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Finished Flash Tutorial

Fly Catcher Tutorial

So I feel like I am doing a little better in flash. I have never had a programming class so it is a little diffcult for me to do the action script (even with a tutorial) I get confused very easily. But Here is a Fly catcher tutorial we done in class off of the Wiki. Enjoy :o)

Globaloria Mini Game Tutorial

Using Guidelines

Today Matt taught us how to use guidelines in flash (which will be pretty useful for some people's games). For example, He made a car on a intersection turn on the road. First, get your object which I used a ball-Select it-then change it to a graphic. Get on your background insert a key frame for however long you want it to be, then click on the button that looks like a rainbow shape click that.A new layer will then appear.Click on the pencil tool then start making your guidelines where you want your graphic to move too. After you make your guidelines you will need to attach your object to the guidelines. You will notice a little circle in the middle of your object which will attach itself to the guideline, do that at the beginning and end of your guideline. Then create your motion tween and test your movie.

Wiki-Choosing A Topic

Topic Assignments

Choose a Topic for Your Game

1. Explore Local Social Issues that Matter to You

How do the following social issues affect your local community? Write down some specific examples next to each one.

• Poverty --Poverty effects this county tremendously especially since the economy is down and everyone is getting laid off, and there are no jobs left here.

• Health -- Health care is hard to come by here since everyone is getting laid off.

• Environment -- Our environment consists of mines and strip mines and that is pretty much it.

• Education -- Is a must around here, especially if you want to get out of this town.

• Civic Participation --

2. Choose One Social Issue to Focus On

Pick one of the specific issues you listed above that you feel very strongly about, then answer these questions about it:

• What are the most important facts people should know about your topic?
• What actions should people do in order to help with this topic?
• What is a positive outcome that could happen if people learned more about this issue?

Identify a Game Genre For Exploring Your Topic

1. Explore the list of Game Genres on Wikipedia

2. Pick Two Genres for Your Game Topic

Select two game genres that you think offer an especially good way to present information and get people to learn more about your topic.

• Genre 1:- Action
  • Why I chose it:

They are the most interesting.

• Genre 2: -Shooter
  • Why I chose it:

I chose shooter because they are my fav and are always fun.

Find Content Resources for Your Game Topic

Find a set of online and real world resources where you can gather facts, images and sounds to use in your game.

1. To begin looking for information online, try doing a Google search on your topic.

Remember, you must give credit to the original creators of any material you plan to use.

2. 'Real world' resources can include teachers in your school, community members, books, periodicals and more.

• Facts:
  • URL: (I Have this part on my flash drive!)
    
  • Real world resource:

• Images:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

• Videos:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

• Sounds:
  • URL:
  • Real world resource:

My Outline Using the Tools

This was the orignal photo:








Okay This was my Outline of the Apple logo using the tools we learned in class today.




This was the outline after I filled it in with the color.



I felt very good about class today. I seemed to catch on to what we were doing with the anchor points and using the pen tool. We learned a lot of useful tools other than that also. All in all , I actually liked Flash today! haha =)

Game Topic

After doing the "choosing on topic on wiki", I'm still undecided about my game topic. I have although narrowed it down to a few choices. However, I have no idea how to incorporate them into a game. Some of my ideas are: something to do with the body, like how blood flows through the heart or something, something to do with computers, like maybe identifying computer parts, or something to do with coal and jobs in this region. I chose action and shooter on the wiki because those are my favorite kind of games, I don't really think I could incorparte those into any of my ideas for the games. I was thinking more along the lines of a maze type thing, with pop up of facts or information.

My Navagation Button Try

Wow! What a mess I was in! haha If it wasn't for Matt, I would have never gotten my buttons to work! and we also learned that I can't spell worth a darn haha! I felt much better today about Flash with a little assistant. My 1st attempt I could not seem to figure out how to get my Button to work and never could Matt, It was like I had a consistent background and code everywhere but where it should be! (I have never had a programming class, so I am learning that as we go as well.) But we scratched everything and started again with my button and we got it to work that time. I have no idea what happened with my 1st attempt lol. Flash still gives me a headache, I feel very overwhelmed a lot of the time, because I can't seem to catch on to it, and Im usually a quick learner, but I think it is kind of like Digital Editing, I HATED that at 1st but I eventually came around and learned a lot from it. So I am still trying to stay optimistic about this whole situation. I am going to start thinking of some game ideas after I finish the Wiki thing.

I have been thinking about game ideas I would like to do and I have come up with a few ideas. Since it has to be educational *cough**gag**cough* I would like to do something about the economy, or the mines and lay offs, since we live in WV and that effects us tremendously. I also like the idea of us working in groups, Because some people dont know how to photoshop where others do, and some people are better at flash than others. I would really like some help with flash, cause I am n0t that great at it.

Okay, I was EXTREMELY frustrated with this.First, I Photoshoped the truck out of the background and keep the background layer (which was a poorly done photoshop, but you really don't have time in one class period, to do a good job then try to animate something when you don't know what the heck you are doing.) So, then I put the background layer in, and added the truck in. For some reason, every time I animate something it goes backwards. I copy the wrong frames I think. Then I tried adding text which I failed horribly at. I tried everything. All in all, I learn a little more every class, so hopefully I will begin to like flash. But as for right now, It gets two BIG thumbs down!

Is sitting in class and is VERY freaking confused :(