Plan Game Scene

Write about your vision for this game. What excites you the most?

My vision for this game, is the same as the other ones that I have created. I know that I have only done one Mobile Game, which was last year, but it's the same thing, only with a completely different topic. The other one was a huge success, even though that it was small and quick. I have the same expectations for this game: not only to get to finish it, but show the 100% effort by making this an educational game. It seems sort of, weird and complicated. This is only because I was used to creating games that were about the environment, politics, and healthy living. Now, I have the opportunity to choose any topic, either with Science or World History. In my case, I chose World History. In 8th grade, I sort of did this topic, but had to do with the Presidential Race. Now, I'm doing my topic in Alexander the Great. When I was reading through the many topics that I could have chose, the one that really did interest me was on Alexander. I was actually in between Julius Caesar and him, but then I sort of did brainstorming. I was thinking of how I will incorporate education with the game. Then just like that, Alexander was my choice. This is why I'm really looking forward to this topic and game.

I guess that I'm really excited, myself, because I get to program again with Flash. Yeah, I kind of admit that it will be hard because coding is sometimes is difficult. Although, I'm really looking forward to it, meaning I'm not scared. It sounds funny, but I have noticed that through out the years, I have always finished my games. Not only that, but they all work perfectly. I even got awards for some...
Then again, I am also excited by having others play it when it's finally competed. I just hope that I can help others remember what Alexander had to do, in some of his life events, to become a great man in ancient history!

Choose Learning Topic

Write a game quest:
You are Alexander the Great, I know, it is pretty cool. You are currently 12 years old. Why? This is when your adventures and life started. Just so you remember, Philonicus, the Thessalian, brought a horse, Bucephalus, to your king and father, Philip. He was offering to sell him for 13 talents, which was used by the Romans and the Greeks, meaning a former weight and unit of currency. Now you are seeing that no one is able to ride the horse because it's so vicious and aggressive. When your father is about to take him away, you stand up and say,"What an excellent horse do they lose for want of address and boldness to manage him!" All of the crowd is looking at you and no one thinks that you are able to ride it, so why even try? Now this is what you have to do: the crowd, and even your father, don't believe that you will be able to ride the horse, right? Are you going to listen to them? No, you will have to avoid all of them people to be able to win Bucephalus. When you are able to avoid all of them, you will win Bucephalus. Obviously, Bucephalus will be in your hands because it is destiny that him and you are together.

Now, that is one thing that you will have to accomplish, is there something else, Alexander? Well, your father, Philip, wants you to get a good education. Because you need the studies, Philip has announced Aristotle as one of your tutors. I mean, you might not be interested in philosophy, but that is one thing that Aristotle teaches. Not only that, but medicine, morals, religion, logic, and art. So, what do you need to do, Alexander? What do you need to do in order to have a good education? It's obvious that you will have to pay attention, but will you not get distracted? It's obvious that you like to know about combats, especially when you are 12-13 years old. To not disappoint your father and yourself, which is important, you will have to avoid distractions. Come on, you are Alexander the Great. Avoid at all costs thinking of something that is not studying. For example, your father has told you to not make the same mistakes as he did once. You will have to avoid women, swords, and other weapons. If you avoid these kind of distractions, not only will you make your father's/mother and Aristotle's heart, you will find inner peace in yourself because you have learned so much.

Well, anyways, you have had so many adventures in your life, that these missions are the beginning of your life...I wish you the best of luck, but remember, try really hard on following your destiny and doing the right thing. 

Remember: YOU ARE ALEXANDER THE GREAT!




 

Learn to Design For Mobile

Main Question: What is the difference between a mobile game and a console game?
Well, the differences are kind of obvious. Both mobile and console games are fun to play with. A mobile game can be pretty hard to work with. For example, when playing Mario Bros. on the computer, it's a bit difficult to play with. I guess that for mobile games, it's much difficult. You have to make it more simple, with simple buttons and all that stuff because that way, you wont have any trouble playing with it. By that, I mean slowing or the controller is hard to play with. A console game is much different. For me, it's much easier with a console game because nowadays, people play those. More and more games are created, so I guess that makes them much easier to play with.
Mobile and console games can have their differences, but they are also much alike. With me, the only thing that matters is for you to have fun, and if it's an action-educational game, then it's much better. Really, if I had to pick between the two of them, I think that I would pick the console game. That's only because a mobile game can be a game that has been created for a console game, and that will only, maybe, bring difficulties while playing.

Hour of Code

I recognized Shakira, Barack Obama, and Ashton Kutcher.
That everybody should learn how to program, no matter where we come from or who we are, is what they encouraged us to do or learn.
Well, I think that it is important to learn how to program because it's something new and hard. You get to understand how games and things are programmed, so that way, you can at least think of studying in that kind of area. I guess that it's something fun too because you get to experience with the coding and you can even mess with it.
Like I said, if you learn from this right now, it will bring you more interest for you to study as your future career. Of course, this is just an option, but talking about this, you get to show more of your creativity and show more of you skills.

Add Hidden Objects

What was it like to add Actionscript to your objects? What kind of game action would you like to add next?

Well, I haven't really added any coding... This is because I'm still going to have changes in the background since it's really simple, as of right now. Well, I could technically use this background, but like I said, I like to be creative when for when it comes to drawing. Yeah, it's a good plan, but it's simple. That is the reason of why I haven't put any Actionscript. I will tell you though, that when I completely finish my background, the hidden objects will be buttons. I like working with buttons since they are easy to work with. Really, the objects will be the correct answer, so that's why I decided to make them into buttons instead of just using them as movie clips and just finding them. For the next time I work on this, I will finish my background quickly because in the end, the coding is what takes longer. I will do this type of coding for all hidden objects. As you can see, I'm still in the process of finishing my background and the start of coding my objects.

Draw Background 11-08-2013

What was it like to draw your background in Flash?
Well, it felt like old times...I mean, that is the thing that I like doing in Globaloria: to draw in Flash. Although I am not finished at all with all of my objects in my scene, they will be soon. What I did today was to draw my background. By that I mean that I just did the basic things: the sky, the sun, trees, the road, and the car. Your idea is correct! The road and the car are there because I will do a Safe Driving game. Like I said, I haven't finished with all of my objects because for that, I need more time and that is something that I lack all the time. So, if there is one thing that I shall improve is: time and get a really fast jump start with all of my work, especially when I plan to do and educational game. That's all I did for the day, which I need to do more...

Make a Paper Prototype

What problems did it help you to solve with your game idea?
 I didn't have a clear idea of what my game will look like, but I know why... Usually, I like to keep my ideas in my mind, so that way I can then put them into Flash. It's really hard for me to put my ideas into a paper, especially when I'm doing a new topic. Anyways, the thing is that I begin drawing and working in Flash, even if my paper prototype is not completed. I don't think that it helps me any way, since it's just an idea. Plus, I end up changing the whole idea from the paper prototype, into a new one. Yeah, right now it's really complicated because this is a new topic that I am working with and I am not sure of what I am about to do. Like I said, with other topics, such as Healthy Living, it's easy to me because I can relate to the topic. With Safe Driving, though, I have a bunch of ideas, but it gets complicated when you decide of what IS that you are FINALLY going to work with.
Back to the question, I still need to solve some decision problems, but will assure you that I will come up with a great idea that will show the player on Safe Driving.