Ron's Blog

Game Ideas

2008-07-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

With Game Maker, one can make various games. The type of game i plan to make is a adventure game. You go around various rooms and collect items as you battle enemies room to room, land to land. I would like to make it as big as possible and as fun as possible. I also would like to add different weapons, and have some better then others. Aswell as enemies i want various characters you can talk to for help or information. At the end i would like to make it look something like the original zelda on the super nintendo.

Game design

2008-07-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

I learned so many things from the board game design process. The key is working together. You and your partners have to be on the same page and must work together, otherwise the group is destined to fail. However, with cooperation, the process is smooth and succesful. The same is with designing a computer game. If your working in a group you must work together and gather ideas. You also must start with an idea for a game. Then you need to start building the rules of the game, piece by piece. Really the only difference is when creating a computer game you are obviouosly working with a computer.

For the board games we played in class the best one i think was Omicron because it was so original and different from the other games. Aside from that it is incredibly easy to learn and there is strategy involved in the game

Board Game Design

2008-07-09T08:42:00.000-07:00

When doing the board design activity i learned many things. One thing i learned is that its amazing what people can come up with. All ideas are useful in creating a board game. Another great thing is that you learn alot about your partners. Since you have conversations, you learn about them. All ideas are useful but some dont always apply. The hardest things about the activity was deciding which ideas to use. Unfortunately all of them can't be used so some have to be removed. Even with this challenge, the activity was a great experience.

My Game: Finish The Sentece

2008-07-08T07:24:00.000-07:00

This game is similar to the commonly known game called Taboo. The object is to get the most amount of points then any other team playing. You obtain points by correctly guessing the answer on the card. A sample question would be ("A hammer is to build, where as a shovel is to..."). The answer would be to "dig". You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and if you run out of time you get no points. The person who is trying to guess the answer obviously isn't alowed to see the card. The game continues until the teams want to stop or all the cards have been used. It is a simple game but fun none the less.

My views on games

2008-07-08T05:58:00.000-07:00

Hi, I'm Ron. My definition of games is putting yourself in a different person's shoes and being in different scenarios. Everybody loves games, however there are people who only hate certain kinds of games. One example would be video games. There are people who think video games are a waste of time. I don't agree with that view because they are just forms of entertainment.