Jesse's Blog

We started the preloader section of our game on the Monday of this week. At first we could not figure out how to make the preloader work, but Mrs. Halsey put a link to a tutorial on the main wiki page that helped us make the preloader. We then stated having trouble uploading it to the wiki. I asked Meredith and she told us to fake a preloader using animation, which we have already done for two of our games.

Here is the link to the tutorials:
Part 1:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/dorklessons/videos/12/
Part 2:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/dorklessons/videos/13/

Yesterday, the class did the Programming Practices section of our game. We learned where to put the ActionScript in the game. We also edited the code fore the game Go Rabbit (right-click and select play, or else the game will not work.)

For those of you who read this blog I am planning to continue this blog during summer. I will be writing about the manga I am currently reading, the anime I am watching, and the Video games I will be playing. Since Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is coming out this summer, and I finally have a PSP, I will most likely be writing about my play through of it. I might also start a New Game + or New Game ++ on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, so I will blog on that.

On the last day we were here we did the Intro to ActionScript. We tried to watch a video, but the words did not match the movement on the video. The scuba diving game did not work properly for a large portion of the class. I also liked making the Fly Catcher game easier. The last thing we did was finding a link to a website, but it linked to the wrong website called cafemom.com.

Yesterday, the class went over the development plan for the game my group is making. They told us things we were good at or things we should improve on. One thing they said we should improve on is the about screen. The class said we say why we made the game on this screen. They also said we should add more gambling facts.

We have made presentation on the parts of the game we have made so far. We did well on describing on how to play the game, but we needed to speak louder during the PowerPoint. In the final presentation we will all talk loudly and clearly. The best presentation was made by Masters of Disaster because they had the best looking game and the best issue for their game. Below is the video of our presentation.