Paper prototype

Me and Love-lei drew a picture each for our paper prototype. We used her, the eiffel tower, and I drew the hidden objects for our game. She showed me the complete thing and I couldnt even see some of the hidden objects untill she showed me(well, the first one I wasnt looking for, she showed me and I hadnt noticed it.)

Game vision

So, me and Love-lei are doing our hidden objects game with famos landmarks. The game will have 8 locations home, the five landmarks were you go and find a clue for the next location, and the two fake locations made to throw you off, and of course, the last one which is a suprise. You travel finding scrolls that have two equations which give you the longitude and latitude co ordinateds. (Hint: look at the outside of the scrolls before you pick one! In some locations there are 2, a real one and a fake one.)

Chosing learning topic

Im working on my hidden objects math game with Love-lei. We chose expressions with variables on both sides. When chosing it, I knew what I wanted to put in the game already. I decided with her because we could use it. Our game uses the equations to form coordinates on the logitude latitude plane. Also, we both found the topic easier than others in the subject. Thats it really for why we chose it. Bye!

Play to learn, part 1

The game I played was Kitty Math. I thought it was fun because the game combined math, my least favorite subject, with cats, my favorite animal. By doing this, I enjoyed it even though I hate the subject. I really liked using the cordinate plane to find the kitties stuck in a tree. When you find a cat, it shows up and when you find all four it says 'thank mew'. When I found one, I wanted to find them all so that they could all be out of the tree even though they arent real. The game would be educational for kids in this subject. I already knew it but learned how to find the y coordinate knowing only the x one. I hadnt been taught it so it was a little chanlenging. If I could change anything about the game, I would make a thing were one more kitten was lost and you had to do a similar problem in the house. I think that it is a good excersize for kids in pre algebra. We had to play a game called dirty river and idenify the bad objects. They were a leeching soft drink, choke able ball, unusable tire, a rusting can, an inedible cap, some entangleing rings, a broken fishing rod, a habitat killin propeller, leeching bottle and a clogging bag.

Hamster wheel

Calvin helped me to put this on my blog. Thanks Calvin!

A Single Story

We saw a video with a lad explaining what a single story was. It really got me thinking. Every one has a story that the have heard so many times, when they hear someone mention it, all they think of is what was repeated. Like, if you kept hearing about how poor someone was, everytime someone mentioned them, all they would think was that they were poor. If they meet them, they would probably be suprised about what really happens. I have told alot of people what my sister does. Even though its true, I leave out some parts. If you met my sister, she would display some qualities I wouldve told you about, but alot more. But I had told you a single story so it would suprise you. I once heard a lot of praise put upon a place in England by my mum. When I got there, I was full of hope on seeing the queen or prince charles at Buckingham palace. I was disappointed to see grey stone, a bunch of tourists, and the only queen and prince related things I saw were in the ift shop and the flag waving on the highest point in the castle, signifing the queen was there. I was disappointed not to see them like my mum had(She almost elbowed prince Charles in the face!oops) but learned that I had only heard one side of things, my mums single story. If I made a game about the palace, I would try to show not just a single story. Games can show more than one side to things, you just have to make that really show through.

First post

Hi, I am new to Globaloria this year. I am also just trying out blogger. I like to play computer games so I think that making some should be fun at least. I guess Ill post more later when I know what more about what to do. See ya!