Paleonerd's Globaloria Blog

Semester 2

2012-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:00

Today we started the second semester of globaloria. I didn't do much other than complete the mid-year survey. Hopefully I will get to continue working on my game.

Tutorials

2011-12-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

Today, I have been working on the tutorials that I had put off. I don't like the fact that that I can't just use the game file that I've been working on to fill out the tutorials' requirements. I've actually already done most of the things in the tutorials in my gamefile.

Vlog Time!

2011-12-09T09:56:00.001-08:00

Been a While.

2011-12-09T09:14:00.000-08:00

I haven't really updated my blog in a while, so I'm a bit behind on posting blogs for the various assignments. I'm going to attempt to cover some of the things I missed in this post.

PLAYING TO LEARN
I played Elemental Elegance and A-maze-ing Math

What did you learn from your choice of games and genres to review?

I learned about what happens when various elements are combined.

Name any game features that stood out to you, either because they were interesting or because they could be improved.

What stood out to me was that in A-maze-ing Math the goal was to add up numbers to get to 100, but sometimes the door would unlock when you don't even have 100 yet.

Write down any questions you have about the game or genre you chose. You might answer them yourself later!

I don't have any questions actually.

PLANNING YOUR GAME

How did your team work together to come up with the idea and all the details of the game? What excites you most about your game idea?

I'm actually the only one on my team, and what excites me is that I might actually be able to do a decent game this year.

CHOOSING A TOPIC

Write a blog post explaining why you chose this topic. Include links to your three sources.

I don't have any real reason for choosing my topic, other than that I found it a slightly interesting.
Site #1
Site #2
Site #3

Getting Closer To a Game

2011-11-18T09:57:00.000-08:00

Today I developed a money system for the game. It costs money to move the various units to where the player wants them, and they can gain money by defeating opponents. I also learned that when I try to put font in a text box, the system of scoring won't work. The font causes the scores to disappear.

Testing Some Coding...

2011-11-14T09:24:00.000-08:00

I spent most of this class and last class working on action script. I did pretty well last class. I was able to get the coding to work so that whenever an object's health dropped to zero the clip would disappear. Then I managed to get the health text to follow the object when it is dragged around the scene. Today, I've been working on a money system so that when a "tower" is placed on the field, the price of the "tower" is subtracted from the total amount of money. But it seems that I've run into a problem, the text won't load. I even deleted the cash system and made everything like it was in the previous action script, the one where the text follows the object, and it still wouldn't work.

My Topic

2011-11-01T09:52:00.000-07:00

This class I finished working on the game facts in Flash. The topic is now officially invasive species. Why I was so persistent on doing this, I really can't remember. I guess its because I feel some interest in it for some odd reason. I also managed to find some really helpful websites when I was researching.
Invasive Species
Wikipedia-Invasive Species
Tread Lightly

Still choosing a topic

2011-10-24T09:46:00.000-07:00

Today I did some more research on my project, and found out a few things. One thing I learned is how to identify a species that could potentially become invasive. Some of the indicators include a fast rate of growth and reproduction, the ability to survive in a wide range of environments, and the ability to survive on a wide variety of food sources.

Choosing a topic

2011-10-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Today I decided to choose to make a social issues game, with a focus on environmental issues. The game will be about invasive species and such. I found out quite a few interesting things when I was researching. For instance, certain species of invasive plants can actually increase the frequency and severity of wildfires.

Helping out

2011-10-12T09:58:00.000-07:00

Today has been a tiring day, although that might be because I had absolutely no sleep. One thing I have to say to everyone is try to find an answer on the wiki BEFORE asking me. Sorry, but I just had so little time to actually do some of my own work.

Choosing a Topic

2011-10-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

Today we explored the possible game topics we can choose. I'm really wanting to make the game about invasive species. I was thinking about calling it "The Great Invasion". The game would involve stuff like swimming through a maze to remove lamprey from fish, sorting through a group of beetles (Removing the invasive ones), catching asian carp as they fall from the sky (Asian carp are the fish that get scared and jump out of the water when a boat is around), etc.

Meet flash and the minigame

2011-09-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

Today I finished off the minigame and uploaded it along with Meet Flash. For the Meet Flash question, I found it quite easy working with flash because this is my third year in the class. And for The Minigame's post, I play alot of games in my free time. I like RPG games with openworld/sandbox elements like Fallout. Completing this project originally gave me a new out look on how video game are actually made. I leave you the sad truth of being a Bidoof...

Another year..

2011-09-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, it's the start of yet another long and dreary school year. But I'm glad to be back in Globaloria this year. If everything goes according to plan, my game this year should be a whole lot better than what I made last year. Although, I'm still thinking about what to make the game about.

Vlog on the Game Presentation

2011-05-31T09:41:00.001-07:00

Finishing up

2011-05-17T10:03:00.000-07:00

Ah, the end of the school year is great, but a little bit too nerve-wracking. One good thing is that my game is DONE. Although I might go back and make minor adjustments to various things, the game itself is finally complete.

Cut backs...

2011-04-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

I have decided to scrap the second mini-game, and will be focusing my scripting powers on improving the first mini-game. I also added a mute button for those who don't want to hear all the sounds, although I am having trouble finding a way to un-mute the sound. I also have redone the title screen and changed the "Choose a Game" scene into a scene that adds a little bit of a story to the game.

Browsing

2011-04-15T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today I looked through the wiki pages and games of other gloabalorians, and I can definitely see why globaloria is telling us not to make quiz-based games. When I played those types of games I could see how it might be easy to make, but I saw how it really didn't teach the player anything. The player has to already have recieved information beforehand in order to play a quiz game.

Music Time!!!

2011-04-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sooooo..... I finally got a sound file into my game, yay! Its a bass drum (I think) that plays during the title scene and the choose a game scene. I'm thinking of something a little bit lighter, like a violin or something, for the instructions scene, and then a light symbol clash to start the game, followed by some sort of guitar melody. So many ideas on how to place the sounds, but so little room to place them.

GIANT MAIL INCOMING!!!

2011-04-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

Today I went back and improved the first mini-game, adding a... (pause for effect) ... BOSS WAVE!!! In the aforementioned and over-capped boss wave you must try to block two GIANT tainted pieces of mail, but heres the catch, there is a GIANT letter that is in between them and you must keep from hitting hit. Mwuhahaha!!!

Boom...

2011-03-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

Today I continued the work on the second mini-games. I have some of the stuff working, but I still need to be able to get the cases behind the divider. I think I'm going to just have to make the divider a movie clip too.

Flash Mixup

2011-03-24T10:04:00.000-07:00

What have I done today? I spent most of the class helping someone else find the answer to a problem that what so simple that it was impossible to answer. I searched and searched through the coding, but to no avail. I finally noticed the problem when I glanced at the code library in flash, only to discover that the file was actually in flash 3.0, meaning that all the coding was actually right, but flash was wrong.

Projectile Projects of Projection

2011-03-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

Today I worked on my project page. I have added a flash file to Keyboard Interaction and Animation ( or Motion or something ). I am now working on a Drawing in Flash file. In that file I have created a friend for Terry, he is the Ninjasaurus, Warrior of Epicness.

Better than a litterbox

2011-03-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

THE SANDBOX. This is where I will be putting some of the things I know in flash and will be experimenting with the actions. I currently have a page for tweening and buttons. I had some trouble with Terry on the tweening page, he had some trouble making his way across the page without flopping around every where. I did find the problem though, the little circle that shows where the program reads the center of the file is was in the corner, resulting in a very "jumpy" Terry.

Reversification

2011-02-28T09:15:00.000-08:00

Today we are making our blogs near the beginning of the class, so I really haven't got much done today so here is what I WILL do. I WILL try to learn about motion and "tweening". I WILL try to get a flash file done and uploaded to the wiki. And I also WILL try to stop putting the word "WILL" in caps and italics, but I really don't I WILL be able to do that.

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG

2011-02-24T09:58:00.000-08:00

I had trouble logging into to my computer, and had to run around the school a little bit trying to figure out how to log in. But I guess you can tell I got it fixed now. I've started working on making the people in our second game, which is actually pretty easy. I do think I'm going to have some trouble with making the character change direction when I press the arrow keys, though.

Team Page OF CONFUSION?!?!?

2011-02-15T09:54:00.000-08:00

Today we started working on the team page wiki format, so I guess I'll have to learn some more wiki markup-codes. I wonder when the day will come when stuff like markup-language will be considered an actual language. ^Sooo_oo, we added a backround color to the team page and I guess I'll and something else later. _BY^EE

Bloggity vlog vlog vlog...

2011-02-04T09:30:00.000-08:00

Wow, I didn't realize how long it's been since I've updated the blog, it's been at least a month. Oh well, the time machine hasn't been invented so I can't do anything about it. Here's the vlog I made.

Safety on the Interwebs

2010-12-22T09:26:00.000-08:00

Being safe on the internet is a tough task. There are people who lose everything because they gave out just a little bit too much personal information on the internet. Here are a few ways to be safe. 1) Don't give out your password for anything ever, even on an online game that you don't play anymore, because there is more information in your old Runescape account about you than you think. 2) Don't fall for a scam, I'm sure that e-mail from the prince of Norway is tempting to open and reply to, but the sad truth on the internet is that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. 3) Try not to use the same password for everything you do on the internet, because if you do accidently let your password slip, someone out there will try to find a way to connect your exposed Youtube with your Yahoo, Facebook, and any other of your accounts. 4) Never give out your address, because there are plenty of creeps in the world we call Earth.

Wow...

2010-12-22T09:07:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I'm just now getting around to doing the Choosing a Topic Blog. Hi my name is Mitchell, and I am making a game. Breaking news? I think so. The game I'm working on is a couple of minigames from various genres. The topic of the game is Terrorism. Yay I finally got a link to work like I wanted it to!!!

Back from the Snow

2010-12-20T08:48:00.000-08:00

The past week has been nothing but snow days, so we are starting to get a little bit behind. Today we are going to continue with the paper proto-typing, oh what fun. We are having quite a bit of trouble finding a way to link each individual minigame together in a plot/story kind of way.

Paper Proto

2010-12-20T08:39:00.001-08:00

The last time I was in my globaloria class we worked on our paper proto-types, but Blogger was down so I was unable to upload the blog at that time. We have a couple of the frames in paper proto-type form. I find that making a paper proto-type harder than actually programming in flash.

BOLD, not bold, BOLD...

2010-11-18T09:36:00.000-08:00

We are creating the game with a demographic of 14-18. The game takes place in places like the post office and the airport. It will teach people about being safe from terrorists. The game is better than a quiz for two reasons, one is it does not require previous knowledge on the subject, second is that a quiz isn't a real game. You just lost the game.

Minigame 1 Done

2010-11-16T09:58:00.000-08:00

I have finished my first minigame, the minigame which I speak of involves you trying to keep suspicious packages from reaching the public. The mail comes down from the top of the screen and you have to hit all of the mail that has been tainted, and if you hit a peice of clean mail or let a piece of tainted mail get through YOU LOSE . I also put in a timer at the right side of the screen. P.S. If anybody knows anybody that likes to switch the keys around, please give them a harsh scolding, thank you.

Terrydon

2010-11-09T09:52:00.000-08:00

Say hello to my personal mascot Terrydon! (He was drawn in flash so please don't laugh.) Still trying to program the first mini game. I can't seem to get some of the images to move, notice I said some. It seems kind of random which ones are moving and which ones aren't right now. There isn't really anything else I want to say so bye. ALL HAIL TERRYDON!!!

Creation of a game

2010-11-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

I have started working on the game, and things are going pretty good. I haven't had any real problems with flash, and I already have a game in the works. The current minigame is about the threat of viruses and bombs in the mail. The next game will be a puzzle game, (I am having some problems with the blogger writing tool so I am sorry but bye...)

The game has begun

2010-11-03T09:55:00.001-07:00

I have started on our game(NAME CHANGED TO TERROR DEFENSE). The type of game is actually a collection of different little minigames. The title scene is almost done. The title scene includes the name of the game, icons for the minigames scrolling along the bottom, and there will be a button linking to the next page. I have two for minigames, the first of which is a bomb inside a suitcase and you have to identify it from among a group of random luggage, the second of which is a game where there is a bomb inside a building where you are given clues to the location.

Review

2010-10-29T09:57:00.001-07:00

IT'S FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!!! And I need a break from school, this week has been a little bit tougher than usual ( If shoveling a truckload of mulch and having to spread it EVENLY three times isn't a tiring task I don't know what is). The days have gone by and I have completed some work, such as re-arranging the ideas for our game

Dun dundun DUNNN...

2010-10-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

I have completed all eight of the different steps in the mini game creating process, but this means I must move on to a much more difficult task (start ominous music)... MAKING A GAME. Oh no, whatever shall I do? Sure we have the basis for the game down, but what type of genre should I make it? I think a Tower Defense-like game could be pulled off. Then again I might do a side scroller, although I have yet to learn how to make the "camera" follow the main character. But I have grasped the concept of making the frame continue whenever an object exits the screen, so I guess I'll do that instead.

KILLER RABBIT, RUN AWAY!

2010-10-15T09:56:00.000-07:00

Today I fixed my code for the minigame project, every little detail had to be in place. I learned that what was causing the malfunction was a missplacement in one of the IF codes. I have now moved on to step 6, which is adding the score. I find the whole score keeping process a bit annoying. I am currently trying to make it to where the score goes up whenever the rabbit and carrot collide, not EVERY frame like it is currently doing.

KOALAS AREN'T CUTE

2010-10-04T09:49:00.000-07:00

For information regarding the title for today's blog, please visit Haley's wiki talk page. Today I added a video and organized some things in my wiki. Going to work on some more ideas for the game wednesday.

WE HAVE A TEAM!!!

2010-09-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

We have our team name, The Forge Masters, inspired by my love of the new forge mode in Reach. Our game, despite the name, has nothing to do with building maps. We have selected bioterrorism to be our main topic. I have done some research too, such as the first case of bio terrorism was when the Assyrians spread rye infected with ergot (Highly toxic mold) in the wells of their enemies around the 6th century BC.

Another day...

2010-09-24T09:45:00.000-07:00

Friday is here. I edited my profile some, I added what my favorite animals were from the main species (Mammal, Reptile, Bird, Fish, and Insects/Arachnids). I haven't done a whole lot of researching though, and I'm still trying to come up with a good team name.

Teams

2010-09-22T09:49:00.000-07:00

So I got my partner today... Brian. I'm not good at working with others. No team name at the moment ( I want it to be the BSAA). We played some games dealing with civics today, I put my name in as Someone McPerson. We have an idea of the main focus of the game, terrorism. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I can't really come with anything else to write about at the moment so I'm just elongate some word. Gooooooooooooooooooood-byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Game Ideas?

2010-09-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I am having alot of trouble with coming up with an idea for a Civics and News game, although I do have some ideas for game in the STEM's group. I just find science and math to be a whole lot easier than politics. Need to come up with an idea. Thinking, thinking... how about a game about running for president? I don't know what to do honestly. Last year I was able to come up with a game right off the bat, but I was allowed to choose any topic I wanted. Maybe I should make a game about bio terrorism (Resident Evil is educational, no matter what anyone says).

Playing to (loading...)

2010-09-16T09:56:00.001-07:00

Today we played some games and are going to have to review two of them. I have had problems though, almost none of the games are loading. But oh well. I am also trying to transfer my game from last year onto my current page so that I can see what everyone thinks, although I have no idea what to do for this years game.

Papers

2010-09-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

I got my papers in today and have started to edit my wiki page.
http://myglife.org/usa/wv/gehswiki/index.php/User:Majini_Slayer. For those of you who don't know what a Majini is it is a "zombie" from Resident Evil. I am planning on adding my game from last year to my page this year, linking the games I play to their wikipedia pages, and various other things.

What expectations do you have for this year in Globaloria?

2010-09-08T09:31:00.000-07:00

This is my second year, and I hope to get to make another game. I learned alot in globaloria last year so I expect that I will be able to learn just as much this year. I hope that there is something that I've learned from the countless hours of playing Fallout and Halo, but really the most you can learn from great games is that a game of that magnitude requires a massive amount of work and extreme dedication.

Done?

2010-03-15T10:17:00.001-07:00

I think I am done with my game (W00T). Check it out on my wiki page.

Game development

2010-01-20T10:37:00.000-08:00

Progress in my game has been good. I have added more levels and an animal info page.

2010-01-15T10:03:00.000-08:00

We had a five day long add-on to my christmas break, snow rules...

Ocean Animal Rescue

2009-10-23T16:45:00.000-07:00

basic devepment of my game is in process, most scenes are done drawing.

Carrots!!!!

2009-10-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

The other day we started making a game involving a rabbit and a carrot. I can feel the excitement in the air.

Bored

2009-09-17T10:18:00.001-07:00

The past week has just seemed to drag on forever.

What I want to do

2009-09-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

I joined globoloria because I like games and I think it would be fun to create my own game. I really want to do a game about dinosaurs. I dont know if many people would like it though.

2009-09-08T10:33:00.000-07:00

Sure the Spinosaurus in JP3 was cool but as soon as the T-rex grabbed it's neck it should've been dead.

2009-09-08T10:29:00.000-07:00

Today we watched the speach that President Obama made. If we are the future of america, than america is in big trouble.

First Blog

2009-09-03T10:14:00.000-07:00

I think blogs are kind of like a myspace or facebook page, you can put up games, pictures, videos, etc.