Unity Tutorial 06

Unity Tutorial Week 6

While I was doing this tutorial and I will not lie to you I found it very complicated because of the fact that I had a lot of coding to do but I found it very beneficial in order for me to learn and improve with my skills so I thought that I would have to change my approach with this tutorial assignment as I have always been using DreamWeaver I was finding it very difficult and frustrating so I changed my software to Visual studios.

This is the new software that I have moved to because it is very easy to use and it auto-fills the coding for you when you are stuck plus it is free to download.

The game that I was working on required me to make a 3d game that was essentially a man that had to jump up and down and avoid the obstacles while also making the background move seamlessly to give the illusion that the world around the character was moving. I also had to make sure that when the character hit one of the objects cause a "Game Over" the whole world would come to an immediate stop. 

This was a quick little screenshot of how the game looked when you played it while I was running it in Unity. (As you can see the object was in the air but this screenshot was before I solved the problem)

I think that the game was a huge success because even though I faced a few problems I was able to overcome it and get all of the scripts working which really boosted my confidence and encourages me to continue my journey to become a better game developer

Unity Tutorial 05

Unity Tutorial 05

I found this specific tutorial that we had to do very fun to do however there was a few problems that I found during the assignment that made it strikingly difficult. For one I was working through the unity and the first 2 were going well however I always use Dreamweaver as a way to script when I get to the scripting part of the assignment but I was getting some issues with the script that I do not normally get problems that I can not fix but because the problem was hard and I did not know where I messed up it took a looooooong time to go back and find where I screwed up. I figured it out eventually but it thought me to be careful when looking through scripts because it is very frustrating when you are in a good mood and you are close to finishing the assignment.

This is a little bit of how the assignment looked while I was trying to figure it out but I was able to fix the script at the end which I was very proud of because it took me 2 days to finally be able to get through when I was about to give up.

I think that the assignment would have to be the most challenging by far because of the scenario that I had to bypass was the most challenging as I was to far into the tutorial when my game starting to have notification of how my game was not working correctly.

This is a screenshot of all the different scripts from all of the different tasks I had to do.  

Reading 4

Reading 4

I think that this week 4 reading would have to be the most stressful and toughest work by far because I had to do a lot of  research because you could start filling things out. I had to go on the internet and find out different sites with journals or peer review after going through all the information I had to summarize the information and figure out if it had the information that benefits me in the article.

Once I founds the information I had to put the information into the Matrix such as:

• Thesis
• Primary Source
• Research Questions
• Limitations
• Strengths
• Significance

When I was researching my task I realized that my questions are very broad which made it very hard for me to look for information and narrow it down which meant that some of the information that I was researching was not relevant.

This is the Matrix that I had to put the information that was researched into.

When I was in trying to research the information I had to simplify my requirements so that I knew that the information was always on track.

This is notes I took to help me know the kind of information I am looking for and remembers that the information should be relevant

I wish that the questions I picked were not so broad because I really have nothing to work off of because of how much information comes up in the search.

Unity Tutorial 04

Unity Tutorial 04

In this weeks unity tutorial I think that it was very challenging because of the fact that there was a lot more code and I was trying to get my head around how the codes for duplication of the items and the trigger for input but I was able to figure it out after going back over the video a few times because I noticed that I was not typing the code correctly. I did enjoy the tutorial because it was very simple the follow and fun to do but the overflow of information had me overwhelmed but I was able to manage the whole process.

This is just a screenshot of the script that I had to follow

Here is more screenshots of the script that I had to follow that I struggled in the most because of the changes that had to be made.

Even though I had a struggle and I was a lot of effort and time to figure it out I was very happy that I got though the whole tutorial and everything was working fine and deleting as soon as it left the screen.

Here is the final result that I was proud I got it completed because it came out pretty well.

Unity Tutorial 03

Unity Tutorial 03

I really did enjoy the tutorial about the car and how we had to make everything using the assets. I found the objective at hand very difficult because of the amount of coding that I had to try get my head across but as the time went on and I was struggling to figure out where I went wrong on parts of the code I can honestly say that I have learned from my mistakes and even understood how some of the coding language was done. I think the most hardest part of the game making for me was having to go back over the tutorials when I missed a step or maybe did not make a cap in cap appropriate moments.

This is a screen shot of the First task that had to be done because of the tutorial

This was the second part on the assignments that I had to make

In conclusion I would just like to say that I thought it would be easier because of how I flew last year but I have started to realize that it is not all about the software and how familiar you are with it. I think that once you take the time to learn how the structure is done and how you can have your own method it make your workload and mindset a lot easier.

Reading 3

Doing your research

Planning your approach

I had to go and pick two topic and then I had to write about it but before all of that I had to do some research and it was all based around the 2 choices that I made. I had to find some good reliable information for example journal or a book or even the internet. When I have found the information I had to check that any piece of information that was from the source would have some relevant answers to my questions that I have chosen. I also had to go and find the references and put them all in the review matrix.

This is the different kind of steps that I had to go through while reading to come up with questions that would give me more information to go off with and reseach

My thoughts on the Approach

I am finding it very hard because the information is a lot to take into account and handle and I am not able to figure out if the information that is needed is relevant to the choices that I have picked. I am also a little bit out of my element when it comes to this kind of research because I have never done anything like this at all.

Unity Tutorial 02

Unity Tutorial 02 

Today I was working on a project car 3d platform game. I had to download the assets and I had to some how make the car move forward toward the crates but I also had to add a script to control the speed while maintaining the realistic motion of having the crate fly away once the Vehicle had made contact with the crate. I would also like to add that I was able to slightly understand what they mean by cleaning up a code so that It can be more appealing to the eyes and having a bit of structure to it. 

This is a image of the game in Progress.

This is an image of code that we had to make in order to make the game work.

I have learned a lot today from watching the video because I was able to go and refresh my memory of all the different handle shortcuts and I have also learned a new few tricks that I didn't know or may have missed out on. I found that it is very hard to make a game and that it would be very much a beneficial idea to have teams and roles when it comes to making big multiplayer games across the world. 

Reading 2

Planning your approach

In this weeks assignments I had to plan how I wanted to approach this assignments I thought it would be a very simple and easy decision to make but I realized that I was very wrong because I had to go thought a list of question and choices on google docs. I had a lot of different categories to choose from.

I have picked the Category :

Chapter 2 Designing and Development 

The questions that I decide to picked out the category was:

• What is a Game Designer
• Game Design Team Roles

I was trying to decide how I wanted to restructure my chosen questions. So I came up with 

"What are the Importance of a Game Designer"

"Are roles in Game Design Needed"

I was also tried to organize  my folder to make it more easy for me to know where everything is and keep to as tidy as possible so that when I was to get my information I know that I have checked certain websites and got information that may or may not benefit me in the long run 

This is the Folder.

This is a picture showing that After I had to make a more refine way of phrasing my questions I went to look thought a lot of different sources. 

Unity Free Tutorials

Looking through tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D33d4w89vTs&t=2s

This tutorial looked very easy to begin with and I was really looking forward to making my works looks a lot more crisp and clear so you can see it from a distance without the text becoming all fussy and unclear and when I was following the tutorial I had to install an asset to help make things easier and have some font family which would really accompany my game in the theme I am going for but instead after the installation it had a big error. I am now unable to play my game or input the crisp text that I wanted to have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J3tFepPHVA

I was really trying to make some platforms that move and maybe go side to side but for now all I wanted is for the part to go 360 at a slow speed making the game harder and based more on skill instead of a 50/50 chance. I think it would also more as some parts that could push you off the map as well as a path that you can move on.

Well that is all I have for you guys for now but I hope you have enjoyed the blog I also hope my game start working soon wish me luck!

Games Testing

Games Testing

It is important to have nobody around you when you want to give your own personal feedback
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When it comes to testing a game whether it be your own game or someone else, you have to be truly honest with yourself. There is a word that comes to mind when you have your own opinion that will help better someone elses project and that word is called "Criticism". I think that when you testing or reviewing I should say, somebody elses game it is important to have brutal honestly. It really does help the person in the long run before the finished project because they will be able to listen to what you said and make the decision by himself if he would like to add it in or leave the change that he currently has in his own game.

I believe personally that the best form of criticism is an unbiased one because it is free of the individual opinion and your peers personal taste.

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You  may be wondering... HOW DO I GIVE GOOD FEEDBACK

Well I have a few example of good Criticism and bad ones

Good Example

I like the menu you picked for your shooter game but I feel like your text should not be in a bubble font unless you are making it for the target audience of 5+

Bad Example

I don't like your game its not fun at all

Meme Generator P3

Meme that sounds like me

Also me when I do not get food in the college canteen.

My Game Development Update

My Game Development

I am trying to figure out how I would like the movement of my game to move because of how efficient and simpler it would be for people to understand it. So far my game is playable and you are able to slowly increase in speed if you want to make it to the next stages. I am trying to find a way to make my player rise up faster and have the background stars show different color to show that the difficulty has changed.

The only problem that I am having a problem with, was to figure out how I would like my game to work to have a certain 3D platform feel.

Unity Free Tutorials

Unity Tutorials I found interesting

There are some tutorials that I have looked through because I was not sure that some of the scripts and parts I wanted were as advanced enough so I was trying to see if I could upgrade them or maybe master some texture or lighting effects to make my map look the way that I picture it in my head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-KX8AeGK7E

In this tutorial I was trying to figure out how to make my left and right movement more fluently because I wanted my ball (player) to have more control so I would have my game not only playable but it can be able to be finished and passable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D33d4w89vTs&feature=emb_logo

I was trying to find a way to figure out how to make my game as simple and do able as possible because I would love for my audience to have the instructions to know how my game go as simple as it is so I wanted to put a text there and change the color and fonts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=404&v=8bIdUzpQ928&feature=emb_logo

I was trying to make my game as easy for the user as possible so I wanted to have the game automatically restart when you "die" So I made an invisible base plate So when you touch you start again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fI3MBMSR5k&feature=emb_logo

I wanted to have my map look good so I wanted to have good lighting or reflection and playing with the reflection for the texture or shine.

I think that is was a great experience and I look forward to seeing what my game turns into

Game Stories

Game Stories

I was reading through some of peoples stories of how they came across their game and made it work by taking a huge risk and going for it no matter the outcome.

I was reading about an RPG game called Rollers of the Realm. It was founded by a company called Phantom Compass and it was founded in 2008 that was made to develop games for kids Tv producers. They were very product but they lacked in funds for low budget flash games. Later on in late 2011 they laid off literally dozens of staff members, more than half of the members that were laid off were over qualified in experience. The phantom compass founder Tony Walsh and production head Ericka Evans saw an opportunity in this and brought some of the best vets into a meeting with the indie team. A triple side A came to them with high production values and experience with shipping large titles. They took a big risk combining 2 distinct teams and choosing a unlikely mash up of pinball and role-playing games. They ended up with 3 years, 2 funding rounds and nearly 50 extended team members later exceeding everyone's expectations.

See what happened was they had an original idea for the game Rollers of Realm when both Phantom compass and laid off triple A friends came together. They came up with a simple idea that was easy to get behind and enough scope to produce 3-6 months. Their friend Tom Beirnes brought up Pinball Quest as something that had not be done before at the time in the early 90's.

This was a 2D protype

The concept opened alot of doors and gave them some ideas to start working off of. They managed to put together a 2D prototype of the game in time for GDC 2012 and got ready to show their game to the world. When they showed it off everybody liked to so much so infact that they were given a fund which they immediately used to turn their 2D game idea into the first major 3D game. One the public started to find about and enjoy their idea they decided to start making characters to help keep the story narrative simple and place focus on the old misfit playable characters.

They made a 3D major Game

 The next step on the development of the game was finding out if it was fun and if people where going to enjoy at as much as they hoped that they would so they did what anybody else would do when the game was close to completion and they hire around 100 testers  all different age ranges to play the game and give feedback and the game

Full version with people playing the game for testing

When all of that was done they had to look and think what platform that they would like to have their own game like xbox or pc ect.

The moral of the story is at first they had a lot of problem and they were struggling and they were down on there luck but after taking risks and doing things that nobody else would think about and they got there in the end because of  dedication and a hard working team.

Tech Task: Meme Generator P2

Tech Task: Creating a Meme

What does this mean to you?

Alpha

Alpha

This is the picture of the game I put the mesh renderer on so you can see the white floor as the restart part on touch.

I have spent a good few hours working on the restart on touch part because for some reason it was not able to work I was unable to figure out why but I was able to find out a situation after looking thought plenty of YouTube videos to find a good script also I was able to figure out that I did not rename a part correctly. I am trying to figure out how I am going to spawn players (bot) to chase the real player all the way to the finishing point. I was also considering that I might want to make sound effects in the game so that it would be more realistic or more fun to have something more to look forward to in the game. I plan to meet my goal by working on finding more videos and assets so on the day it is basically import my ideas and modify it to my style.

Week 9 Progress

Week 9 Progress

I am so happy with how my progress with this Course and this module is going because I am doing amazing and I am very shocked because I did not think that I would be able to keep it intact due to my bad time management but I was surprised to find out that it is very flexible to work around and I was able to make it and bring it around my own time schedule which is amazing that it can be done anywhere online and I am very thankful that they made it so all the information is on as part of the assignments because I am able to learn and complete my assignments at the same time. I will not lie to you guys.. I do not have the best weekly routine but I am improving and getting help about it which is making me feel a lot better about how my work is going. The task I am enjoying the most out of this course is unity tutorial because I am a practical learning and visual so I am very good at replicating what I see in videos so it is needless it is the highlight of my week. I have also been using some of the extra credit later on because I did not know that it was extra I thought it was only if you missed an assignment but since I have learned I have been doing some easy ones such as making memes and fake comment generator which I found it a little entertaining.

This is an image from when I was using unity tutorials to help me advance on my game and improve my skills which I very much enjoyed.

I have honestly say that there is nothing I want to change I hope it stays the same or at least the way the timetable is similar. If I was to try something new in the future it would have to be a more complicated game to try work on my skills.

I will try to stay motivated to all my assignments and try to keep on task.

Review Week Comments and Feedback

Reviewing Week Comments and Feedback

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How can I explain the type of information that I have been receiving over the last couple of weeks/months...

I think that I would rate my overall information and guidance that I have been receiving from them all an outstanding 10/10 because of how they not only where able to encourage me on how my work and planning skills where working out they also where telling me about how they think my ideas may and may not work and made my changes or my mind think about my game in different kind of aspects and I was able to benefit from there new and unique ideas when I hit a rough patch in the road of my game. They were able to give me ideas and even though it did not benefit me at the very start it did help me with a fresh start and I am very grateful for that.

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I would like to believe that the comments that I am leaving are very informative because I have been following a few tips and tricks that I have been thought by the few readings that I have read such as WWW and TAG. I was able to let them know what I thought about their game and what I enjoyed the most about there game with aspect and also gave them some information on what could be added or improve there game as well as how to make it easier for us to know where they are at with the game on blog with pictures or screenshots. I was able to improve my own writing and questions by reading some of my classmates way of phrasing things and trying to adopt to they way they do it with my own spin to it.

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I have not only benefited from the blog for my own personal use but it has allowed me to help connect with some of my class mates because it had given me an insight toward the way I see my friends and I was able to see what they are capable of in terms of skills and creativity. I have also gotten to have a look into there social life which I think is very good because it gives us more to talk able and allows me to see things that I never knew about them whether it be natural blogger or ex YouTube. So I am very happy that I was able to explore other peoples blogs.

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I would like to see more advances made on how to make a successful blog like how to make it very colorful and attractive for a global public blogger standard. I would also be looking forward to the amount of task that we have next year and hopefully we will be able to have all of our certificate for Expert Bloggers. I am hoping to be able to master blogger so I can use this to connect with countless people all over the world.

Week 9 Reading and Writing

Reading and Writing

Reading

I enjoy reading about what makes quality games because I never really had that big of an insight on making games and what it took  to make a really good games because I used to think that when you have a game in mind you just all start to build it and do trial and error without all the other steps of planning out and showing an outline and sketches. I was able to learn about what made a good game work and the different approach that you could used to help make or break your game. I did not know that there was a lot of different genres that were categorized in a game such as the following:

• Role Play
• Virtual Reality
• Simulation
• Massive Multiplayer Online
• Casual Game
• Party Game
• Puzzles
• Action
• Adventure

Pick the Genre and Run the Game.

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I would like to be the first one to say that the reading was the best thing for me because I would never have had the energy nor the knowledge to know where to find it or read it by choice but since it was made as part of the assignment it made it very easy for me keep my mind at ease knowing that I have it as an assignment as I could also do my learning all in one done but what makes it a lot easier is the time limit that we have because of how we all have our own pace in reading so we can look through the information for 30 min. I feel like the assignment in general had been a success considering the reading and less practical aspect of the assignment is very good and I am getting everything figured out and done within the due date as the weeks go on. My original project with the information that I have learned was very good on paper but however it was very hard to make to make my idea come to life however I was able to start a new game and it is coming again swimmingly.

I was trying to make it very simple and have a lot of my ideas from the previous one involved during the transition of change however I have decided that I will only take 1 aspect from the game and try to fix the problem that I have gotten myself into by changing the game completely.

 When I look back at my project that I was planning to do about Space Pong it was a very good concept and was very original in my eyes and I thought that it would turn out amazing and it was almost about to become real but I forgot that everything always looks good on paper until the process begins and from that I realized that it was very hard to make my vision come out because of the fact that I was thinking ahead of my current abilities and even though my did not have to be perfect as a prototype I had to make cuts as I noticed I was not where I hoped to be when I got to a certain stage.

Unity Free Tutorial

Unity Free Tutorial

I changed my game but I was able to use some of the tutorial in order to make my game. I did not need a lot of tutorial because I knew how to do some of it because I kept it very simple. Here are some of the tutorials I have used to help make my game work well and come to the amazing improved game that is has changed into currently.

 I was able to learn from the player controls on the paddles and remaster it to fit my game and put my controls into my balls so it was able to have movement like left and right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oY--Zk9b6w 

I was able to figure out that instead of making a whole ui menu to show the player instructions we could have it in real time to teach them the controls as the game is in progress to show how to play and also to stop the petty switch from game to pause menu to learn basic instructions to prolong the gaming experience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D33d4w89vTs

I feel like my game is starting to come together because this is my first time making a game on a new software and it is very much detailed and had to be done specifically from scratch wish makes the whole experience that much harder and fulfilling.