Scratch Game Design

CHASE GAME
Use the arrow keys or W, A, S, D keys to move. Try to survive for as long as possible and get as much points as you can by running away from the lion. Don't get caught or else it's GAME OVER.

The user experience was a big part of my chase game but not as much in my platformer. In my chase game I made sure that my that it was challenging and had the player alert at all times. I did not however so this on my platformer since I spent half my time making an advanced gravity engine which at the end wasn't worth it. I didn't have enough time to make the second level which was required

Try get to the starfish before the timer runs out!!!
PLATFORMER

Invention Commercial

My team's main goals for this assignment was to make an original invention that works and film a commercial for it. The first and hardest part in this project was to actually come up with the idea for a Mr. Sanderl and after approval it was time for filming. Our goal now was to actually make the soles, which we did at our friend Kalani's house. The next day we were going to finish all of our filming on the one day before the due date. We managed to finish and our goals had been reached.
new invention to make. I was hard but after some thinking we were going to make something called the Super Soles. After the idea, we started writing the script and B-roll shots to make the commercial. We also timed the voice overs so we could make sure it fit the time limit of 40-50 seconds. We then checked the plan with

They're weren't any great team moments in this project since it was not that long and I guess the only time it was reasonably a great moment was when we were working on the shoe soles. This moment everyone was doing something and it was all really productive. I've got to say that might have beenthe only time in a long time where everyone in my team was THAT productive. That was the only time in this project that the whole team cooperated in doing something. Every other time we didn't do work that organized.

Kalani was the person who provided us with all the equipment we needed to make the soles at his house. Lester was the person who did the voiceovers and acted in this commercial, he was the one who tried on all the soles. I was the one who did everything else which was editing and filming the whole thing. The one thing our whole team contributed in was the writing and the scripting of the project as well as the product idea. This project was one of those projects in which I didn't put as much effort as I would another project and that showed in our video.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

I think the most important composition techniques is the unusual angle. It might seem like it isn't that important but unusual angles go a long way. It makes big difference of the quality in the film by making things seem more interesting then they actually are. It makes the shot way more atmospheric and filled with emotion. I think this composition technique is most useful in movie trailers which would make the viewer intrigued and want to watch the movie. Unusual angles in my opinion is the best yet the most simplest composition technique to use.

I think the hardest composition technique to use is macro mostly because of how close the subject is supposed to be to the camera. If you don't have a camera that can manual focus then macro shots are even more especially difficult to correctly take. For auto focus cameras (which is what we used in our composition technique video) whenever something is close to the lens, the subject gets blurry and unfocused. This ruins a macro shot because it needs to be extremely focused for a macro shot to be truly astonishing. A camera that can manual focus is probably the best option if you want to take macro shots.

My teammates are Kalani Young and Lester Garcia and in this project we all switched roles. For the filming part of this project we switched roles a lot. one person would be the camera man the other would be doing the voice-over and someone else will be the subject of the shot. In the editing part of this project we split up all the work. I organized all the clips into the right order and added the music. Kalani put in all the transitions between every composition technique clip and Lester put in all the text layovers for each clip. 

Cracking The Code

Coding is a way anyone can communicate to there device and make it do what you want. This generation is turning digital and most people don't even know how to really communicate and understand coding. Coding can help you do everyday things easier such as unlocking your car, texting, communicating, etc. There are also millions of job opportunities out there that involve coding and pay well. A lot of these companies try to motivate people to learn code by promoting coding websites like Code.org.

My first experience with code wasn't in this class but was in summer break when I was learning code from website a called codecademy. The first thing I learned was HTML and CSS which were the two basic coding languages. I kept a notebook to take note of all the important things I needed to know about HTML and CSS. It was easy at first but after it got to CSS things got a little more challenging and hard to understand. Despite the challenge I completed the course in 3 weeks.

If I could create a a game then I would make a simple plat former like mario and release it in the app store. Or I would've created a program that lets you search for a job next to your location in a way simple way. I have many ideas on things I could make with code most of which were games. Another game I would've created is a game like flappy bird which is simple but really addictive. In conclusion, coding is a important thing to learn and is essential in our newly digital world.