Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Flash Reminders

1)Place everything on it's own layer.
2)Place corresponding layers in the same folder.
3)Label layers and folders.
(General Rule) SAVE OFTEN ON FLASH DRIVE AND INTO SKYDRIVE FOLDER
4)You must assign Instance names to all symbols.
5)Upload ALL work to the Wiki whether it is done or not.
6)Export work before uploading!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

My Gaming Habits

What type of games do you enjoy playing?
I enjoy playing adventure games and strategy games , because I like to have a challenge involving solving puzzles and making to a certain place in a certain amount of time.
What are the titles?
I play Super Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube, Brain Age on the Nintendo DS, and some fighting games like, Mortal Combat and War games like Call of Duty.
When did you begin playing games? On what system?
I don't exactly remember, I guess because I started at a young age.
I started playing games on the Super Nintendo and the Nintendo 64.
Do your parents/guardians limit the amount of time you play?
No, because I don't go game crazy and play for more than an hour and a half every other day.
Do you think it's possible to get completely addicted to video games?
I do think that it's possible. I don't know why exactly I think that, but I do. I suppose I think that because, I feel that you can get addicted to anything.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Gamification, Game Design, or Game Mechanics- What????

What do you learn in Globaloria?
I learn how to work in Flash and how to create animations. It also teaches us about Game Design and how to look for things in games pertaining topic and graphics.

5 Skills I have learned in Globaloria.
1) How to use Flash.
2) How to properly use a computer.
3) How to plan out a game.
4) How to use codes off of the Wiki.
5) How to present a game.

How can you use these skills learned from Globaloria in a future job?
I could use the skill of learning to type correctly, presenting ideas, and planning out projects ahead of time and then taking the time to follow through with them.

Gamification: Means adding extras that weren't there before like, awarding badges, adding a point system and even adding a highscore page.
Game Design: Is what the game hangs on. Is the skeleton of the game. Also encompasses all aspects of the original game idea.
Game Mechanics: How the player interacts with the game. What they hear and see during the process of playing the game. Also how the game works (arrow keys, mouse, keyboard, ect..)

New Semester Goals

1) To get an "A" average for the rest of the year. No "B's"!
2) Not putting so much stress on my Mom. Doing things she asks the first time.
3) Spending more time with my family.
4) Write more stories.
5) Draw more and do more arts.
6) Pay more attention in 3rd period.
7) Read more educational books. (eg. biographies and science)
8) Study for Algebra and bring my grade up.
9) Help out my cousin with what she needs.
10) Learn Spanish completely.