Whole Year Of Globaloria.

So, it's the end of the year. YES. I'm happy that it's over. This year has had its ups and downs. Codes, drawing, scenes, just everything. I am glad we finished presentations Tuesday. They went pretty good. Codes for my partner and I was probably the most hardest part. Codes mostly messed up our game. It'd make the buttons stop working and everything skjhsdlf. That's mainly the only problem we really had. This year was kind of more fustrating than last year. Codes were very hard to find and my partner and I had to restart three times. Due to that, our game wasn't completely finished, but we had a playable part in it. So, that was mainly our problem this year! I'm ready for summer! Mosh on. ~

- team pageeee.

Spring breaaaaak.

So yeah, tomorrow is our last day of school, and then Spring Break. YAY. I'm so ready to have a break from school. Even if it's just a week, I think that's enough to just get out of school and not do any work. Asjklfh. I can't wait. I probably will just sit at home, and go outside. Nothing special. Getting out of school for a week? Sure, that's special. I get to see my cousins from North Carolina. That's pretty special, too.

Yesterday was practice presentations. -__- It was okay, but there's a lot of work that still needs to be done. So, I'm going to focus on the game for now on. Though, that's what I've done all this year, but ideas are just now coming to my head. Which really, it isn't a good thing. So, I'm going to put MORE work into our game. Blahhhh.

Globaloria isn't a bad class, but, you have to make sure you're doing EVERYTHING right. If not, it's all messed up. The more you get done with the game, the more problems appear. So, it's kind of weird. Oh well, I guess that's what happens. Riiiight? Right. I think. In all honesty, I cannot wait for tomorrow to be OVERRRRR.

I also can't wait to see my cousins. I haven't seen them in forever. So, it's going to be awesome to see them. I'll probably be outside a lot, too. And watch tv. Boring life. Whatever though, I'm just excited to see my cousins! Soo, yeah. Can't wait for tomorrow to be over with. Thanks for reading and whatever. Bye c:

how will presentations go?

So, next week, we are presenting our games to the class. Which, I guess it'll prepare us for our real presentation. I think the presentation will go good. We've been working on our games really hard this week, so that presentations will be good. My partner and I have gotten all of our scenes done this week, next week before presentations we will put actions on the game and we can present. Globaloria is fustrating at times, you have time limits on when the game needs to be done, and sometimes the time limits aren't enough unless you work super fast. We're coming along in our game though, and I think presentations will go good. Bye.

Incorporating in Flash.

So, yeah. We've been working in Flash a lot lately! We've been getting our game done. Well, working on getting our game done. We're coming along, though. We've got our character, help, about, and a few other scenes done. Globaloria can get a little fustrating at times. Some of the codes mess up and it takes awhile to figure out what part of the code is right, and what part is wrong. It takes a lot of time just trying to get the codes in, that's why we're working hard on getting every scene done. I think once we get our scenes, and codes put together, our game will be pretty rad. It's about Mount Hope Fire. Yeaaah. I've learned quite a bit about it. It's pretty cool learning new stuff. But yeah, that's what I've been doing lately. Working in Flash and stuff like that. kbye.

Coming along. (y)

So, we're coming along in our game. We're getting lots of scenes done and I'm glad that we are getting it done. There's two months till summer. I CANNOT WAIT. Anyway, yeah, we have some of our buttons working and when we got that done I was more than happy! We will hopefully have everything done soon! Such as all of our scenes, buttons, and everything drew! This class is fustrating right now... jkhsdf. I'm already kind of nervous for the end of the year presentation :c
But that's what's going on so far.
okaaaaaay. bye.

Partner.

Oh, hi.
So yeah, today I'm writing about my parnter. She's pretty rad. She's my best friend also. I'm glad she's my partner because I know that we won't have any disagreements. We are both interested in the same things. That's why this year has been good already. I mean, of course there's been the ups and the downs. I'm sure everyone does... right? Globaloria has been a little fustrating, but I'm kind of glad I'm in this class. I'm glad I'm making a game with my best friend this year! She's really awesome and can draw really good. I do my best to draw as good as I can. I kind of fail at it a little bit. I am super glad that this year has been this good so far! I hope it remains that way. There's actually not much time left of this school year. I'll be going to high school, guys. That's a scary thought, and I'm also off topic... so...
Yeahhhhh, my partner is pretty rad, I love her, and she's my best friend.
that is all.
bye. c:

New Game Ideas.

This week we have worked on Tweens. Which have given me and my partner new ideas for our game. It's been a pretty fustrating week, because of all the things we've been learning. But, overall, I'm glad we learnt about it, because now we can make our game a lot better. The progress of our game is coming along. We do have a few struggles, such as, getting all of the right codes, and making sure they are working. One thing we need to add, is a few more characters. We are going to make sure that our game is going to be great. I can't wait to see how our game turns out. Hopefully, it'll be really awesome, and will teach people how and what happened to Mount Hope. I really think our game will turn out good, and hopefully everyone else thinks so.

Three things I've learned through a platform game, that I can use on my final game

Last week we made a platform game. I actually learnt a lot about making platform games. Today I'm going to tell you three things that I learnt from making platform games, and how I could use it in my game.

One thing I learnt from the platform game, was how to set up the platforms. You have to go off of the stage and draw platforms for your little character to jump on. After that you change it into a movie clip, and then you have that done. It gets kind of fustrating but, I got through it.

Second thing I learnt from the platform game was making your characters land on the plantforms. It was kind of hard learning how to make sure the codes are right. But, we will probably end up using the platform coding for our game.

Third thing I learnt was going over the coding, and the coding for the Platform. It was a lot of coding for the platform game. If you didn't get the codes right, everything was messed up. It was not fun at all. I ended up getting everything right, so I was pretty happy about it. I'm glad I learnt how to make a platform game, because now my game will hopefully turn out a lot better!

Three things we have complete.

So far this year, Globaloria has been fun. I'm glad I have the partner that I have, because she works a lot. This class gets kind of hard sometimes, but we always have help. Today I'm going to blog about three things that we have gotten accomplished in our game so far. Mostly processing things for the game.

First thing we have gotten done is the scenes. We went ahead and did those so we wouldn't have to worry about it later on. Second thing is some of the coding. The coding is one of the hardest things in this class. That's one of the things that can take a lot of time when using it. Third thing would be getting sounds on the game. I kind of look forward to that.

Scenes was quite easy. I actually didn't have much trouble with scenes. It was interesting having to draw scenes about a fire. The more we have to get scenes done, the more we learn about our topic.

Coding is one of the hardest things to do in this class. You can easily mess something up in your game by putting the wrong code. It's hard trying to get the right codes, and putting them in the right place. If you put them in the wrong place, it'll mess mostly everything on this scene up.

Sounds should be fun. We are going to add a few songs that we listen to onto the game. We will also have sounds like sirens, water sounds, voices, etc. I do think we are making progress, and I hope that we do good!

Game Skeleton

Today I am blogging about our game skeleton. I'm going to talk about three things I've got done in the game skeleton and one thing that needs improvement! Three things my partner and I have done so far in the skeleton is we got it feeled out, we are putting actions on it at the moment, and we have the scenes for it. One thing that's taking a lot of concetration is the actions. We have to have action in our game skeleton, to make sure we have movement somewhere along there! Other than the whole action thing, everythings going pretty well! We're still getting some of the scenes done for it, and working on it to make sure everythings going to look good. We have been working on it for a bit now, and I think it'll turn out pretty good. I try working hard on things such as these. I feel as if Globaloria is a bit hard, but that's okay! It's also fun though. Making Games? Who wouldn't want to do that? It's also a good experience! I'm kind of glad it's not the math topic again this year...I'm pretty happy with the topic this year. So, this is what's been going on this past week. Working on the Game Skeleton and getting things done! I hope everyones having a good year so far!

Mini Game.

Today, we are blogging because we don't have school tomorrow. Today, I will be blogging about things about our mini game. The fun factor in our game will be that you can interact, move around, call 911, and put out fires. We've chosen to do our game on Mount Hope Fire. What you'll be learning from our game is some Mount Hope History, and how the fire started! You'll also learn how to escape the fire. The style of our game is going to be realistic, but cartoony. It should turn out pretty good. The originality of our game is that we'll be adding fire animation, and stuff to do with fire. I think my partner and I will have a good game once it's done. I'm glad to be participating in Globaloria this year.

Teamwork.

Today I'm writing about my partner, and what our game process has been so far. My partner is Allison, and she's really easy to get along with. She's one of my Bestfriends, so I guess that's why we get along so easily? Two things that I like about her are she works really hard on what needs to get done. Which is good, because we need to get everything and anything that we can done. I also like that she always knows what we should be doing. She always makes sure we are caught up, and makes sure that we have everything we need to have done. I don't think I can choose anything that I dislike, because there's not a thing that I don't like about having her as my partner. So, yeah. I can't pick anything.
 Our game process has actually been okay. We got done with our paper prototype, and started practicing things in Flash. I think our game is going to turn out pretty good, I hope so anyways. I think we'll be really good at agreeing with things, because we're pretty close, and we don't have to fight over what to pick. Which is good. I'm glad she's my partner, so that it'll be easy for us to choose what we want in the game. Sometimes, it's hard to choose what you want in your game, and you have disagreements. I think it'll be easy for us to choose what we want in our game.
 This has been our process so far in our game.

Non-quiz Games.

Today we went over how to not make our game a quiz game. We played two games. One was called A hobo's journey, and Help Larry eat tonight.A hobo's journey was a question game. Something it shouldn't have been. All it had was questions. It also was messed up. Some of the codes was not working, therefore, the pictures on that game went somewhere where that wasn't supposed to. Now, Help Larry eat tonight, was an interactive game. You could choose how you wanted to play, like Drag and Drop, Use your keyboard, and another one. Help Larry eat tonight, was about this man who had everything, and then lost his family, and everything else he had. He lived on the streets. In the game you have to get Larry across the sidewalk, or you'll lose. It will actually make kids want to play it, at least for me. I don't really like quiz games. What's the fun part in them? What do you learn from them? Yeah, it has things for you to learn, but it's not as fun as a interactive game would be. So, I'm going to make sure that my game isn't a quiz game, because I actually want people to play it, and like it. Hopefully, it all turns out well and people will learn things from our game. That would be great, because, I'm going to make sure I work super hard on my game this year. So, yeah. That's what this blog was about today. Thanks for reading. (:

Game Ideas up to this point.

My partner and I have so many games ideas up to this point. We are doing our game on electricity. Thomas Edison was the man who found out what electricity was. We are doing our game on that. It took us awhile to figure out what we was doing ours on. We was going to do it on the history of music. Screaming music, that is. Warped Tour to be exact. But, we couldn't. Thats why we picked to do electricity. I think this will be a easy topic. I also think we'll have a few difficulties, but who doesn't? It'll be a good and fun topic though. These are some game ideas we have so far.

Globaloria So Far.

Globaloria so far, has been pretty good. Although, making the minigame was kind of hard, because the codes was hard to get them working. If you didn't put the code where they actually went, it'd mess up and not work at all. Therefore, I didn't like it that much. We 8th graders did the minigame template last year, in 7th grade. I don't see why we are doing it again.. Maybe review? Yes, I think so. Hopefully, we'll be starting the REAL game soon. I'm actually ready to make the game for this year. I'd say it's going to be fun. Well, besides putting all the codes, and stuff. I think it'll be an even better year in Globaloria, than it was last year. I'd say everyone will enjoy, instead of doing math. I'd much rather have history than math. But, that's just me. Anyways, yeah, I think i'll enjoy Globaloria this year. Meeting new Globaloria students, new teachers, and new game making partners. It's always good to meet new people... Who doesn't enjoy that? That's what I enjoy most. I think my new partner, Allison, will work hard. As well will I. I think we'll have a good year being partners. I think we'll have a pretty good game, as well as being good partners. I mean, we're already best friends, so I know we'll get along. But, this has been my Globaloria year this far.

Single Story.

1. What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community? It means when people from another place/county talk to another person from another place/county.. and they think that everyone from that place is the same.
2. Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community? A story I have heard about my community is.. We have a lot of coal. Our county is this county with the most coal in the world!!
3. Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community? I dont really remember a story about another community....
4. How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community? A game could let players experience because, you could make the game about the community and let the player explore things about the community!!

Playing To Learn.

This week we have been going over Playing To Learn. We played Two Mini Games. Then we had to review them. I played WV Animal Rescue Squad and Tempest in Crescent City. After, I had to answer questions about the game. Like, which game was most affective in learning and which one wasn't. I found them both interesting. But, I think WV Animal Rescue Squad was the most affective. There was questions like, Which One Needed Improvement? Do They Need Improved? Does the game really help? ... Questions like that. This week was interesting. We also got to refresh our minds, to make sure we remember how to do things. So, I think my mind is pretty caught up on some things. We'll be doing a little bit more review to make sure we do know how to do things. So, this is what all I did this week! (:

Coming back from Summer. (:

We've finally come back from summer. I had a pretty good summer, I hope everyone else did. It's fall time now! :D Coming back from summer to Globaloria seems like its going to be fun. We are doing History this year. I am planning on what I'm going to do my game on. I do have a idea in mind. I believe it will be pretty epic, if I get to do what I plan on doing. My partner this year is Allison. She's my bestfriend. So, I know for sure we'll get along good. I find it pretty cool that I'm doing a game with my bestfriend who has the same name as me. I think i'll have an even better year this year! I hope everone else does.

End of the year.

This year in globaloria was so much fun. My partner and I worked really hard on our game. We are finally done with our game. I think it's actually good. I didn't think I was going to get done but we did. I had alot of fun this year. Hopefully, i'll be in here next year. Becuase it was way to fun. There was hard parts, where I couldn't figure alot of stuff. I hope everyone else had a wonderful year in globaloria. I had a good time. And I also hope you guys have a GREAAAT summer :DDD

- have a ton of fun this summer, and hopefully I will see you next year. :D

alyson (:

Progress we've made in our game...

We haven't did a blog in awhile because we have been working on our game alot. My partner and I have actually got our game done! Its just one scene that goes to the wrong page when we click the button. Other than that. Our game has came a long way. We've made alot more scenes and got all of our codes in the game scenes. The hard parts was getting the codes to go in right because if they didn't, it'd mess up your game. So you had to be careful where you put the code and made sure it was typed in right. Throughout the game the most things we've had problems with is codes, and moving objects around. Thats the process we've made throughout our game. Thanks for reading my blog :D

*this is just a video I found to use for this blog*