Well...

Well this week we had West Test so we haven't been able to do anything.We are still waiting to do our game demo presetations so I guess until that date we will get the game demos ready and figure out how we are going to present them.I guess we will also be blogging, updating our learning logs, and maybe even our wiki pages while patiently waiting for the day we present.Anticipation and excitement will fill our minds as we get closer to finishing our games this year.

The Actual Game

Now that we are done with the game demo we need to start working on the real game, we also need to get ready for the presentation.  I think the real game will be more difficult than the game demo.  I can't even begin to imagine how it will turn out and how much trouble we will have with it.  The game demos were, I'll admit, a little challenging but that doesn't mean the real game will be as challenging more challenging.  I guess we will just have to wait and see how it turns out but I hope it won't be too complicated since we have an idea what we are doing now.   

Done with Demos

Now that our team is finished with our game demo we have to get ready for the game demo presentation.It won't be long before we present and although I'm glad that my partners and I are finished with the game demo I'm nervous for the presentation.I wonder how the actual game will turn out since the game demo looks pretty good.I'm happy with how well the game demo turned out and happy that that part is finally over.I can't wait to see how the rest of it turns out.

Changing Teams

My partner and I decided we would change teams.  Instead of being on The Dragonflies we are now on the White Hawks.  So since we changed teams we had to change EVERYTHING on our project pages.  It took a while to get all of the new information but we got it done.  Our new game idea is about bullying and our new game demo is coming along great.

Links...

I couldn't find a link in one of my peer's blogs that was useful so I thought I would do some research and come up with a link myself. I found this link to be very helpful for our game: http://www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/endangered-animals-of-the-world/24 this website has a lot of information is is pretty interesting. It is a wonderful site to visit if you want to learn more about endangered animals.

Relates to Our Game Topic

I think this link: http://www.endangeredspecie.com/ tells a lot about its topic. I like this link because it tells you everything you really need to know like why save endangered animals or what animals are endangered in specific areas. I also choose these two pictures because the first one shows a few of the endangered animals and the second one shows that the animals are endangered and they need help.

Knowledge

In the Process of making our game my partner and I have learned a lot about our game topic.We have learned about the endangered animals in our game.Where they live, why they are endangered, how many are left, what they eat are just some things we have learned about these poor creatures.We have aquired this knowledge because we were commited to learning about this topic because we thought it would be a good topic for a learning game.If I could talk to "knowledge producers" I wouldn't tell them anything about improving their resources to help improve my learning my learning process because I learned basically everything I need to know about the endangered animals.I feel that to improve myself learning process by paying closer attetion to what I'm learning and concentrating harder.

Sound

I'm pretty sure that when we add sound it will just be kind of like a bell when you get it right and a sound like oh no when you get it wrong.We may even decide not to use any kinds of sounds at all, i guess it all depends on what we decide to really do.I think it would be a good idea to get sounds of the animals (for example a tiger) and ever time you get the right animal in the correct habitat or you match it up to it's name it will make a noise (like a growl or something) that belongs to that animal.If we did the animal noises it would enhance our game by showing the players the kind of sounds that specific endangered animal makes.

My Thoughts about Flash

My thoughts about flash are pretty simple, I don't like it very much.Flash is confusing and sometimes complicated.You have so many things to do in flash and you have to do some things precisely, for instance the codes.If you don't do the codes right the first time then nothing will work and you have to go back and figure out what went wrong with the codes.With all of the tools and tbe library and properties tab it can get pretty hectic if you don't know what you're doing.Flash, for me, is not fun so I don't care for it.

Flash Topic

The two main flash topics my partner and I will use in our game is the Text Box and the Rectangle tool because our game is going to be a series of minigames. The Text Box will be used for the next buttons, the titles, the intros and directions, and some of the games. The Rectangle tool will be used for some of the games and the next buttons. I think our learning topic is a good one and I think our game explains  and teaches our topic and our ideas very well. We could improve this by having more games in it that explains the endangered animals' stories.

Scenes

The scenes in our game in our game tells the players a lot about the topic of the game.In our game you have to drag and drop the animals to their correct habitat, match an animal to its correct name, and answer some interesting facts about endangered animals.When they are in this order it shows that these animals are really endangered and sometimes how they have been put in that predicament.It helps the players learn about endangered animals by having facts about them, showing their name and their picture, and showing them with their habitat.WV Animals Rescue Squad was one of the games in the Playing to learn assignment that showed the players a lot about their topic.While playing that particular game you learn how to take care of three types of animals.From playing this game we learned that we should really show our players exactly what wae are trying to show them with our game.

Drawing A Scene

We finished the drawing a scene selection, it didn't take as long as we thought it would because it wasn't very complicated.The research was easy as well considering we pretty much knew what we had to research.The knowlege thatwe collected for the game is very useful for every day information.We learned plenty of new concepts that we learned in the process of making our game demo.The endangered animals list is a good concept,it lists every animal that is endangered and animals that are becoming endangered.The information we have collect for our game has been very helpful to us while creating our game. 

Learning From Our Game Idea

My partner and I have learned a lot about our game topic. We have learned many facts about the endangered animals in our game. We learned about their food choices,their habitats,why they are extinct, basically their whole lifestyle. We learned this by researching it on the internet. The source most useful was google, it was the main website we used because it was the fastest way to find pictures of the animals and websites that would tell us facts about the animal we wanted to research.

Partners

My partner and I are The Dragonflies. We have many different roles between us that we decided who the best person was for that job. The main thing about working in a team is that you learn something about yourself and about the other person that is in your team. The greatest challenge about collaborative work is that you have to slow down to work with the other person and you have to listen and decide on ideas together.

Playing Games

We have finally finished the mini game project and posted it to our wiki pages.I am so glad that the mini game is finished because it was kind of complicated.The kind of games I play in my free time are hidden object games and someitmes I play adventure games and puzzles.My favorite games are the Mystery Case Files, I like them because they are hidden object games and they have puzzles too.They are interesting and fun to play.No the mini game project didn't give me a new perspective on games, I still see them the way that I always have.I just think they are a fun way to past time and occupy you. 

Progress and Feelings

Gloabaloria class has been going pretty good, it's harder now that we're in the mini game project because it's kind of confusing.  Even though sometimes it has its complications, it's going by fast.I'm still a little unsure about this class because I'm not a big fan of computers but other than that I guess its an ok class.Computers can be complicated especially if you have no idea how to work one.The mini game project is so confusing because it has all of these codes that you HAVE to get right or else nothing will work and you have to do it over again.

Goals

I know I am just now getting to this one but I'm not really sure what personal goals I have.I guess one would be is to learn something new (atleast) everyday.Another one would be to stay focused on what I am doing.The third...actually knowing and understanding what I am doing.The last one would be do everything I need to in class everyday.Two bad habits that I have are not paying attention to what I'm doing and not asking questions.I never really pay full attention to what I'm doing so I mess up a lot and I don't ask questions (in any of my classes sometimes) so I wait for someone else to ask that question or I just stay confused.

Starting the Minigame Template

Now in class we have just started to work on the minigame template because of all the snowdays and the break.It looks like it won't be very hard but it might be confusing for a while.There's a lot to do on it with the carrot,mushrooms,wolf,and bunny. You have to make a movie clip with each of them I think.It will really each us how to create a game.It is also time consuming because you have to pay close attention to everything that you do on it.

What I Learned From The Brain Pop Video

What I learned from the Brain Pop Videos were about internet safety,blogging, and what the internet is about.I learned some of the letter abbreviations for some of the words dealing with the internet like ip and dsn.For internet safety I know that I should keep all of my personal information to myself and if I wanted to sign up for a website or something similar to that I know I need to be careful of what I put on there still.For blogging I know that it is a webpage that is written in journal form, and that there is many different types of blogs.There are some blogs for music,science,art,and cooking.My plan for keeping my learning log updated is to make sure that everyday I make time to update it with what I did that day in class.

Christmas Vacation

Over Christmas Vacation I did'nt do much. Like everyone I woke up Christmas morning and opened presents.During the week after Christmas I visited with family and shopped.Its hard to tell how many movies I watch over break.I didn't really stay in touch with my friends because I figured they were busy with family.For New Years nothing happened, it was like a regular day but I did stay up to see the ball drop.It was the first time I had ever seen it (or heard of it). I just can't believe it's another year already.