Civics-

I found it hard at the beginning to think of a Civics idea, but after thinking for awhile I finally got it. Also, when the Globaloria people came, they helped my team. We also found it easier to choose a topic after playing some other civics games.

Week in Review 10/19-10/23

Well, this week we made a lot of progress. Partly because of the Globaloria people gave us a new idea. We have worked really hard. The coding is still hard though. But we can do it! TEAM ETHNIX!

1.In our game we gain campaing money to become the next president.
2.They answer questions about their character.
3.It teaches about the function of campaigns. You raise money in the game, and see what it takes to become President of the United States of America!


here is an example of the action in our game. (Ours isn't this violent.)



Political Fight - Click here for more home videos

10-12----10-16

This week we worked on our games. We learned how to make buttons. We also learned how to trace stuff, I had trouble with it. Buttons are hard to use, its such a headache. Friday, we played some civics games. They were buggy.

10-5-09 --- 10-8-09

This week we did our Paper Prototypes. It took my team a while to get started, but once got started we just kept flowin' with ideas. It was a really easy week. We did lots of code, gave me a couple headaches, but it is all good!

Ethnix Games

The name of our team is

The members are Jacob and Brandon. The subject of our game is Politcal people fighting.

Three sites pretaining to our game are;
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/
2.http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/09/10/the_best_political_fights.html -- Sort of inspiration for our game.
3.http://www.freeonlinegames.com/fighting-games/index.html -- Where our genre came from.


Three interesting facts I learned.
1. That there is already a game like ours.
2. Fighting games are very popular.
3. There is real life political fights.

Last Week

Last week was very interesting. It was the first time I have ever done a paper prototype. I found it to be fun. It was challenging printing off the pictures to put on the paper, but in the end it was worth it. Our video turned out good.

Most Important Part of Flash

In my opinion, the most important part of Flash is the Tools. The tools are essential to Flash. You use the tools to select stuff, draw things, and just about whatever other tool you can think of. Without the tools, your project would be blank!

Class Flash Game

This game has given Mrs.Chenoweth a hard time, and it has give me a big headache. Everyday it seems the code gets worse, but I know in the end Mrs. Chenoweth will prevail. I think we should bypass this project and move on to the group work.

The Lewis and Clark Adventure Game

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/lewisClarkAdventure/ Lewis and Clark Adventure
That is the civics I found. This game is about the Lewis and Clark adventure. (no pun intended). In the game you will explore along the trail of Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean and back. You are faced with activities along the way. Overall, it's a pretty fun game.

1. American Symbols Game: http://www.texaslre.org/asymbols/symbolsgameintro.html
2. Bill of Rights Match Game: http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html
3.Geography America: http://games.crossmap.com/flash_play/america.htm
4. Redistricting Game: http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
5. Branches of Government: http://www.texaslre.org/branches_game.html
6. There Should Be a Law: http://www.texaslre.org/HowAbill/index.html
7. Pick 12: http://www.texaslre.org/jurygame_intro.html
8. Play the News: http://www.playthenewsgame.com/portal/home.action
9. Bump the Birds: http://www.gothamgazette.com/games/ballotbump/

My Reviews:

1. American Symbols is a fun matching game. It tests your American History knowledge.
2. The Bill of Rights Matching game was a challenge, but it is a good educational game.
3. Geography America puts your U.S. memorization to the test!
4. Redistricting, I couldn't figure out how to win.
5. Branches of Government is a basic game, but quizzes you on your branches of government. ( pun intended.)
6. There Should Be a Law teaches you how a law becomes a law in Texas. It puts you through an interactive process.
7. Pick 12 I didn't like it that much. All you had to do is pick people.
8. Play the News is a hard game, if you don't know your history.
9. Bump the Birds is a fun game, you patrol through a maze with some stops that quiz you with questions abut elections.

--Game Genre--

The genre of the game I would like to create would have to be Racing , but since we have to make a Civic Participation game, I guess I'll do that. I think I will re-create the 2008 Presidential Election, but with some added twists.

The Hardest Part to Blogging, in my opinion

The hardest experience I've had with blogging so far was resizing the header image. It was so hard! I couldn't get it right, but after some help from Jacob I got it situated.

what NOT to do to flash games

shame on these people.