Scratch Game Design

User experience influenced my game by making me want to make a good well working game. This game was influenced by my earlier experience because all the games I played or finished functioned nicely. My past experience really helped me figure out what I wanted to do with my chase game. I was hoping to successfully finish a fully functional game but that didn't happen this game above is unfinished it literally does nothing. The second game I created worked better because I knew more about how to make a platform game. I had a hard time trying to make it switch to a second level because the function was using didn't work, but the platform game works a lot better then the chase game because the sprite actually moves.

The features in this game are pretty simple, one sprite open and closes its mouth chasing the other sprite. My game was also supposed to add and subtract point when the purple sprite stayed away from the black sprite for 5 seconds and when the purple sprite touched the black sprite and in 30 seconds you will win or loose. In my case the games wasn't cooperating, it wasn't letting me move the functions. The second games features are simple as well because all you really need to do is use the arrow keys, left arrow to go left, right arrow to go right, and up arrow to jump.When you touch the green square it'd supposed to switch levels but all it really does is make a sound.

I think my best code was making this platform game because my sprite moves nicely and jumps well. I think I did well on the platform game because I had more experience this time. Also I thought the movement out more then just throwing every thing together. The hardest bug fix I had to do was trying to make the ghost sprite to jump and fall back down at the right speed because at first I was using the wrong functions and wrong numbers but after a couple retries it worked out.
 

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Invention Commercial

My team and I's main goal for this project was to get a good grade and succeed in making a acceptable video for the class. We wanted a good grade for this project because we were really excited to make this product because we thought it would be a good useful idea. Another goal was try to get the app we were working on to actually become a real app, but that didn't happen. Also, even though the main goal was to get a good grade but we did really want to work hard and have fun with project at the same time. Trough out this whole project time my partner and I had fun, tried our hardest, tried producing our best work, and got a good enough grade.

The best team moment from this project was when we were making the plan for this product. Mostly because we really wanted it to work out and become something that really worked as an assignment and a product. Also we were super excited about this project and really ready to get this project going. I guess what made it the best team moment was because we were all happy and thrilled to to be working on a project that included something we were interested in. Plus my team mate and I really worked well together so that helped us work on the project a lot.


In the editing proses Daileen did most of the editing and did a pretty well job. When Daileen was done editing I went back and reedited everything that wasn't how we wanted it. Also the video was in the wrong stop so I had to fix the b-roll and the voice over so we could add in transitions and effects. Daileen wanted to finish the editing of the project earlier so she went in class during lunch and recess. I did all the fixing of the editing because both Daileen and I thought that there could be improvement on it. I think how we did the editing really worked because Daileen started to edit, then I helped her edit, last everything that needed a little touch up I made better.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

I think the most important composition technique is leading lines, Why do I think that? You may ask, well because leading lines draw your eye to the subject and make your shot much more interesting. When you look at a leading lines photo your attention goes directly to the main point of the image, is makes like your looking into depth as well. I think leading lines is a very cool imagery technique because it can make your pictures much more amusing to look at and observe. Leading line is the most interesting photo shot because of all the creativity.

I think the most difficult composition technique is parts of a whole, why? Because if you look at a photo that is just a part of something it wouldn't make complete sense to you. If you saw a part of a face (in video above) it is actually really confusing to why you would only see half a face and not know why your only seeing half. I guess if you were to use it more you would have to take a parts of a whole photo or video of an object that won't make is odd to look at. It's also kind of hard to use this composition technique because when you look at a part of something its not interesting its more confusing and boring.

My team meats were Daileen Barton and Nahele Keale and they were both really easy to work with. I believe that our team worked well together in this project we all got along well and got our work done. The first scene we shot was rule of thirds scenery and Daileen shot it, I did the second shot rule of thirds subject. Some of the other ones were contrast and content Daileen shot it and i did the voice over, leading lines was done by Daileen, Nahele did framing, Daileen also did parts of a whole, Nahele did the extreme close up of her eye, Daileen did repetition of shapes, for grouping shots we were all included in the shot, and last is unusual angle done by Nahele. All the voice overs describing what the techniques were done by Daileen and my self because Nahele wasn't here.

Cracking the Code

I believe everyone should learn how to code, at least one class of coding. Everyone should learn how to code because it's important, it may not seem important to you right now but, it will be very important when you get a little older or later in life because coding is every where you look. If you were wondering coding is a set of written instructions used by computers to do something. Coding also may come in handy in many situations what if you want to make a game or something like that but there are many things you can use coding for. What if you need to code something on a computer one day and you don't know how to code.

The two lessons on coding I did in my G.T. class weren't my 1st try at it. Well my real first time was last year in my science class and it was difficult at first but the more I did it the easier it got. When the levels got more complex I had to start thinking harder about what pieces went where. I realized that you have to be very precise or you wont get the code right, also the less code the better. My overall first experience with coding was good, It went better then expected at least.

If I could design any program or game it would most likely be an app that would help you pick out your outfit daily. This is how it would work, you would take a picture of all of your clothes individually, oh yeah don't forget about your shoes record them all into the app and even all the new clothes you buy you record them to. After there recorded your ready to go, but every morning, night, or when ever your picking a outfit out you have to choose what design you want for example: if your really happy one day you would choose the happy selection, or if your feeling down, 80's, modern, flashy, anything you want or even choose random. I feel that this would be good for teenage girls or maybe even boys, and some adults. There will actually be more of this in my next blog ;)

Humorous Monologue

This project helped me learn a few more thing that I didn't know before. For example, when creating a joke you have to revise it over and over agin until you think its perfect or at least good enough to make people laugh. I also learned that when you make a joke plan the timing seriously matters, because if your timing is off even just a tad it will loose the effect of the full potential of your humorous joke. Those are really the only major things I learned from this project, except it's super hard to hold a camera up for a long time with out a tripod. Thats all that is really gained from this project.

You really need padding for your videos because if you don't you cut out some of your audio when you speak. It is actually very crucial to have padding because if you cut out your audio it will be super confusing cause your audience wont know what the first and last words you say while filming. Padding is actually the five seconds before and after you start speaking in a video. It is very crucial to give yourself 5 seconds before and after because you cant always just start filming when your camera might not even pick up the first couple word you spoke. Another description for padding is the time needed to help make a good video.

The strong suit for me on this project was making the actual joke because I think it was a pretty good joke. My weakness on this project was filming because I wanted to use my own camera but my mother kept taking it and using it for work. Ways I could have improved on this project was to get much better b-roll, and b-roll that matched my joke. Over all on this project I think I did a pretty good job because I tried my best and did my highest work I could have. 

Comedy Writing

A sense of humor is very important for a humans trait because everyone loves a laugh here and there occasionally. Its always better to have a person thats funny and jokes around then someone who's always serious and can't even take a joke (no offense to anyone). A little humor can always brighten up someones day. Most of the time with humor your being funny and getting people happy but sometimes you can go to far and insult someone. Being humorous can be a good thing or a bad thing depends how you use it.

To make a humorous narrative you need to find some material to use or to write about. You can also think about your life or your self and find something funny that happened to you and embarrass your self. Also when being funny don't laugh at your own jokes it makes like you don't think it's funny which makes it even more funny. Make your jokes short and fast; but remember timing is everything. Last you should be kind of serious.

My comedic monologue is about me and how I'm a teenager looking back in to my life. Its funny because I called my self a mutant creature, but actually a teenager so I'm kind of in the middle of being a child and being a adult. Also I said that I couldn't help but look back into those good old days where you would just jump into a van and realize that the man doesn't have any candy; this is funny because when your little your taught to never talk to strangers and to never get into a van when the man says he has candy. The fact that your not supposed to do what I said that I did makes it humorous. Last I said that all a kid wants now days in the 21st century is food or free wifi and this is funny because all teenagers go on there electronics most of the time.

Motivational Poster

For this motivational poster project were doing right now we have a couple of requirements we need to reach to get a good grade, first theres the layer requirements. For the layer requirements we have to have four pictures in total, which are three images that represent who I am as a person, the last photo is a portrait of my face. The second layers we have are the text layers, we have to use only two text layers one  is for our manifesto and the other one is for our personal quotes. Also we have requirements for our design, here they are, every text layer will always be kerned so there are no blank spaces all around the page. We also need a triadic color scheme for our posters. On our text we need to add a drop shadow, stroke, outer glow, a bevel and emboss.

First I got a whole bunch of manifestos that matter to me and I also got some quotes and kerned them to fit onto the page, so almost all of the words were different sizes. After all of my words were kerned I put three pictures that mean something to me and a portrait of my self in the back of my text. Then when I'm done with all my pictures I have to pick a triadic color scheme for the text, the colors go on the stroke, drop shadow, outer glow, and the bevel and emboss. Last I have to change the colors of my pictures to match my triadic color scheme.

My biggest challenge I had with this project was to kern all my words right. But when I kerned all my words I realized that I needed a lot more quotes and manifestos; that was the hard part I couldn't think of any thing that matted to me so I had to really think. About three days I was still suck on trying to find some quotes or manifestos and I was also way behind on this project I thought I was so behind I wasn't going to get a good grade. Then two days before the project was due I thought of so many things that means a lot to me but by the time a typed them all in I had a day to kern, and etc. So at the end I didn't finish it all in time but I did get a good enough grade to get an A, yaaay!