Paper Prototyping

    
  





      My team's game topic is based on Pet Safety (social issue) and Exponents (math concept). The most important concept I want the players to learn would be my math concept which is exponents. I think this is the most important because many kids my age have trouble solving exponent problems and the idea of the game is particially to give them practice solving exponent equations. Animal Safety is important too though because it is important that people of all ages know how to treat animals right and safely. My ideas from Imagining Your Game came together by me deciding which ideas and links I like which will help me create the game. My team decided that the two topics would be on pet safety and exponents as the social issue and math concept because I like animals and think people should treat them fairly and I feel that my other classmates have trouble with exponents. My team role is to do everything because I am the only one in my team just like everyone else in my Globaloria7 class at Eastern Greenbrier Middle School. I researched links that gave tips and tricks of how to solve exponent equations and I also searched for links on animal safety and common household hazards for pets. The player of my game will take the action of making sure the pet of their choice is away from household hazards and if the player lets their pet get into a hazard, the pet must take a visit to the vet. By taking the pet to the vet, this should teach the player responsiblity of what to do when his or her pet is sick, hurt, etc. There will also be exponent problems to solve throughout the game. This action of the player has not changed since I began planning my game because I have always wanted the player to understand responsibility, pet safety and care, and exponents. I think the "convert to symbol" has been the most helpful in flash because it kind of lets you save your art and name it so you do not have to draw it again and again if you accidentally erase something or cut it. I located this resource by my teacher, Mrs. Sheppard, the first time my class used flash. I think coming up with lots of different household hazards for pets was the most difficult for me. I overcame this difficulty by searching more links on common household hazards known to pets.

Planning Your Game

   
      My team is called "Chocolate Fantasy" and I am the only member in this team. Everyone else in my class' teams only contain one person too. My role in creating the game is to do everything because I am the only person. This role may include creating the game by making my own characters, sounds, animations, illustrations, etc. in flash. I got the role of doing everything in my group because I am the only person in my group. I look forward to competing against other teams in my class and other schools to see who's game is the best. The greatest challenge about collaborative work is deciding on the same idea. I think you can overcome this by practicing accepting new ideas.  

*Imagining Your Game*

     



    


       I am most excited about starting my game and seeing how it turns out and see if it will be as good as I plan. Another thing I look forward to is memorizing most of the codes for flash because with them memorized, life is alot easier. Without knowing which codes to use, you have to look them up and it wastes some of your time for creating your flash game. Hopefully, it will all turn out as good as I hope! :)
       For "Imagining Your Game," my class and I had to summarize what are game was about and how it was going to operate. We also wrote down one to two paragraphs of our game's objectives and purposes into flash in which we have to upload to our wiki in both FLA and SWF files. This is suppose to help us know what we need to work on when creating our very own game. 
   

Mini-Game

    







    In my Globaloria class, we have completed the mini-game assignment in which you were to make your own mini-game. In the mini-game, you had to do step by step instructions so at the end of the game, your bunny would be trying to get through a wolf and pizza in order to get a carrot.


    It was difficult to make the mini-game. It was only difficult because it was the classes' first time really using layers in flash. The codes are a bit different from the wiki too. I think the best part of this topic was learning how to move the bunny and other objects and creating "your very own game." I think the worst part of making the mini-game was naming the symbols, codes, layers, etc. I think this was the hardest because we were not use to having to name every little detail of something. All together, I think the mini-game activity was a learning experience for everyone and it helped prepare us for when we create our own game based on our social issue and our math concept.

Starting Flash: Scene 1

         

     For my globaloria game, my social issue in the game is Pet Safety. Monday, we started working with Flash. Flash is were we will create the game. I created my first scene Tuesday. I decided to try and create my first page of the game. Which will have a picture of a dog and cat, say Pet Safety inside a shot, and will eventually say PLAY and INFO in the two white boxes at the bottom of the image. In flash, we used different tools like the text, paint bucket, and pencil to create our designs. I used these tools and more to make my first scene of my game. By the end of making our games, we will have our full game in animation. I can't wait until we get started! Flash is not hard to do. It just takes effort. It sure helps when you memorize the key codes though!!!  

Why I am Passionate About My Social Issue

     I have chosen Pet Safety as my social issue. I am very passionate about Pet Safety because I want to become a veternarian in my future. I feel it is important for people to know how to treat pets safely and with care. That is why I want my game to be about Pet Safety. Hopefully, my game will be able to teach all different kinds of people how to take good care of their pet, what you need to do and how you can tell when your pet is not well, why vetenarians are important, etc. No matter who owns a pet, I think nobody has a right to have their pet in a hazardous, non-safe environments. My game will hopefully reduce this cause and teach people the right way to raise or own a pet.

Choosing A Topic

        I love animals so much! That is why I have chosen "Pet Safety" as my social issue in my game. I also had to choose a math concept for my game, so I chose "exponents" because many children have issues solving these. I think these links I have chosen for "Choosing A Topic" will help me in making my game. My links include intrnet sites I found that contained information for my social issue and math concept. I also found exponent games and pet safety/care games online. I need these links , so when I am creating my game and need facts, all I have to do is go to my wiki page or my blog home page and click on the link that I need for the topic. These links have information based on my social issue and my math concept. I think these links will be helpful because when I am in the process of creating my game, I don't have to spend extra time researching than   creating my new game. The links I have gathered are easier to search for because it only takes "a click of a button" to go to some interesting facts about my topics.