Saturday, April 14, 2012

Week 12 / Final Scratch Project

1. What: What is your project? How does it work? How did you come up with the idea?

My project could best be described as a variation of the traditional pacman game. I chose this because I have always enjoyed playing pacman, and I wanted to take a traditional game, that everyone has played or at least heard of, and spice it up. My project works by following the directional prompts on the screen; maneuvering arrow buttons in the maze and choosing particular letters to progress through the story and instructional slides. My love of literature is what inspired my idea, as well as the pacman tutorial. I wanted to incorporate literature and reading, content matter most individuals find boring, into an exciting yet educational game.

2. So What: What was your process for developing the project? What was interesting, surprising, or challenging? Why? What did you learn?

My processes for developing the game began with my first draft of the maze. I had the idea of using themed oriented items, but was still unsure how to set up or create the foundation of the game. That was when I came up with the story part of the game; to convey the information necessary to complete the maze. Creating this game was very frustrating and challenging. I spent HOURS working on simple little thins, trying so hard to get all the animation to work correctly. There were moments when I wanted to just give up so badly, but the success of the completed game was a glorious feeling; worth every struggle. I learned a lot about the Scratch project and the capabilities it has. I look forward to working more with the program.

3. Now What: What are you the most proud of about your project? What would your change? What do you want to create next? Why?

The thing I am most proud of about my project is the creativity of the content. The only thing I would change about my project would be adding more sound effects. I found this to be an impossibility though because of the limited file size the Scratch program can upload. I would like to create another project using some type of grammar exercise or practice. Grammar practice is another part of the educational processes that most individuals find to be tedious. If I could create a game to make learning grammar, or punctuation even, more interesting and exciting than I would be making a great contribution to the education processes; I would also use it in my own classroom.

1 comment:

  1. I'm glad you persevered and created the game you set out to create! I enjoyed playing it and pleased you see the value in using video games to teacher content valued in school!

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