Peaches Gaming Blog

Timer

2010-02-26T19:26:00.002-05:00

Timer I think is like an automated score keeping. At least thats what I got out of the lecture that I had listened to. I don't know if I will be getting Timer project posted this weekend or if I will get to it Monday. I know I'm behind on projects.

Sound Effects

2010-02-26T19:23:00.002-05:00

Sound Effects I am lucky to have plenty of sounds to use thanks to the giant sound effects book from WMUL. I did post on projects but I am not sure how well it came out. I was in the library and couldn't hear it.

Preloader

2010-02-26T19:20:00.001-05:00

Preloader I miss this class and I haven't posted any projects yet for this topic. May not get to it til Monday. I have listened to the lecture from class.

Collision Detection

2010-02-26T19:17:00.002-05:00

Collision Detection isn't easy and I am not liking it. I am not doing well at coding. I don't know how to incorporate this into game without something else that will make it easier.

Scrolling Backgrounds

2010-02-26T19:15:00.002-05:00

Scrolling Backgrounds. Mine looks more like a nuclear holocaust. I am not good at coding. That is all I am saying on this subject because I am not sure how to put this in game.

Score Keeping

2010-02-26T19:09:00.002-05:00

Score keeping is what games have. Or at least most games have some form of score keeping. I am not sure how I'm going to incorporate score keeping into game yet.

Special Effects

2010-02-26T18:54:00.002-05:00

Special effects are cool. Special effects are hard to code, or they are for me to code. Actually, I think coding is hard for me. I want to explode zombies, artifacts, and maybe an archeologist in my game. I like explosions. I also want to use my hachet-machette to chop off heads.

Learning with Others, Finding Solutions, Navigating the Timeline

2010-02-26T18:41:00.002-05:00

Learning with others is better for me , I need help with coding. My biggest problem is Time. It seems that I don't have enough time to work on items or coding that I want to work on. I do my best with time management but sometimes I feel overwhelmed. Anyway, I enjoy the class and I am glad and thankful for any help I receive. This is not the career field that I'm going to school for but I wonder who among classmates will be the big-time gaming monster machine. I know that sounds silly but I wonder who it will be. Finding solutions ism't easy especially when I'm not sure of the problem. I think I get irratated when i can't figure out things, this is something I need to work on within myself. I still have no idea how I'm going to use time in this game idea. I still am not sure if I can do this or not. I want to because I want to learn, I don't want to play games without knowing how they were made. So, I know that my timeing as far as I can tell is way off and I need to work more on game work and ideas.

Moving on a path

2010-02-26T16:15:00.002-05:00

I have no idea why my moving on a path is on my wrong page. I uploaded to what I thought was the projects page but apparently I uploaded it to my homepage. I'm sorry. I like the blue ball. I think my path is wierd though, I think it is to scriggly. I find coding hard but I enjoy seeing how things are developed. I am not good at coding and would be better at it if I had more time to practice it, this is something I am working on. I don't know how the path is going to move in Anceint Zombies, I find it hard because I made it a harder concept than I wanted to. So, I need to work on a better path for the archeologist to go on. This is causing me problems.

I hate crutches!!!!!

2010-02-26T15:59:00.002-05:00

I am going to go crazy!! I hate being with crutches, stupid foot I wish I could walk on my hands. No one's fault but my own that I got behind, at least I have excused absence papers ready. I know that I am behind and that I will not be all caught up in one day but most of it will be caught up (so I just do the best that I can with the circumstance that has happeded). I still hate crutches though!! So, here is what I know I will have done, blog posts, I have already listened to the classes that I have missed, I will have the learning log finished, the project area is the part that will not be finished (mainly Im not that good with coding, but I am working on it). So, the projects are not going to be finished but I am working on them. I can't wait til I can blow up the crutches!!!

Gaming II

2009-05-17T22:34:00.002-04:00

Intro to Actionscript- I enjoy the adding sound and I like the effects. I like exploding zombies:)
I'm not good at writing codes; I will get better the more I do it. Practice makes perfect (I hope). As far as actionscript, I don't know if Im great at it but I have enjoyed it. I do seem to have problems at times but I am getting more practice and figuring out problems. With help from others in class.

Adding sound, animation, and interaction

2009-04-26T23:19:00.002-04:00

Adding sound, animation, and interaction is interesting and challengeing. Even though I find it a little confusing and I may not be that good with it, I kind of think that the computer problems I have had is more of a learning experience. It has changed my game in a way I was not expecting. It is a little more basic and simpler which is a nice thing. I always seem to have trouble with posting it to my page and I dont know why. Maybe its because I'm not use to it.I dont think I have enough sound added but I think its good and I dont think I need anymore. The animation turned out ok since Ive never done any animation before. I also think the the interaction turned out ok, maybe not the greatest but I like it. I will post everything to my page when I get to Marshall in the morning.

Computer Problems/ Im Posting in morning

2009-04-26T23:05:00.002-04:00

So, it has been a crazy week, actually semester, since computer crashed and ruined flashdrive, I have had to re-draw and do all I lost:( It is crazy but will be good. Waiting till morning to pist things to site, so it will all be finished by classtime. Crazy semester and even more crazy next two weeks. But, I will survive:)

Drawing in Flash

2009-03-30T17:13:00.002-04:00

Drawing in flash is not as easy as it looks. I have had some difficulty because I'm use to drawing with paper and pencils. I prefer to draw the picture with the pencil and then colo in with pen. Although, pen does make it easier to draw larger objects, so overall I think I prefer pen for drawing. I am mainly doing all free-hand drawing, everything that I can-but some of it I have to trace. My preference is free-hand drawing. I like the freedom it gives me to change something as I am drawing. I am pleased with the way the idea is coming into form. I am enjoying myself.

Bad Week

2009-03-09T15:00:00.002-04:00

My last two weeks have been horrible! My house was broken into is the first bad thing. Now my car died on Saturday night. So now not only am I dealing with my house being broken into now I'm dealing with a dead car. I don't know when it will be fixed. Its just been crazy.

Paper Prototype Finished

2009-03-03T17:51:00.002-05:00

Upon finishing the paper protype of the game, I find myself still without a game title name. Making the prototype was nice. I found myself fixing problems that I wasn't sure I could fix. There will be a choice in a male or female archeologist and you may choose where you want to play/dig; such as Egypt, China, Jerusalem/Israel, Austrailia, Africa, Europe, North America, Canada, or South America. I want to add all seven continents to the game. I also know now to add ladders in the marked off areas, I had forgot this earlier. Overall, this experience has been exciting and fun. I'm more excited about the game now and can't wait to continue in progress.

Paper Prototype Progression report

2009-02-23T14:34:00.003-05:00

The background for game is finished. The zombies are drawn. Some artifacts are finished, such as the coins, I'm working on the finding a good type of ceramic to use in this game. My archeologists drawing is not something that is coming as easy to me as I thought. Question: should be a man or a woman archeologists. Typically speaking, and not to sound sextist, men are usually archeologists. Then there are games such as Tomb Raider that have female heriones. This is just an update and will put up another blog later. Have a nice day.

Archeology/Zombie Game Blog

2009-02-08T21:53:00.003-05:00

My idea for a game design is for an archeological/zombie game. In this game the goal is to collect artifacts with historical value by digging and searching in an excavation site. While the archeologists is digging from marked off dig sites there will be zombies that appear to try to stop the archeologists. There will be a list of certain artifacts that must be found and other artifacts that will be found that the archeologists will have to provide information about. I'm thinking mainly earthtone colors and then maybe one or two other bright colors to make it more colorful. The zombies will be of ancient desent and will also have a historical background. Once the list of artifacts is found the player wins; but all the artifacts are not on the list and will be only the artifacts on the main list will count as points. The player will be able to defend their archeologists from the zombies by using methods of ancient orgins. This shall include alchemy, spells, sayings, from the era of history that the zombie is from. There will be a list of historical facts about each zombie and distinctive markings on each zombie.

Social Issues 2

2009-02-02T15:32:00.002-05:00

The game is called "Dafur is Dying"; the game is the issue of the war in Dafur. The issue of this game describes the militia fighting in Dafur and refugee camp survival. It does a good job in exploring the problems of living in a refugee camp. It is a fun game in certain ways with good graphics and easy controls. The game makes you think. It is fun in certian ways and inspiring.

Social Issues Game 1

2009-02-02T15:17:00.002-05:00

The game is called "Cost of Life"; it is a game about a familly living in Haiti over 4 seasons. The issue that the game explores is famine and poor living. It doesn't do the best because of the controls are hard to control and use. It is a sad and depressing game to play. Yes, a game can be good at exploring a social issue. Use ways to inspire change and do not make the game depressing.

Learning Game 3

2009-02-01T18:27:00.002-05:00

The game is called "Consumer Consequences"; this game is a totally serious enviromental game. I say that because I got sad and depressed when and after playing. Granted it is a good game but I wonder if Greenpeace knows about this game. It is a game where you choose where you live and how you live. It will show you how many Earth's you would have if everyone lived life the way you do. It is a game of questions but also a game that will make you think what is happening to Earth. It has good graphics, information, and a good idea--but it is depressing. I use to think I was an enviromentalists until I played this game and found out if everyone lived like me 4 Earths is what would happen. If you don't mind getting sad its a good game.

Learning Game 2

2009-02-01T18:12:00.002-05:00

The game is called "What would you do?"; it is on a Voices of Youth-UNICEF site. The game is played where the characters are put in different situations and you are given options for the outcomes. It's ok to play but the best thing would be if at the youth camps I council would have this game, it would be good for the young people to play.

Learning Games

2009-02-01T18:04:00.002-05:00

The game is called "Climate Change"; it has good graphics and a very easy to follow tutorial. The basic objective is to lower the co2 emmissions and protect the climate all while you are the president of a europeon nation. It was a fun game to play.

Class/Profile/Blog

2009-01-27T20:48:00.002-05:00

So this blogging is interesting, I'm not very good at blogging, maybe I'll get better as time goes on. I'm enjoying class, I do find some of the games about the enviroment a bit depressing when they are suppose to be a learning tool. My profile I hope will improve for some reason I keep messing up on picture for profile but I will keep trying. So any suggestions or questions just ask me. Happy snowfall!

Welcome to Peaches Gaming Blog!

2009-01-15T22:12:00.000-05:00

My first blog. Thank you T.M., you know who you are. This is going to be an interesting semester at Marshall University.