Three thing that making the Platform game helped with.!!.

     This past week we have been working on a platform game.  Our teacher pulled up an online tutorial that helped us make our platform game.  The teacher on the tutorial was very swift with helping us and did us all a favor.  Even though he was great help almost everyone had problems with the coding.

   However the platform game did help me a lot with understanding coding and the difficulty of getting all things exactly right.  We all listened carefully and typed the coding that was being presented and if you listened it gave you a better view on coding.

     Another thing that the platform game helped with is ideas for our game.  The whole platform animation seems like a great thing that could be inserted in our game.  We have a four level game and it would be really neat to have at least one of our levels with the platform theme.  I think that it would really help our game out in many ways.

     Also, this gave me a few ideas as to what to do with the design of our game.  With making enemies, people, and dead zones I got to experiment with game design.  With a little work you can make amazing designs with Flash.

     Altogether, this whole assignment really furthered my education in Flash and gave me a better understanding of a lot of things.  This is really going to help us with our game.  I am actually excited to be able to use this in our game!

     First of all I would like to say that Globaloria is a very complicated class and takes a lot of knowledge to master using Flash.  I knew that it was going to be a challenge even before I started it.  I wanted to further my education in technology and with Globaloria I can do just that.  There are many complications with making a game and you have to be patient one of the most frustrating things is working with codes but I have faith that we will finish our game with flying colors.

      One thing for us that was accomplished was becoming familiar with the new version of Flash.  We was so used to using the one we used last year which made it very complicated to use.  With a little work and experimenting we became more familiar with it and are now able to use it to build a game.  Now that I am able to work with Flash 5.5 my game will be so advanced and neat.

     Another thing that we have accomplished was to draw the scenes.  We have almost every scene designed and finished.  We still have a few more to complete but that isn’t anything major because, with a little time and effort we will have them all done.  Hopefully if we have some extra time we can go back and add more to every scene.

     The last thing that we have accomplished was to have a lot of animations and buttons inserted in our game.  We have our mind set on having four levels in which every one of them has some sort of animation. 

     It is going to be very complicated to finish our game to where it will be everything we ever imagined but with my wonderful group anything is possible.  We are going to work very hard and give It our all and hopefully we will finish our game before the end of the year.

 

Globaloria Progression:)

     We have finally finished our game demo and are ready to move on to the real game.  We have already started on our game and so far so good.  We have three pages of the game done and decorated but we still yet have to add buttons and animations and things like that.  With the help of all three of us partners we will most definately get it done.  Our secret weapon is team work.  What one doesn't have skill in the other does and that is absolutely great.  We are going to be working everyday from now on adding buttons, designs, actions, and so on.   

     In our game presentation we are going to do a lot of thing to make it fun to watch.  We want the audience to have fun watching us and put in good word on our presentation.  We are going to speak clearly and give eye contact as much as possible.  We are going to use body gestures to somewhat interact with our audience, and we are going to take turns so that everyone gets their chance to shine.
     By doing all of these things we will have a great presentation and everyone should be satisfied with everything.  We are going to practice everyday so that whenever the big day comes we will be fully ready and confident in ourselves.  I have a really good feeling about presenting our game demo and I am almost positive that everyone will love us and the hard work that we put into our game demo.
   I am so excited and very confident that we are going to do a really good job.  Hopefully all goes well.

Game Demo!!

     In Globloria we have been working on a game demo which is sort of like a short powerpoint on what our game is going to be like.  It explains things like our gameplay, characters, audience, and many more.  It is like having a sneak peek of our game.  In the game demo we have to use animations and design which gets the audience more interested.  We have worked very hard to make our game demo perfect, but there are many things we can do to make it better.
     We have a pretty fair amount of stuff done on our game demo.  We have all of our text finished.  Our text is yellow with a blue background which goes along with the West Virginia theme.  We have our screen shots taken and inserted on our game demo.  With the screen shots people have a slight idea of what our game is going to be like.  Also we have design finished we have an icon of a West Virginia sign.  This also goes along with our West Virginia theme.
     Although we have alot of things finished we also have alot to do.  We still need to find a way to put a playable scene on it so that the audience can interact with it.  Also we wanted to make designs move around and create a really cool effect to our game design.  We could also put more West Virginia icons to better the theme.
     If we can achieve all of these things we willhave such a great Game Demo.
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The Do's and Dont's of Presenting!

     Today in Globaloria we watched a very informational video that explained to us the importance of doing your best while presenting information.  It clearly explained to us that there are certain things that are unexeptable while presenting and they also explained that there are many things that could make your presentation better.  The main focus while presenting is to please your audience.  They are the ones who are judging you by what you say and do while presenting. 
     Three things that you shouldn't do while presenting is to mumble your words, not look direct at the audience, and to hold your paper that you are reading right in front of your face.  If you mumble your words while talking the audiece will not be able to understand what you are saying and will be totally confused on the topic that you are talking about.  If you don't look directly at your audiene it will seem as if you are not talking to them and it will defunately be hard for them to make since of things if you are talking into outer-space.  Another thing to keep in mind is to never hold you paper right in front of your face.  It will make it hard for the audience to hear you and when they see a presentation they also want to see the person who is responsible for it.  These three things are some of the things that you do not need to do in a presentation or it will be a disaster. 
     There are also many things that can make your presentation good and a joy to the audience to watch.  Talk directly to the audience, make sure you speak loud and clear, and let the audience see your face while presenting.  If you talk directly to the audience they will feel as if you are trying to interact with them and they will be more interested in listening to what you have to say.  If you speak loud it will be easier for everyone to understand what you are saying and it will help the presentation flow correctly.  If you let the audience see your face besides hiding it with your paper they will be happy to see who is talking. Also if your presentation is good they will have respect for you and not for someone that they dont know what they look like. 
     If you follow all of these suggestions you are sure to have a remarkable presentation and will get a very good grade.  You will be looked up to by other students and you will be so proud of yourself.  In the end you will come out shining.

Thanksgiving :))!!!

Next week we are getting off a week of school due to Thanksgiving Break.  I can't wait because Thanksgiving at my house we go to visit family and we have a big dinner.  I love to have quality time with my family and just talk to them because not to often I get to see them.  It is going to be so fun because we are going to go to my great uncle's house and celebrate.  Afterwards, we are going to take a nap then leave to go to the mall for Black Friday.  I am so thankful to have such an amazing family and i'm so glad to have them in my life.  I know that Thanksgiving is going to be great because not only do I get to have fun I also get to make memories with the people I love.