alexa's thoughts

12/11

2010-01-19T09:29:00.000-08:00

We're searching for 4 different government types to use for our second level. I never realized how many government types that there were! I'm definitely learning a lot about all of the different types that there are. In some places, after a war there is no government, which I thought was very weird.

Finally Finished !

2010-01-19T09:27:00.001-08:00

We finally finished with creating our game. Today we put together the two levels and added a button to navigate to the next level. We would have liked to find a different way to go to the next level, but we couldn't find the correct code for it after looking everywhere. Maybe if we had more time, we would have been able to add more to our game, but with snow days and everything, we couldn't get to where we would have liked to be at this point in the class.

11/20 Blog

2010-01-19T09:22:00.000-08:00

We played life to get ideas for our game, On the Moon. In our game, while you play it, you kind of get an idea about how other people who have different governments than us live. Through a lot of them, the government controls a lot of what they do, it has made me appreciate more of what we have here with our government.

December 14, 2009 MY BIRTHDAY!

2009-12-14T09:47:00.000-08:00

Right now while Morgan is working on level 2, I'm still trying to figure out the rest of the coding for level 1. And we're deciding how to do the points in the game, which we should be done with in the next few days.

Game Update

2009-12-09T08:22:00.000-08:00

I finally got the codes to work for the first part of our game. Now we're touching up the first level & still working on the second level. Hopefully it'll be finished in time.

11/6

2009-12-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

We're still thinking of ideas for our game. And we are tracing objects and stuff to go with our scenes. We haven't started on the coding yet, but I'm assuming it'll be frustrating.

11/13 Blog

2009-12-07T08:29:00.000-08:00

Right now, we're just working on graphics and scenes for our game. It's kind of hard to think of scenes that match the government type, and an activity to match it, but we're working on it.

On The Moon Update

2009-12-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

We're working on the coding for our game, and on the second level now. We finally figured out what we are actually doing with the game though. It's going to be a matching game now, where you will match a goverment type description with a scene that decribes the description. It's coming along well, I'd say.

Game Progress

2009-11-06T08:42:00.000-08:00

This week, I've learned about different types of governments and things that you can and cannot to in each type of government, which is what our game is based around. From playing our game, you will learn about 4 different government types and you will have to match it with a scene that relates to the description of the government type. A website that I got information from is http://www.stutzfamily.com/mrstutz/WorldAffairs/typesofgovt.html

civics game info for 9 weeks test

2009-10-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

For our new game, we are going to teach different types of government. The idea so far is to be on the moon, and the character, you, are trying to decide which government to use. Through each level will be a different type of government you will play through and learn about as you are playing. We haven't decided the full concept of the game yet, or the exact play and scoring, but it'll be very soon when we do decide.

Civics

2009-10-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

Our game topic is government owned butterfly sanctuaries. There are none in West Virginia, so we are informing people with guidelines and tips to create one. The players of the game will learn the importance and significance of butterfly sanctuaries. It does teach about citizenship because if citizens contribute and get talk the west virginia government into getting a butterfly sanctuary here in WV, it would help out a lot.

Butterfly Research

2009-10-20T08:34:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, we found a good website with a lot of information about butterfly gardening and such. The website is www.nababutterfly.com

ADDING INTERACTION

2009-10-17T06:58:00.000-07:00

I didn't mind adding interaction, figuring out how to make it go left and right was easy, because we've already done it, but up and down was a bit hard to figure out. Overall, I didn't mind it, it was probably the simplest of all of the things I have done lately.

ADDING SOUND

2009-10-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

I didn't like adding sound at first, because i didn't understand how to do it, but once I did understood, it was ok. Kind of pointless for my game though, because I don't need much sound, but I assume I can get it in there somehow.

this video has nothing to do with my assignment, just pretty stoked for the movie to come out tomorrow !!!!!!!!

ADDING ANIMATIONS

2009-10-14T09:39:00.001-07:00

I HATED adding animation, it was frustrating, and annoying. I mixed up all of my frames to different layers. I guess that it's pretty sweet in the end, because it adds to your game design, but it's hard to organize all of it.

Flutterfly Research

2009-10-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

I found information about the Painted Lady butterfly found in West Virginia, I think that it is the most pretty butterfly I have found yet. Also I found a Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly, it's ugly, it looks like a moth. It is also found in West Virginia.

Adding Navigation

2009-10-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

Adding navigation was very frustrating at first. Figuring out the coding was pretty hard, I thought that I was doing good until I tested it and it wouldn't go to the frame I wanted it to. But then I figured out that all I needed to do was take out the "*" in the code.

Drawing In Flash

2009-10-09T08:55:00.000-07:00

I liked drawing in flash because i got to learn more about the program flash. I also liked it because I got to figure more out about what I wanted my game to look like. It was kind of hard to draw the butterflies in my game, it frustrated me a little bit, but it worked out in the end.

Game Research

2009-10-08T09:48:00.000-07:00

I researched butterfly sanctuaries. I found that monarch butterflies from the U.S. and Canada migrate to Mexico, where there is also a butterfly sanctuary. And I found that there is a butterfly sanctuary in the Philipines.

Planning Your Game

2009-09-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

During Planning Your Game, we typed the ideas that we had created in our group during Paper Prototyping. My role were the instructions to the game and also level 1. We didn't have any big disagreements in our group, but what little ones that we did have, we talked it out and decided which would be best. I look forward to learning more about flash during creating my game

Imagining Your Game

2009-09-25T09:01:00.000-07:00

I liked doing the activity Imagining Your Game because it helped me to plan out my game, and allowed me to think about what I actually wanted to do with the game. I also learned basic concepts of the Flash program.

Paper Prototyping

2009-09-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

I liked doing paper prototyping because you actually get to plan out your game and the movements. The name of my group's game is Flutterfly. The game's instructions are: at the beginning of each level, you read facts about different types of butterflies, and then you continue on to play the level, there will be 4 butterflies in the level, 2 of them will be the incorrect butterfly, and the remaining to will be the correct butterflies. This goes on for the next 2 levels, and the number of butterflies increase. At the end of the game you have to answer a question about the information provided and if you get it correct, you win the game, if your answer is incorrect, you have to restart.

Mini Game

2009-09-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

During the assignment for the Mini Game, i actually learned a lot. I had used flash to play games, but never to create one. So it was a new topic for me to learn about, which i actually did enjoy. The worst part was figuring out the coding, the best part of the assignment was probably just getting it one, because it was getting confusing. I don't usually play games in my free time, unless in class the teacher has us to.

Playing To Learn

2009-09-03T09:35:00.000-07:00

I played The Puzzle Game, and Free Rice. I liked the Puzzle Game, because the instructions were obviously simple, and the picture of the completed puzzle was well drawn. Free Rice was a good game, because I actually learned what words meant while playing it, and it was pretty awesome how they donate grains of rice for every answer that you get correct.

Classroom Rules

2009-09-01T08:33:00.001-07:00

I think that some classroom rules are important over others. When your instructor is talking, it's most always best to be quiet so that you can get all of the information on the assignment you need to get done that day. But i think that it is ok to talk while you are working on your assignment, we're good at multitasking. Another important rule is not to cheat, you don't learn much when you are cheating, and when it comes time to take a test, you're not going to do good. The last rule that I think is important is to not sleep, because once again, you're missing information and probably getting a zero for whatever assignment that you're supposed to be doing.

Globalria

2009-08-31T09:43:00.000-07:00

In the Globaloria course, I hope to learn all of the things that I need to know about designing a game. I would like to create some sort of puzzle game. . I am scared that the coding will be hard to do and confusing.