Friday, November 20, 2009

Week in Review 11/16/09 - 11/20/09

This week we continued to work on our games. So far I've tried about 4 different game types and can't get the code to work right. How stupidly frustrating..
Last day before Break. Have a good break everyone! See you Monday!!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Guess what!?!?

I absolutely despise flash!!!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Week in Review 11/9 - 11/13

Well this week was somewhat annoying. I've essentially been stuck in the same spot on my game, trying to design and mini game. The tutorials on the wiki are just not helpful. They give you the code without any explanation. We are novices at flash so we really need step by step instructons. Honestly, I'm getting pretty fed up with it constantly doing that, as well as some of my classmates. If something is not done to remedy the situation, we may just all around give up. That seems kind of extreme but I'm not going to get frustrated at something that is explained to me poorly.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Civic Game -Blog Questions

1. What is the game topic? -Our game deals with some of the Amendments
2. How does your game relate to Civics? -It teaches about the Amendments
3. Describe your game in 150 words. - Our game will consist of; the player will be asked questions relating to civics. A correct answer will allow them to continue and a incorrect answer will cause a game over. In between each question will be a mini-game that also relates to civics. The in-between of the slides will consist of sounds and music. We hope to have movie clips of some kind. We also hope to have things to more exciting, as a fun civic is hard to make. Custom Cursors, Custom Backgrounds, and other custom items are what we hope to add. We will add other things as needed. Scene 1 will be the introduction slide, scene 2 will be a question, and scene 3 will be a mini game. This sequence will be repeated numerous times until we feel as though we have reached a point where the player has learned what we had wish for them to learn.
4. Describe how the player will learn about Civics? -In our game the player learn about civics and the government through a variety of means. We will have questions that ask about different parts of the law system. Amendments, Civil Rights, etc... Each one will try to allow the player to gain some knowledge. In all honesty, having the means to try to get the player to gain knowledge is kind of hit and miss. We can try to make it as interesting as possible, with sounds, music, and mini games. But overall it comes down to the fact that if the person doesn't want to learn anything, they won't. But as I stated before, we will try to make things as fun and entertaining as possible. We may add questions or other gaming parts that relate to other parts of the government, but as of now, of sole concern is the amendments and parts relating to the law system.
5. Where does your game fit into the Civics's Framework? - Teaches about the Amendments.
6. Our game teaches about about one of the parts/ideals of government. The Amendments and the base system of our goverment is a very important part of our country.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Week in Review 10/26 - 10/30

This week went pretty well. We all worked on our games, uploaded a new demo, and did our blog. Pretty basic but successful week. We are slowly getting the hang of things. YAY!