Add First Person Player

I'm actually really frustrated. I cant believe how my Unity file kept on messing up. Now that I thought I had done a great job my things got erased. I think that the game looks better looking at it from this point of view. All that I want to do is actually get to see what I had done before in order to actually make the character move around my terrain. I just hope that the problem I have with my file gets fixed so that everything can work.

Build Scene

What it was like taking your 2d map and turning it into 3d scene?
I thought it was pretty cool being able to see all the things that I had imagined actually come to life.

What challenges did you face creating your 3d scene?
It was pretty hard making the buildings because of all the packages that have to be importing as well as all of the textures that are needed for everything. The camera itself is hard to control which just makes everything harder.
 
How do you feel about your design now that you built it into a 3d world?
I think that my terrain its coming out pretty good. I wish that I had m ore time to work on it though so that it could look even better.

Make Paper Prototype

How was Making a paper prototype? What problems did it help you solve with your game idea?
The making of this paper prototype really helped me have a more clear idea of what I want my game to look like. I still have some blank spaces where at the moment I don't know that to add but I know that once we get started on Unity I will have the enough creativity to add more stuff to it. I think that if i continue to work on my paper prototype and that if I base my game on what it looks like that my game will look pretty nice. Making the paper prototype was a little bit different because the last years we had to add buttons and stuff like that because we created 2-D games but his year everything changed even the way that we thing about our game ideas.

Plan Game Scene

Your plan for this game? What excites you about it?
My plan for this game is to make the character go around a highway. In this highway he is going to be able to see a lot of accidents all around. The accidents are going to be all for texting and driving. Along with that there is going to be things that made them crash such as speeding, not stopping at a stop light or passing a red light. I think that the making of this game is going to be really exciting because the whole idea of us making 3-D games. I think that the best part of it its going to be the the actual creation of the whole thing.

3-D choose Learning Topic

Why you like this topic for your Adventure game?
I honestly are really interested in learning about safe teen driving. I think hat this is a really big social topic that people need to be more interested in. I know that there has been a lot of accidents lately with teens that are texting and driving. People need to know the importance of this topic and actually get out of this habits. If people that surround you do this things then we are all in danger.

3D Sculpt Terrain

What is was like to sculpt a terrain in Unity 3D?
I really like working with this program so far. I think that it's challenging but that we will be able to handle it. The practice that we are getting the better that we are becoming and the easier it is to use. I really like how detailed the graphics can be and also how easily we can include something in our games. I can't imagine how hard its going to be to start adding code and making the character do the certain actions that I want. I just in general enjoy this program so far but let's see how much I enjoy it once we start programming.

Intro To Unity

How was creating a 3d object different or similar to what you were expecting? 
Its actually harder than what I expected. As I kept trying I was able to improve at it. I actually would never expect for the hardest part of the making of the objects would be controlling the angle that we look at it.

What other things do you hope to do using Unity? 
I really hope to make a character that will walk through the terrain. I really think that it would be awesome when we are able to do this. I want to make this in order for it to look more realistic and like an actual game.

Choose Learning Topic

Texting while driving would be the topic that I would like to based my game on. I would like to base my game on this because its an issue that is very important at the moment and that has affected various families in our community. I think that if people realize the importance of staying off their phone is and how it could improve the safety of everyone who surround us. I think that it would be a great topic to make a game on because there are so many things that we could incorporate in them. Focusing my game in this topic will make an impact.

Play To Learn

What did you learn by playing these games?
By playing this games I learned how to be clean. By being clean I mean recycling and disposing of things properly. I also learned different ideas for my own game.

What kind of ideas did you get for your own game? 
Some of the ideas that I got for my own game was that I could make an adventure game where the player will have to go around collecting some kind of materials or artifacts. I also got the idea of how to make more interesting by adding time and creating text box to help the player while they are playing.

What differences did you see between the 3D and 2D versions of Malaria Prevention?
I think that the 3D looked way better. In my opinion the 3D version of this had more detain into it not to mention how much realistic it made it look. The 2D version of this game is not bad at all bu tit doesn't compare to the other version.

Which game ingredients would you include?
I think that then game ingredients that I would include would be all for them. I really think that the more things that we add to our games the better that they will look and also that the more that we include they will call the players attention. The main things that I will add and focus on would be the graphics that I choose for my game, I just think that the original and more professional look that we give to our games we will feel accomplished.

Course Overview

What you're most excited to work on during this course?
I am really looking forward to start working on my game. I still don't have an idea but I know that as soon as we start to do the Paper Prototype it will come to me. I am really looking forward to start learning the new coding language sense we are being introduced to it this year. I really want to start graphing because that is basically my favorite part of making the games. I just want to start in the game in general actually get to see my ideas "come to life".

Where To Get Help

Different ways you can find help for Globaloria :

• Message an agent from the help desk
• Look into wiki tips
• Type what you are looking for in the search bar

How might your classmates or friends help you with your projects?
My friends can help me improve my projects by leaving comments in what ever I need to correct myself in. They can also tell me in person what I need to work on.

How will you help your classmates with their projects?
I could post on their page or send them a message. I could also just tell them personally what they need to work on. Or I could tell them where to go in order to get help. By posting the code on the Wiki I will be able to help my classmates by letting them use the code or get to see what things I created.

Create Your Blog

Who are you?
I am a student at East Austin College Prep Academy. I am a Hispanic who doesn't give up easily. I am a hard worker and a very talkative person. I do like being told what to do repeatedly. I am a person with a very strong personality. In general I am a hardworking female.

How will you use your blog to help others understand you work with Globaloria?
I will attach links to my blog when ever I do something with my blog that includes things about the wiki or my game. Also I will share my work that I post on the wiki with the blogger. I will talk about my progress and achievements.

International Society of Technology in Education Annual Conference in San Antonio

AspireIT 24 girls only one from texas and youngest. Barbara one of my students created this game. English Language Arts based games

Educational Online Games

Copy the link to at least 5 games you played then paste them in here and write a short description about them.

Self-Reflection of a Year in Globaloria

Through the year I have noticed a really big difference in my gaming habits. I got more into the technology fields and I started to want to play more and more games. I never use to play video games in my life until I started to create my own. Everything has gotten better since the beginning in sixth grade; from my graphics to certain skills such as leadership and public speaking.
This year I am really proud of one of my games called "Count On Me" this game has a focus on healthy living. The character goes around a supermarket looking for the healthy food and leaving the unhealthy food behind. This game had made me realize how much my graphics have improved and how much effort I actually put into a game. I feel really proud of this game also because of the research I did I learned a lot of things about healthy living and how to keep having the right eating habits. After the idea of creating this game it made me want to eat healthy and leave all the unhealthy things behind just like my character did on my game.
When looking back into my old creations and I compare them to the ones I have created this year it makes me realize that I have made a big improvement! I can see how much I actually get to accomplish and how much my ideas keep growing and actually get incorporated into my games. I think that the more time that I have ever spend in a game has been this year and the evidence is there. I can actually say that this year was the year when I gave it my all in Globaloria class.

Leggings are not plants!

I was reading this article that showed how to properly wear leggings. This article states that leggings , at the moment, are making a really big fashion statement. Every person has seen leggings or wear them by today. The teenagers are not wearing the leggings appropriately which is causing the pant line to show. This is the reason why school have banned leggings from their campus. What people don't understand is that leggings should be wear with shirts that go down the pant line not just any regular shirt. It is not lady like to walk around showing your underwear. By this being said ladies should know how to wear this certain piece of fashion.
To learn more go to this link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/living/leggings-pants-zhang/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

Paper Prototype

What problems did it help you to solve with your game idea?
It made my idea really clear. It made my ideas come alive and i actually saw how my character was going to look like. It also made me see how big my character was going to be in order to be bale to move in the game. With all for this ideas together my game will be better and it also will be more organized and neat in various ways.

Mobile - Plan Game Scene

Write about your vision for this game. What excites you about it?
My game is going to be amazing! I have one of the best ideas of my games so far. My character is going to be really cheesy and creative. My game will have a lot of different actions going on in the background for the player to enjoy. The player will have to go through the scrolling game in order to win. They will have a  bigger chance to lose because of the many things that can be harmless to you . Now it will be the players choice to collect the healthy or unhealthy objects.

Choose Team Game Topic

The topic I'm going to focus on is healthy eating specifically on the calories needed on a daily basis.
I want the player to learn how to be bale to balance the calories but still be healthy and not going overboard with the amount needed.

Game Learning Topic

How will you use game mechanics - such as moving, scrolling, avoiding, collecting objects - to educate players about your learning topic?
This kind of mechanics such as scrolling avoiding and collecting object are going to be really necessary and will make the game entertaining for the player. I really think that this will make the player realize ht things that are necessary and what are not really necessary to the body. Keeping in mind that when people play while learning it is more probable that they are going to keep the facts and information in their head because thye are learning without noticing.

Learn To Design For Mobile

Describe two designs for your Side Scrolling Action game – one for mobile and one for console.
My game will have a scoring system which the player will have to collect things through the platform game. My console game will have more things that the person could do because of the controller.

Explain the differences between the two and why you made those decisions.
To be able to collect the artifacts on the game the player is going to have a very easy way to control the character. Ont he other hand the player playing on the console is going to have a harder controller because of the various more things you can do when a controller is bigger. If i did the same thing for both them then the controller for the phone would be too big and wouldn't be able to play it.

PlayStation 4

The new PlayStation has come! The graphics are amazing and they are expected to be released during the holidays. I am not really a big fan of PlayStation I'm more interested into the Xbox. I think that the PlayStation looks amazing. I wonder how much would it cost, I am expecting it would be expensive.

Black History Month Game

I created this game on Jesse Owens. It's Black History month and it needs to be acknowledged.

college log

02/4 - Capitol representing the school in the digital learning day and we got to show off our games and got to interact with other students that do similar things like us.

02/05 - St.Stephens school to a leadership conference. Got to interact with other leaders just like us and did activities

02/09 - made 4 community hours painting, fixing and cleaning the school library.

02/18-29 - volunteered daily 2-5 hours to go sell raffle tickets at Abels on the lake, houses and the school.

03/08 - Represented the school at the SXSW at the gaming expo at the Palmer Center From 2 to 9

03/10 - represented the school from at the SXSW at the gaming expo at the Palmer Center from 11am-9pm

Jesse Owens

My game about Black History month will be based on the famous Olympic medalist James Cleveland also known as Jesse Owens. He was the youngest of ten children and he was raised very poorly. He was raised along with his siblings and  he went to Ohio State University. He won four gold medals on the Olympic games; 100 meters, 200 meters, the long jump and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. He was a very successful man and he made history in the track world.

Description

This video game shows an adventure to three different tourist places in mexico. This game will have three different places that people enjoy. This game has a soccer stadium, a peninsula, and Lucha Libre. In the soccer stadium the player has to kick the ball in order to make a goal and feel the people screaming. In the peninsula the player has to move the character while it swims in order to find all of the ten hidden clown fish. And last but not least the player is going to have to hit the Luchador 50 times before the time runs out. If you don't find the things before time is up it will be game over. This game has different things that have to be done in order to play and that makes it entertaining for the player. This game has a lot of graphics and everything was original. The whole making of the game took a lot of time and it got me frustrated at times but now that is all come together it makes me feel relieved. 

Adding game ingredients

The coding for some of the game ingredients really stressed me out. I had a hard time making the timer because it wouldn't work. For some reason it will go too fast or too slow. I ended up getting it to work but then it got lost so now I'm trying to do it again and its being hard for me again. I just hope that by tomorrow I have done it and it actually works just as it did before.

Present your hidden object game

The Big Idea:
Describe your learning topic for the game.
The learning topic of the game will be that mexico has tourist places that are very interesting and fun to go to.
What is the most important thing you want your players to learn?
I want the player to learn that Mexico is not all about shootings and fights that it actually has a very strong culture and very beautiful places to visit.

Research:
What kind of research did you do?
I had to do all kinds of research. From where the places are located to their history.
What did you learn about your topic?
From this topic I learned a lot of different facts about the tourist places in Mexico specially because i had to choose the ones that I was the most interested on.

Making Decisions:
How did your ideas change as you worked on your game?
My ideas changes a lot while making the game. I had the idea of just making the Yucatan peninsula and making it a long game but then when I was doing research another things interested me a lot so I had to change the things and also the graphics looked a bit different.

Mastering Programming:
What Game Ingredients and Help Center resources have been most useful to you so far, and why?
I think that the game ingredient of collision detection and scoring have been the most useful resources to me.

Overcoming Challenges:
Which part of making the game was most difficult for you?
The most difficult part of making my game for me was the coding and action script.
How did you overcome this difficulty?
I made a lot of research and I also watch a lot of Youtube video tutorials in order to know exactly what to do.
What features are you most proud of in your game?
I think that I am really proud of my graphics this year and also that it was a little bit easier this year to make my game.