Choosing a topic

I chose this topic because my grandpa was in the Vietnam War and I think that it is an interesting topic to learn about and to play a game about. I also chose it because it seems like a challenge to make a game about the Vietnam War without making it violent and making it educational and I want a challenge.

These are my facts about the war and its links:

• Fact 1:Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France and received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States
• Fact 2:French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva, in which Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam received their independence and Vietnam was temporarily divided between an anti-Communist South and a Communist North
• Fact 3:To support the South’s government, the United States sent in 2,000 military advisors, a number that grew to 16,300 in 1963.
• Fact 4:From 1968 to 1973 efforts were made to end the conflict through diplomacy.
• Fact 5:The Vietnam War cost the United States 58,000 lives and 350,000 casualties. It also resulted in between one and two million Vietnamese deaths.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/vietnam/index.cfm

March Of The Penguins

What challenges do the penguins have to overcome?
The penguins have to overcome starvation, and harsh weather.
How does their habitat challenge their livelihood each day?
Their habitat challenges them because its below freezing and they could die of hypothermia.
What types of adaptations do penguins need in order to survive brutal winters as well as predators?
They have blubber now and their skin/fur is thicker and they can swim away they also dive up when getting away from predators and land on ice and if the predators can get on land to be quicker they slide on their bellies so they can get away.
Why is there a period of time in which there is practically no sunlight? What affect can no sunlight have on this region of Antarctica?
Their is that time because the earth is on its axis and Antarctica will be further away at some point of time which makes no sum light and the sun gives up warmth and that means their is no warmth or sun and that means it cold.
How could climate change negatively impact the mating ritual of the Emperor Penguin?

Climate change can effect the mating ritual because the ice will brake off and their will be no where the ice is thick enough and that will decline the population making it endangered or extinct.

Reflections On Game Genres

What I learned from the games I played was math, science, and etc.
Those games also gave me ideas of how I can design my game.
The games that stood out to me the most was the sports games.
I thought those games were really exciting and I also thought they can be improved.
Some questions that I had from play those games was...

How do you get the animations so detailed? I would like to make something that good!

Playing To Learn;Genre:Actions

Sigma Prime did not work

The game Hurricane Katrina Tempest in Crescent City was very good and informational

The game survivor I also likes because it give you infromation and I kinda reminds me of super mario and the solders are like the goombas

The game Zeitgest did not work

immune system defender is a hard game. it dient really get the concept but thats proply because I didnet really pay attion because there was too much writing if I could change one thing I would make it less writing.

I really iked the game trapcat. I had cute animations and all of the places they went I knew where it was it was aweome and the whole time I was playing that game I couldent stop smiling. I really liked that game! When I make my game I want it tpo be like that.

Math apprentice was not fun. It was boring and I did nit know how to play it.

Math Attack II was an oaky game but it was just hard. I think I need to tighten up my math skills.

http://www.funisland.com/gamedetail.php?id=518

Penguin Diner was also a good game they teach you how to count the money and save up to get more stuff to take the coustmors happier.

http://www.funisland.com/gamedetail.php?id=401

I will fix when done

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
They untangled a structure of a atom that was able to be used to kill the AIDS virus in humans.
Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?
Any gamer or person can do it. It has the gamer atmospheric already and they dont need to be a doctor or scientist.

If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illnes in the world, what would it be?
I would like to solve the cure of killing brain cells while abusing drugs. I mean if you ever want to stop that life style and better yourself but you cant really because you lost all those cells maybe there can be a new way to restore them.

Mini Game

Was it hard to make your mini game?

No because I did it already this is the third time it was easier because I knew what to do already.

What was the best part of this topic?

The best part for me was knowing that I already did it and that we go to put background and kinda mess with the knew CS5. I like the new CS5 because we get to have a decoration tool and i like the way that it looks.

The worst part?

I would say when we had to make all the instance names and put in the code. It wasn't hard its just so trying and I kinda of wish that it would just pop up like that. Put if you don't put the instance names than the computer doesn't know what your talking about and it doesn't response to the code so I guess it is beneficial to making the games in flash.

September 11, 2001

How old were you on September 11, 2001

I was three years old about to be four in October.

When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?

Well I was on my way to daycare and I was in the car and we were listening to the radio then next thing you know we here a radio report saying say inside the north twin tower of the world trait center is down everyone go inside then my mom turned around and speed back home. I asked her what was going on and she said that some bad people crashed into two big buildings and into the military head quarters and one went into a field but it was suppose to be going in the white house. Then I asked her why would they want to do that and she said because they hate Americans then I asked her why they hate Americans and she said that you'll find out when your older.

What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents life?

It effected me and my family allot because were military and we had to go on base for the next week we could not leave base. It was hard because we had no contact with the outside world. I think the part that made us me the most worried was the pentagon because we are military and that is like the main thing. But most of all I lost my cousin to this act of hate.

What was the issue with this game?

Well first of all why would you make a game from a tragedy. Your suppose to take this stuff seriously and their making a game like space invaders that sicking me.

How do you feel about it?

I would never play that game because its not showing the truth about the game. You cant shoot down a huge airplane its not a little fly or bird.

What is the problem with portraying on such a awful violent even through a video game?

Well first of all their making people feel like its no big deal through the game and that you don't need to feel like you need to remember it and its not a big deal. Then you have how would the victims feel? Their families and friends would they like it? I think this game is very messed up and I would not ever play it.

How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?

Well first of all I wouldn't make a simple little game about a big deal because I think that's messed up.