Google Day # 3

This are the three goals of the day:

1. Decide the story about the game or what the games is  going to be about.
2. Start working on the actual game.
3. Create the character and teach him how to do things.

The story of the game is about the character which does kind of like a quest or race to get to the enchanted castle where they have the Blue King. The setting will be changing as the character moves on until he reaches his castle. The setting where he will start will be a town.

Today we have created the character This are some of the pictures of the game progress with done today.

The character is very cute character. He is a robot we could say that is on top of a wheel and a has a pair of jets at his back.  He can also shoot missiles. Here are some pictures:

After working with Kodu I learned how to make the setting and create the character. I Also learned how to change the setting and the colors. I also learned how to use the keyboard in order to change, manipulate, and add things to my world.

Next time I want to finish the first level and create the next one with new difficulties and landscapes for the game. 

Google 20% Project Day 2

Google Day # 2

My three goals of the day are:

1. Find some of the most successful computer games and why are they successful.

2. Choose the site we will use to make the actual game and why did we chose that site.

3. What awards and accolades can you win for a very successful and popular game.

1. This are/is some useful link/s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises

Wikipedia explains which game franchises were the most successful by the number of copies sold of the game. This is the list of the franchises that sold more than 100 million copies:

-Mario sold 450.22 million copies.

- The sub franchise of Mario sold 275.73 million copies.

- Pokemon sold 219.28 million copies.

This is the list of some of the games that sold more than 50 million copies:

-Madden NFL sold 90 million copies.

-Sonic The Hedgehog sold 85.13 million copies.

-Mario Kart franchise sold 80.8 million copies.

2. This are/is some useful link/s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-FjskAHgN0

I used YouTube as useful link because I found the tutorial  of Kodu which is the game creator we are going to use. The tutorial explains what are the steps to use this game creator that can be downloaded very easily and for free. This video also explains you can use any control to work create your game such as an Xbox control, your computer keyboard, etc. It also explains the icons utility and how each one works.

3. This is/are the useful link/s:

http://www.spike.com/shows/video-game-awards

This is the official site of the Spike Video Game Awards or the VGA. This an award that is given specifically to computer games and console games. It honors the best awards of the year. This site gives the acceptance speeches of lat year's winners, the schedule of the award show and the nominees.

This are some of last year's winners for top categories:

-Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
-Character of the Year: The Joker
-Best PC game: Portal 2
-Best Xbox 360 game: Batman Arkham City

After researching today I learned many things. I learned how to use Kodu by watching a simple video on YouTube. I learned that there is an award called the VGA that honor the best games of the year, I learned that Mario has been the most successful franchise ever, selling over 100 million copies worldwide. I also learned about some of the nominees from last year such as Batman Arkham City, Skyrim, etc.

Next Google 20 percent day want to start the actual game now that I know how to use Kodu.

Storyboard.com Webiste

http://www.storyboardthat.com/

After exploring this website and watching the intoductory video, the webiste's purpose is to create a storyboard in a fast and easy way. It is also used to share and express ideas and to tell a story in a fun and simple way.

This is the step by step explanation of how to use the website:

Step 1: To start your own storyboard just click on an icon that says Create a Storyboard.

Step 2: If you are doing a video or a play for a class project the best thing to organize the events is by creating a storyboard. The first step to use this website is choose where you plot of the story will take place. After you have chosen the setting just drag it into the panel. If you want to rotate the image or change the size just click on it and a yellow box will appear.

Step 3: After choosing the setting choose the characters they offer in the website and just drag them into the panel. There are many avatars you can choose from. Some are black and white, others are stick men, etc. If you want to adjust the character's size, position, etc.,  just click on it and a little box will appear with all the tools you need.

Step 4: Once you are done adjusting the characters and the setting to your own taste or style, click on the word that says textables. This is the place you choose the bubble where you will write what your character wants to say. To adjust the text size or the bubble itself once again click on it and the famous yellow box will appear.

Step 5: In case you want revert something you added that you didn't want in a specific panel just click the on the word undo below the panels. If you deleted something you wanted you click on redo also located under the panels.

Step 6: If you at any chance want more panels just click on soemthing that says switch to 6 panels.

Step 7: If you by any chance want to start again the whole thing just click clear all located under your panels.

Step 8: Once you are done with your project or storyboard just click on the save button that is located under your panels. A box will appear requesting the title and a despcription which is optional. Write in the title and click save.

Step 9: If you didn't like what you saved or need to edit it, just click on the edit icon or if you want to delete the project just click on the delete icon.

Step 10: Finally if you want to start a new storyboard just click on the icon that says Create a Sotryboard, or if you want a copy of your project just click on Create a Copy.

This is an example of my very lame Storyboard......

Students in the class might want to use this as a way to create a comic in quick and fun way.

Digital Nation

Agree:
- I do agree with the fact that students this days are different than before because today everybody use technology to study, research, interact with other people, playing, etc., before people used textbooks and other resources to all this things I just mentioned. We literally can't live without technology.

- I agree with the study they did in Stanford University about multi-taskers because I do multi-tasking sometimes I am more slow that when I focuse in one simple task.

-I agree that technology can also harm childhood because we kids are too busy chatting on Facebook, using the internet, etc., and this days people do not like to read books, we are not as well as we use to be in writing, arts, etc.

-I agree that technology is making us worse students because we are focused on playing games, facebook, etc and we are not focusing in studies.

- I agree that this era is filled with people who meet in internet, games, social places like Twitter, etc.

-I agree that technology have changed the world in am positive way but it, is also affecting our communicating skills between ourselves.

- I agree that technology is creating potatoe couches. People no longer have to go to the office to work. You can work from home.

-I agree that now a days childhood is not playing with toys and having fun becoming a super hero, now childhood is playing Xbox, Wii, etc.

-I agree that people change due to internet.

-I agree between people that were born in the tech era and in the past area.

-I agree that internet has made people learn to read summaries and not actual books.

-I agree that games are worlds made of our fantasies and imposible desires.




Disagree:

- I disagree that technology is something that we need in order to be "adapted" in this century because we can also be adap[ted to this century doing other sutff.

-I disagree that all multi-taskers are bad at it because not all of them are.

-I disagree that the fact that people that do not like technology are not adapted to the current century.

-I disagree that internet is very friendly like they say. I can also be very dangerous.

-I disagree that second life is like real life. First of all the graphics are very bad. Second, your are not living real life. In this secong life your avatar do not feel, think, etc.

-I disagree with the fact that teachers assign a book mwith more than 200 pages. Currently I am reading a 100 page book.

- I disagree with the people that say that memory is lost this days. That is not true. Actors sometimes have to memmorize and learn a whole script.

-I disagree with the fact that games make you lose your intelligence. It may slow down your thinking process but you don't lose it completely.