Our Final Games 4-22-11

Game Presentations are right around the corner. We are working very hard to try and complete our games. I don't need a lot for my game to be finished. We're having an activity today, but I'm going to try and finish my game while everyone else is having fun. The only thing that needs accomplished on my game is adding the fractions onto my squares. It shouldn't take to long, but with the luck that I'm having it could take all year.

What I Need To Finish 4-15-11

We don't have but a week to get our games together and finished. It's going to be sketchy, but I believe that we can do it. I don't need a lot for my game to be finished, but it's going to be hard to get my game complete. The things that I need to complete is score, I also have to put the fractions on the blocks, and then I have to correct the hit test for it to go to the congrats scene. I don't know if I'm going to add score or not, I'll mention it in my next blog.

Changes Since The Start of The Year 4-11-11

I've made a lot of progress on my game since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year I didn't do anything in flash, but lately I've locked down and got my head out of the gutters. The three main things that I've done lately is hit test, timer, and navigation with the arrow keys.

The first accomplishment that I had was hit test. One of the most important things in my game is hit test, so if I didn't create a hit test my game would be nothing. It took a couple of days to find the codes for it, but once I added them to my game it brought the game to life.

The second accomplishment that I had was timer. I still haven't figured it out all the way. I've got it counting down, but after the scene is complete it still counts down and makes my game glitch BADLY!!!

The third and final accomplishment that I had was navigation with the arrow keys. Navigation with the arrow keys is one of the most important things in my game. Without navigation of the arrow keys the football player wouldn't move. If the football player didn't move then it wouldn't be an original football game.

So these are the accomplishments that I've made to my game.Hit test, timer, and navigation with the arrow keys only took me about a two weeks to create all of these.

Peer Evaluations 4-1-11

Yesterday we evaluated each others games. I was so shocked to see the progress that the other teams have made in the last weeks. I believe that I've made a lot of progress lately on my game. We had to walk around, play the other teams' games, and then we had to tell them one bad thing and two suggestions that could make their game better.

The fist comment that I got was good. It was describing how great my graphics were. It took me a while to get the football field, football players, and the routes for the WR to look good. I had to keep making them because I would mess up. Once I got help from Billy and some other classmates I made the graphics easier and better.

The second comment that I got was also good. It was describing how the other teams liked my game play. I try to make my game as fun as possible, but also while teaching them. In "Raider's Equation" you're a football player (Dustin or Austin). In the third quarter you have to run touchdowns while dodging blocks (enemies). In the fourth quarter you are the quarterback. You have to wait for the WR to get as far as they can down then field and then throw it to them.

The third and final comment was a suggestion from the other teams. It was describing how I don't have the hit test working on the runningback scene. I've tried and tried to get it working, but I can't figure it out. Some other classmates and I have been working our hardest, but none of us can accomplish it. I've tried the hit test actionscript, but it don't seem to help.

So that's the good comments and bad. From the graphics to the gameplay I try to make my game the best, and that's what I plan to do.

How I've Used My Time Wisely. 3-25-11

We only have about one month left until presentations. I've been working hard on my game lately, so I can probably get it finished before presentation. Lately I've used my time wisely so that I could work on my game. I worked on my game both periods as fast as I could, so that on Friday I can show my progress. I plan on using my time wisely until the day of presentations. I'm going to try to get moving on a path working on my wide receivers. I only have a small amount to finish with my game, but it may take the rest of the year. You never know when something with your game may go wrong.If you want to see my progress go to my Team Page.

HUGE Problems and How I overcome them 3-18-11

--At the beginning of the year I didn't even look at my game. I was to busy talking or doing some other nonsense. Lately I've locked down and started to work on my game. In the last two weeks I've got alot accomplised (hit test on the blocks on my bonus level and I got my football player to move). I have had three obsticles lately and they were, hit test, getting the player to move, and getting the blocks to loop.

--The first obsticle that I've had this year is hit test. Hit test has a lot of codes and if you don't get them correctly then it won't work. It took me about three days to figure out how to get hit test working. Thanks to Mr.Addair and Billy I've got it working correctly now. I learned how to make a hit test and how easy it is from this obsticle.

--The second obsticle that I've had this year is getting my players to move. Like I said before, it uses a lot of actionscript and one small error can mess your game up. I went onto my projects page and got the actionscript off of my bunny file. I learned that it was as easy this year as it was last year to make players move.

--The third obsticle that I've had this year is getting my blocks to loop. It took me about four days to accomplish this obsticle. Mr.Addair helped me with this problem. I learned that it wasn't that hard to make them loop, I figured out how to make players loop, and the final thing that I learned was that Mr.Addair is a great help.

--So now you understand my last three obsticles, how I overcome them, and what I learned from them. So I guess it isn't that bad to have obsticles in your life, because you will always learn from them.

Progress For Our Goal on Friday 3-11-11

I have made some progress to my game scince the day that I made the goal for next Friday. I said that I was going make the choose a player scene complete, make a player move, and so far I've got them completed. I made a bonus level were you are a runningback and you have to dodge the blocks (defensive players) and make it to the other side of the screen. I also have two scenes with offensive plays on them, and then your WR. will run that route and you have to throw him the ball. You can look at my progress on my team page.