Overcoming the Obstacles

    We have had many obstacles while creating our game. We have overcome some of them but there are still a few that we are having problems with. The trouble makers are basically the buttons but we also have problems with hit tests and drag and drop.
     Our buttons are awful! We have deleted and deleted them. After we deleted them we put them back with a code that we know works. All of the codes and names seem to be right but they just don't work. The buttons we are having the most problems with are the ones on the choice scene. We still can't work the buttons for the last nine scenes. If it were not for the buttons our game would only need one scene to finish.
    The next problem that we have is the hit tests. We have two hit tests to fix. The code works but we have just not changed all the names and put it on the nessesary scenes. We need to put it on the dart scene, milk bottle scene, and balloon scene. The balloon scene is going to be the hardest because there are six of them for the one scene.
     The next is the drag and drop. We were going to do a drag and drop on the milk bottles. We got teh drag and drop working then we decided that it was the wrong drag and drop and the kind of code that we wanted was going to be a hit test. We practically wasted our time on the drag and drop. The hit test we need is not yet finished.
     In conclusion, we have alot of codes to work out. We are really working hard on it and hope to finish in the next week or two.

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The Accomplishment of My Goals.

     We have set goals for ourselves this week and they are due next Friday. We said that we hoped to have a hit test done on the milkbottles, our buttons finished on the choice scene, and the gender scene working. We have accomplished 2 out of three of these goals. We have a Hit test code and we have the gender scene working. The buttons on our choice scene are still not working. They are the largest hurdels so far. We delete them and put them back then they still won't work. We have had so many problems with those buttons we are just going to keep working and trying to make it work.

The Goal

At the beginning of the week we set a goal for the end of the week. We had some unruly buttons that just didn't want to go to their appointed scenes. We wanted to finish the buttons by Friday. Well Friday rolled around and all our hard work went down the drain when the buttons didn't work. We are stil trying to make them work and we are now recieving assistance from our teacher.

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Things That We Are Doing Right

 We are really proud of our game right now. The thing that we are really happy about is our choice scene. We like this becuse the player actually choosing their own destiny. Onother part that we really like is the gender choice of the clowns. You can choose between a boy clown and a girl clown. The third thing is our seperate games for boys and girls. We really like this because we know boys and girls like different colors and we want to meet those needs. We are working on some buttons that I messed up.

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Avoiding a Quiz Game

   We are changing our game from a quiz game to an interactive game. We are changing many things but the most important thing is our level one scene. When you press go on, on the title scene it takes you to a scene where you see carnival tents and on the carnival tents there are buttons in the shape of the game you will play. You choose one of those to play first and once you play the game it will take you back to the choice scene again. That is the biggest thing we are changing. Another thing is the choosing the gender of your clown. There are two seperate games. The only thing that is different are the problems and the colors, the concept is still the same as the original. So if you pick a girl, there will be girly color scemes and if you pick a boy there will be manly color scemes. We just want to make this fun for either gender, wether your a girl or a boy. We are progressing at a good pace this is going to be easy if we just work together and stick our heads in our working ability. We are having problems with the buttons on the choice scene and we are currently bumfuzzled about it. We assume we have all the code right but we are double checking as I type. Thats about it with out changes. Can't wait for everyone to see the finished product.

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How I've Changed

We have amde some alterations to our game. We had a quiz game and now we have changed it to interactive and the player is able to choose the level they want to do first. We are planing on changing some more things like the loading scene. I messed it up so we have to fix the loading scene. The level one scene is almost finished with the interactive part of it and the buttons seem to be getting easier.

What I Learned!

    Friday, February 4th- We have had Game Demo Presentation this week. We have learned, grown, and received suggestions. We are going to let the player monuver the clown around the carnival to play the games of his choice. The player will have to play the games and be educated about the game of chance. We are going to put carnival backgrounds on our game scenes and have choices about the gender of their clown.