Monday, November 30, 2015

Scratch Game Design



(I have used the rarest pepe of them all (Triton pepe) for my freedom game)
When we first started coding, we started by using code.org and doing some simple code. After that, we began using scratch (another coding website) and began making our own games. Our first game we made was a chase game (A game where either the main sprite gets chased or vice versa) and our
second game was a platformer game. I think having a little experience with coding helped us because we understood most of the pieces of coding. Honestly, I could code for hours but I'd still fail.

The best features in my games would have to be my sprites. Well, they technically aren't my sprites but I like the ones I chose. For  my platformer game I drew it myself! (There wasn't much creativity or thought put in to my sprite. It's just a black box with a derpish face on it). To me, my platformer sprite was a lot better because it's custom and lots of people chose the ocean theme so whatevers.

My best code game was my chase game. It was the best one because I actually was able to get my sprite to move, to where my chase game I couldn't get it to move at all. For my chase game I couldn't get the "Chasers" to chase my sprite. I ended up fixing it by asking my friend for help and looked at his code for an example and it all worked out. For my platformer game the most complicated thing to do was getting the blocks that are supposed to fall... fall. I also couldn't get my stinking sprite to move at all!! (I still didn't fix that oops .-.)

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Composition Scavenger Hunt



Recently in G.T we got in to teams of 3 and began 2 new projects. We finished one and that was our composition techniques video. Each team was assigned a different set of composition techniques and we all had to create a video using them all. To me, the most important composition technique is rule of thirds. I believe its the most important because rule of thirds can be used on almost every shot. Especially interview shots. It's more intersesting to place

To me, all composition techniques are quite easy. But the hardest one would have to be unusual angles. I mean, finding an unusual angle is pretty easy, but staying in that position might be complicated. Also, if you're shooting from a really unusual angle it might be hard to reach, or it could also be hazerdous to you and the camera.

My teammates are Kaz Espina and Charles McConnell (aka Chazz). Kaz is a cool kat considering his love for cats and Chazz is that kinda quiet video gamer type. During this whole project we all contributed to filming but Kaz did most of the filming and edting. For most of the project, Chazz was in Maine and missed a whole week in school :/.. But thankfully, we go the entire project done and got a good grade :).



Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Cracking the Code

So in our G.T class, we just learned how to code. It wasn't that extreme type of coding with like billions of numbers, it was simple coding using code.com. I learned that coding isn't that simple to do but you gotta start somewhere. I think everyone should learn how to code. Like what if all the coders suddenly wipe out and no one knows how to code? (I doubt that's possible but what IFFFF). Also, what if you don't land any of the jobs you want, computer coding could be another option. Some computer programing/coding offices are really cool.

My first experience with coding was in 7th grade. I'm not sure why it was in this class, but I  learned how to code in social studies. Working with code for the first time was pretty exciting, but it wasn't what I expected. I thought the coding we were doing had to do with millions and millions of numbers, but the coding website we used was pretty easy. The website we used was code.org and we did the hour of code.

If I could design my own program or game, I would make the most random game ever. It would probably not make any sense but I don't make much sense either so it's the perfect game for me. If I had to make a website or program that actually made sense it would probably be a program that can either help you with your homework or maybe a program that's full of a bunch of games that you can play on your free time.