we're not all poor either. Our education is the best in the community, but its not the best in the state. And then there is civic participation. Girl/ boy scouts they sell cookies for many different things also they get money for other things to.

Game Review

Well, one of the games i had played had no point to it at all. It was called September 12th. It had no point to it at all. The person that made said " This isn't a game. You can't win, you can't lose. This is a simulation. It has no ending. It has already begun. The rules are deadly simple, you can shoot or not." I mean is it me or does that game sound stupid. But I kinda liked this one game called Adding Game. It's good for people that don't know how to add and/ or if you learned how. They make it a fun game but also a learning game. It makes sence to me you add all the number up to 100 and you win. Its great for little kids. But, then again little kids aren't going to be playing this game. Kids our age from 13 and up are going to be playing this game. Snd i would hope by the age 13 you would know how to add to 100. If I had to pick either September 12th or Adding game I would pick Adding Game.

Week 2

I think that Globaloria is easy. The only time it's hard is when you miss a day or you are not listing to the teacher. I would like to know more about how to upload a video because, I wasn't here when my class posted a video on their profile. I liked the part where we found pictures that tells more about us but, in our way. And i also liked doing pictures is because i knew how to go and find them. But, on the other hand i think that customizing your profile is hard to do. I would like to learn more about Globlaoria and get better at this.

Blog Review

I thought that Kadin did a good job on about what he can do with Globaloria. He can make a button very easily. Also he could help the other students that do Globaloria next year. He could be very helpful with other people. He tells you about what you would need to get for the game that you make later on. He told about things that has to do with Globaloria and he talks about his basketball team also. Kadin did a good job on his blogs.