Game Done

Wow,  after hours of work and help from Joe I have my game done.  The coding was a little tricky but got it figured out.  The game is not exactly how I wanted it but it works and is completed.

Coding

Learning to code my game.  Have Joe to thank for helping me, I understand it a lot better now.  Wasn't as lost as I thought I was.  Still have some things to figure out but it is coming along.

Starting the 11th Week of Classes

I feel like I am really behind.  I worked on getting the all my scenes done, and realized I had left out the last page of each scene.  So, I am working on getting it done now.

Finally getting somewhere.

I think, I am finally getting somewhere.  I most of my scenes done will start working on the codes to get the game to work.  Hopefully I will be able to finish the scenes this week and start on the coding.

Starting to come along.

Finally got my first scene done.  I am now working on the second scene.  Thanks to Joe, I was able to get the first scene done.  I think I know what I am doing to for each scene.  Just hope it all comes together and works correctly.

Week 7

Wow.  I am having trouble with starting over.  I can't seem to do what I want to do, every time I change the color of a balloon it changes all of them.  Not sure what I am doing wrong.  Know it has to be something simple.  I will figure it out it will just take time.

RESTARTED GAME

Restarted game.  Found it to be easier to start all over than try to remake what I had, because, there was so much in the game I didn't need, I would have to go in and figure out how to take it all out.

6th Week of Class

I am hoping to get some codes soon to help me with this game.  I am not sure how to go about getting my balloons to pop.  I am hoping what I have done so far is correct.

4th Week of Class

Today I worked on my 3rd and 4th scenes.  The music is playing so loud down the hall it is hard to concentrate, it's not bad music just extremely loud when I'm trying to concentrate.  I am still trying to figure out flash so I can get more done on my game.

3rd Week of Class

I am working on my second scene.  I sure hope I am doing it correctly.  So far I still feel lost, I think I will catch on it is just frustrating.  I think I will like working in flash once I know more about what I am doing.  I still just fill lost a lot to remember from two months ago.  I have a lot of learning to do.

Relearning what I forgot.

Wow!  Today I started my second scene only to realize half way through, I didn't do it right.   It's amazing what I have forgotten in two months time.  I only hope what I forgot comes back to me, and fast.  Last week I did my timeline and had to remember how to get into the wiki and thought that was bad.

Last Day to Work on Game

Today I got my game working.  I want to be able to add the rest of the scenes next semester and be able to go through all the long vowels.  I want to change some of the actions in the game next semester, I would like to be able to make the balloons pop when the tiger hits them.

Day 14 of Class

It has been very trying to this point.  It really hasn't been that hard just time consuming, you need a lot of patience.   Not being able to find what I need in codes has been frustrating and very time consuming.  I need to get the tiger to pop the correct balloons and the incorrect balloons to bong.  Today I actually got my tiger to move, which I thought was really good. I have learned quite a lot, just hope I don't forget it all.

10th Day of Class

Today I drew my scene in flash, I found it very challenging but not as bad as I had feared.  I haven't really learned anything about my game topic, since vowels is something I learned years ago.  In my research for this game I found some games that were similar and it helped me get an idea how to design my game.  What helped make them informative and trustworthy were they were published in teaching manuals.  I am looking forward to seeing the game in play.

Ninth Day of Class

Day 7 of Class

I have decided to make a game of popping balloons.  This game the monkey shoots the balloons to pop the them.  I liked how you can move the monkey around.  With my game I am going to have a tiger moving around popping the balloons.   This has given me some ideas on what colors to use in the background.

I like the game Joe posted.  It looks fun.

May 24, 2011 Day 6 of Class

Today in class we learned more about what you can do in flash.  We had to decide what kind of game we are going to design and how we want it to work.  I am designing my game for 1st and 2nd graders who are learning their vowels and need help recognizing them in words.  The game will teach the kids what words have the correct vowels sounds.  The game will take place in a circus.   There will be circus animals and balloons.  It will give the kids a fun atmosphere to learn in.  It just gives a fun atmosphere, there will be words on the balloons and when they pop the correct balloons they will go into a column and get points when you get all the correct words the incorrect word balloons will explode and the circus will give a performance, and you will go onto the next vowel.  The game will be fun where quiz's are not.  

I liked Sarah's post on her game, I had a similar idea but decided not to explore it.

Day 5 of Class

Today I competed my first mini game.  I thought it was challenging creating the mini game, not really hard but very time consuming and making sure you did every step just right or the game wouldn't work.  The best part of the topic to me was getting the game done and it working.  The worst part was having to figure out how to get the pizza to move without step by step instructions.

Day 3 of Class

Hi, my name is Shirley.   I am married and a mother of two daughters.   The topic I am working on is reading, reading is so important that I decided to design my game for reading.  Some of the links I found will help me in deciding exactly what I want to structure my game around.

May 17, 2011 2nd Day of Class

Protecting your privacy on the Internet is important in today's times.  If you put your address on the Internet and a predator happens to find it he/she could show up at your house.  Putting your phone number on there could also give them more information they could use.  Using your full name can also be a way for them to get more information about you.  There are many reasons to be careful about what you put about yourself on the Internet.  Just make sure you don't give to much information about yourself, your family or your home.

I think I would like to design my game with either action or puzzle depending on which idea I decide to use.  I am thinking of designing a game for reading or spelling.

May 16, 2011 First Day

I attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
I would like to be able to create a demo for an educational game.  I am worried about not knowing exactly what I want to do and how to do it.

This is one of my pictures.  I love photography.       Lots to learn in just a few days.