Pros and Cons

There aren't many bad things about sploder.com. But you can only make two types of games: using robots or spaceships. Mygame.com hasn't got a variety of game making. The games are quite simple and boring.

Evaluation

I am going to send the link to my game via email to four of my friends to evaluate my game. I will ask them five questions to evaluate it.

1.Was the game too hard or too easy ?
2. How could I make it easier or harder?
3. How can I make the game better?
4. Would you suggest this game to any of your friends?
5. Was background distracting?

Today I managed to finish my game.
Next week I might not be here because I could be at Al Jazeera swimming.
I can't wait to show people my game. It is quite hard but that's good because it will challenge people. Click here to play my game.
This is what my game basically looks like.

Create- Blog One

Today I started to create my game. At the bottom, I have put a picture of the actual playing field that I am going to use. I chose design one because I thought it was better and was easier to make. Even though younger children can't use it, it seems better then the other design. I can't wait to show my friends how well I can make games.

Design 2

This is my second design. I did one where you had to get the crystals from behind doors. In this game, I will make a game called Sprite. There will be shields covering the crystals. You have to get all of the crystals as fast as you can.
There will only be crystals and nothing else. The background will be either white or a light, light blue. The shape of the playing area will be in the shape of a cup.
You will only have to move around so you only have to use the arrow keys or the mouse. So you don't need any other keys.
To pick up the crystals, you just have to go over them. Hopefully the crystals will be covered with some items.
This design is probably easier and more suitable for younger.

Plan

This is what I need to do:

1. Check that the software works and is not too hard for me
2. Change the playing field to the shape I want
3. Change the colour of the field to light blue
4. Put in the teleporters
5. Add all the walls
   
6. Add the doors and keys
7. Add the extras
8. Test the game
9. Fix any problems
10. Save and publish the game
11. Give the game a title
12. Get three of my friends to test and review my game
13. Reflect on my game

The very first thing I have to do is to check the software.

Design

I want to make a game using www.sploder.com . I want the game to be called "Crystal Wars". The game will be about getting crystals. The crystals would be behind a wall. The only way to go behind the wall is to get the correct key for that door.
There will be a black or light blue background. The purpose of the game is to get all of the crystals. The shape of the playing area will be a polygon (picture at bottom). This is good because I can put the teleporters in the corners and put all the keys in the center.
There will also be shields, life top-up, another helping space craft, and some key spiders, walls and doors.
To play the game you have to use either the mouse or the arrow keys to move and the space bar to fire. When you use the mouse, you have click to move and just move the mouse to turn.
For different weapons you use Z (for missile), X (for ray), C (for cannon), V( for mine) and B (for drone).
To collect the crystals you just have to go over them. You will pick them up as you drive over it.
My game will be evaluated by three of my friends. I will send them the link to my game and about three simple questions such as the good things in my game, the things I should improve on and how I should improve them.
The game will also be a ship type of game instead of a robot type.
The software I need to use to complete my game is sploder.

The game playing area

Assessment Check List

Investigation

• I need to write in my process journal that the aim of this project is to explore the different types of visual/graphical means Completed
  
• I need to find out the range of software I can use to make my game (sploder.com and mygame.com) Completed
  
• I need to look at the pros and cons of the different software to find out which one will be better for my game Completed
  
• I need to write on my blog how I'm going to test how good or bad my game is with my classmates Completed
  

Design

• Make a Design Specification specifying what I want and need in my designs Completed
  
• Make at least three doable designs for my game I only made two designs
  
• Reflect all designs and talk about the pros and cons
• Choose one design and explain why you chose it Completed
  

Plan

• Make a plan that has quite a few of detailed steps of what I'm going to do and how I will use my time Completed
• I need to reflect and explain why I had made any changes to my original plan Completed

Create

• I need to follow my plan step by step so I don't miss anything Completed
• Explain any changes made in my blog Completed
• I need to make sure I use appropriate techniques and equipment Completed
• I need to create a fun but not too violent game for children ages 10 and older Completed

Evaluate

• I need to talk about what I did well and what I could of improved in my game
  
• What was wrong and why it went wrong
• Talk about each stage in the design cycle (what was good and what was bad)
• What I would do if I did a game again
  

Different Visuales on the Internet

These are some of the different visuals you can find on the internet are:

• Ecards
• Electronic cards
  
• Pictures
• Pictures of items or disasters
  
• Videos
• To watch clips
  
• Cartoons
• Watch funny clips
  
• Animations
• 3d animation for comedy or child purposes
  
• Comic strips
• For entertainment
  
• Colours
• A statement that could be made
  
• Advertisements
• Normally pictures showing the company
  
• Logos and slogans
• Can show what the item is
  
• Websites
• Toondo
• Aniboom
• Games
  
• Entertainment
  
• Backgrounds
• Can show what the website is about
  
• Pod Casts

From this, I have decided to make a game.

AniBoom&Toondoo

Last week we started our new topic; animation.
We started off with learning how to make an animation.
I made two animations, a bouncing ball and a dancing snowman

http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=181723

http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=182768

They are quite simple but funny

Today we started on Toondoo.com
It's a comic creator
We just played around and trying the new website out.
Next week, I won't be in class because I will be in Turkey

AniBoom'

Final Process Journal

For the last weeks I have been working on my website. I haven't finished my website as I have barely any information. I also didn't really use my plan because for a couple of weeks Mr.Hitchman wasn't there so I didn't look at my plan. I could have just looked on my files but I forgot about them. During the whole process, I had lots of problems such as inserting pictures and moving them around. I also had problems typing in the information I actually had. It was quite difficult with Mr. Hitchman not being there because when I needed some help no one could help me, not the substitute or my peers.
My main problem was typing in information after I had made the contents table. I should have done what Ramsha did. She typed in all her information and then she made her contents table. I typed most of my information up in the last lesson. This is one of the hardest projects I have ever done. It could of been easier if Mr. Hitchman was there and if we didn't miss so many classes.
If i was to do this again I would not waste so much time at the beginning and do some research at home.
My website didn't really answer the questions on the Wiki Classroom. I didn't have much information to answer the questions. I'm also quite disappointed with my final website because I thought I was going to make it really good and informative. But unfortunately I ran out of time and wasn't able to complete it.

I hope if I ever do this again, I will be able to complete the task.

Five things I need to do to finish my website (Task 8)

Five things I need to do for my website

1. Add information
2. Add pictures
3. Check the hyper links work
4. Add videos
5. Check everything works
   

Five things I now know how to do using Dreamweaver

Here is a list of five things I know how to do using Dream weaver

1. Add a background
2. Make hyper links
   
3. Change font size, colour and style
4. View my web pages from Dream Weaver
5. How to insert pictures

This is Task 7