Halofans place

STEM 7

2010-05-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

I think that America needs to regain its role as a technological and educational power, or we will be left behind in these fields. If we are left behind, then we will lose our importance in the world. Without that importance, we will become just another regular country, and that could be horrible for us.

STEM 6

2010-05-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

I would like to discover an efficient energy source that never overheats, shorts out, and creates minimal if any pollution. This would be the ultimate energy source and it would revolutionize the world. This would lead to further inventions that better humanity and the environment.

STEM 5

2010-05-14T08:55:00.000-07:00

I was considering being a video game programmer or designer, and Globaloria has not helped or hindered that dream , but it also did not lead me to want a STEM related career either. This was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and I would do it again. It would be different though.

STEM 4

2010-04-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

I don't know if I have done anything relating to STEM and Globaloria before this class. I believe this is my first class that has done anything with Globaloria to my knowledge.

STEM Games pt. III

2010-04-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

I am interested in working with computers so I might be interested in a career in computer programming, and I am interested in video game programming and design. I really want to be able to do this.

I would love to have been part of this.

I want to create something like that. That was one of my life goals. These all relate to my games through the need of computers for programming, one being a game, and all requiring mathematics and a high level of computer technological ability.

Technology Impacts

2010-04-13T08:28:00.000-07:00

So many inventions and discoveries have changed our lives that I could not name them all or even most. The invention of cars and other motor vehicles have increased our abilities to move from one location to another, but they has also increased the amount of pollution we put into the air. This connects farming machinery and motor vehicles to our game topic of pollution. The industrial revolution saw the invention of factories. These factories also give of polluting wastes, and this relates to our game in the same way as farm and motor vehicles. Finally, the invention of computers allows us to find information more quickly than normal. This is what allows us to create our games and communicate quickly.

STEM subjects

2010-04-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

Our game is on pollution, and I think that this is harder to understand because we have been more focused on getting our game working. Thus leaving us with less time for this subject. I have not got enough time to add to this though because I am looking for weapons coding or tutorials,and my partners don't have any time either. I hope we find time later though.

Platforms

2010-03-24T09:18:00.000-07:00

We had trouble from this one also. The platforms were hardest until we realized the collision detection was necessary. This was when we found a tutorial that combined them both and we finally understood our mistakes. This was a great tutorial even though I still don't know how to make links.

Collision Detection

2010-03-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

We just finished the collision detection topic. This was easy once we found the right tutorial. This was a good tutorial. We kept having our character fall through the floor. Now he can stand. Sorry, I still can't figure out how to post a link.

Scrolling Background

2010-03-11T08:19:00.000-08:00

The scrolling background was harder than we thought. We could not get our character to stay on the screen. We finally got it done though, and the screen finally scolls. We also coded the enemy and we need to code collision detection and platforms. We are making good time though. Everything we have is on the wiki though.

Coding Enemies

2010-03-09T08:49:00.000-08:00

I didn't get to do much but read for this one. My friend Scott did most of the work. This was a necessary one for us though. I feel the game is getting better as we go. We now have enemies, character controls, preloader, and jumping coded into the game. This one was extremely important because, without this topic, the enemies that we have wouldn't work. This would result in a boring game.

Running, Jumping, Etc.

2010-03-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

We have finished this section. This was an easy section, but we used a different site listed below. Sorry, I couldn't figure out the way to make it a link.
www.flashgametuts.com This site has many tutorials that could be useful to anyone needing help with flash.

Preloader

2010-03-02T08:38:00.000-08:00

We finished our preloader today. The assignment seemed to be less difficult than it looked. Our preloader is on our wiki. I found out how important having exactly the right action script is. Ours did not work until I looked over it closely.

Learning from others

2010-02-23T08:53:00.001-08:00

This was a very educational tutorial, and I found a new way to find action script in a flash file. I learned shortcuts that I didn't even know. Below is a link to a site that I think may be useful.
http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/motion_tween.asp

Learning from others

2010-02-23T08:53:00.000-08:00

Actionscript

2010-02-22T09:18:00.000-08:00

This was a good topic for the class. Everyone needed this topic to help understand actionscript. This was an easy assignment because it was fun and educational. Finding the link posted below was hard though. I hope others can benefit from this video.
Flash Tutorial - Basic ActionScript

Intro to Action Script

2010-02-19T09:45:00.000-08:00

We tried to do the action scripting. The tutorial was not that hard but the final link took us to the wrong site. We also had some trouble trying to get the diver game to work right. The video also had not matched up the actions. The frog game worked and we were able to learn some of the abilities of coding.

Game Development Plan

2010-02-03T09:45:00.000-08:00

We just finished our gmae development plan. Our game has a lot of scenes and it took my partner a while to count them. This topic didn't take as long as I expected. I learned that we will need a lot more of the topics than we initially thought. Our game may also take longer than anticipated.

Presentation

2010-02-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

Our presentation was weak in the presenting. We were interrupted by the bell in the middle of the video, and it took two tries. The bell is in the video below. The presentation was a very uncomfortable thing because everyone did not want to do it. So hears the video.

My Dream Job

2010-01-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

My dream job is to program and design video games with Bungie. I want to be a great name in the game community, and keep the franchise of Halo alive by buying the rights to Bungie's game back from Microsoft. This class will help with that by giving me a head start in the ways of video game design and programming. Education will require mathematics to the calculus level, animation, storyboarding, computer simulation, and computer language.

Assembling the game

2010-01-12T09:14:00.000-08:00

I didn't have much to do for this topic other than send the files to my partner's computer. Our topic of pollution has gone very far with our game. We have nmew enemies and new locations for the game also. If I had money, power, and influence, then I would try to reduce pollution by finding ways to provide electricity with less pollution and more output.

Keyboard Interaction

2009-12-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

We added keyboard interaction today and uploaded our assets. Working with Flash is great. I have learned all kinds of information about how to use Flash , and it is very fun. This class has taught me a lot about computers. My game topic is pollution. We will have even more enemies now because of a suggestion.

Sounds

2009-11-30T09:12:00.001-08:00

This was a fun topic, and it was not hard at all. This topic shows that adding music can be one of the easiest topics yet. Without sound in a game it is less entertaining, and people would play. The game I found to have the best music in my opinion is Halo. Without music Halo would be less appealing though. I personally would play it either way. This topic will probably help with the problem of littering even if not by a lot.

Animated

2009-11-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

For the past three days we have been animating our scenes for our paper prototyping. The coolest thing is getting to draw. I admire how the people at bungie were able to go from this picture on the left to the one on the right. These are pictures showing the change between Master Chief in Halo: Combat Evolved an Halo 3.

Time to blog

2009-11-16T08:18:00.000-08:00

I am enjoying this class quite a lot, but my favorite assignment was the one where we learned to use code in Flash. The part I liked the least was the creation of the info screen, because it was just text. The grading system is a great system. I would not change the class even if I could. I would recommend this class, if a friend is looking for a class in which they can learn about creating video games, or they are just into video games.

Getting Navigational

2009-11-09T08:54:00.000-08:00

This topic was not hard once I read the directions myself. This was a fun assignment.The hardest part was creating the movie with the rest of the class.

The Frustrations of Technology

2009-10-26T08:24:00.000-07:00

Technology is my favorite thing in the world.From Xbox to Mp3 players.Technology is frustrating though.I always hated the idea of buying a 360 just to get the red-ring of death.I still don't have a 360.I always wanted to get one to play Halo3 though.Now I can't even get in the computer lab today. I hate life.

Flash drawings are done

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

We just finished drawing our paper prototyping in flash. I learned how to use a pen tool after a day and a half. Our subject is pollution. check out what we have done at:
http://myglife.org/usa/wv/lhswiki/index.php/Team:Masters_of_Disaster

And We Are Off

2009-10-09T08:25:00.000-07:00

We just got our team assignments in place for each member.I got programmer, content developer, interaction design, and information architect. I feel that I will be good at these things because I am good at programming and the rest of these jobs seem like they will be easy and on one thing. Our team did not disagree, and the idea for our game came from the idea of another game my friend was designing.

It's Alive

2009-10-06T09:29:00.000-07:00

We have just finished our paper prototyping. It was not hard to do the assignment. This assignment was fun. We didn't start out too well, but we finished before every one else. Paper prototyping helped us better understand each other's ideas. I enjoyed the entire process because I am a person who likes to draw.

Games!

2009-09-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

We are finally creating the games. today we came up with our ideas and created a flash text document on our wikis today. We are getting to the creation process finally. Our game will be about radioactive waste, and its harmful effects.

It is finished

2009-09-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

The mini-game is finished. The topic was hard at first, but once we got used to Flash it was easy. The part that was the most fun was the animation. The part that was the least fun was trying to get the coding to work. I play games in my free time. My favorite game is Halo because I am a huge fan of the franchise.

Flash

2009-09-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

We have continued to do the mini-game assignment. Today we did part two. this time the assignment was not hard. We did action scripting and updated our wikis already. We are getting pretty far into our assignments. We have yet to start the game design process itself though. I'm having a lot of fun.

Flash, Flash, Flash

2009-09-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

We have just learned to use flash to create videos. I have just completed the assignment. I thought this was a lot of fun and I enjoyed helping others with this assignment.This part very difficult at first. None of us could figure out how to do the assignment at first. We eventually were able to get this video to work. I hpe we get to start the actual game design process soon. I am really anticipating making my game.

Iraq

2009-09-18T09:23:00.000-07:00

In Iraq we have a war and that is what my game is going to be foccussed on.I have chosen three blogs about this subject to help with my creation process and this has gotten me thinking about the stress soldiers are under.I hope my game comes out to be a good one.I also hope this game gets people to better understand the war better.

Lets get down to business

2009-09-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

We played educational games to learn more about the games we will create. I played a game to called Sammy the Salmon at http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/resources/en/play/Social/sammythesalmon and Learn the Bones at http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/resources/en/play/Educational/learnthebones. These games are fun and educational. Sammy the Salmon should reset when you miss so many questions though. All in all, these are good educaional games

Lets get the party started

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

My name is Anthony. I am a person from West Virginia who is really into games. Some of my favorite games are: the Halo franchise, Doom 3, and Socom. I live a very inactive life.

We have not started the game yet. We still need to upload the Flash software. We have just started our blogs, and have setup our wiki pages. I joined the Globaloria program in hopes that it might better enable me to get a career in videogames.

This class is going to be awesome. I love to play videogames so I can't wait to make my own. I hope that it is a great game that others will like to play, too. I am really into wars so I am planning on doing a game on the Iraq war. I can't wait for the actual design process to begin.