Monday, June 13, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 9 - Pinwheel

Alrighty!

    Back again with the final Scratch project. Kind of sad to see this program go but honestly, I would probably get sick of this thing if we had to do more because I've had my fair share with this program.
This is the Pinwheel thing in which we tap the pinwheel to make it go faster. If you've played my quiz game, you'll recognize the penguin the on the 3rd pinwheel. This is just a simple thing to finish off scratch. Just tap the pinwheels to make them go faster. So, yeah, Scratch has been fun but it's time to move on and it's almost the end of the year anyway! So, goodbye to all the Scratch fans out there.


Scratch(Up) - 8 - Maze

Alrighty!

Second to last thing being created in Scratch. This is a maze game in which you have to get away from Shrek and get to the ball.

Music : Night Music (By: Nhumo)

Instructions :

1. Click green flag to start.

2. Use arrow keys to move,

3. Don't let Shrek touch you or it's all ogre.

4. Get to the Ball.

5. Have fun!


Saturday, June 11, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 7 - Batty Bat

Alrighty!

So, this time in Scratch, I had to make a game like flappy bird. This game is also one of my favourites because I added my own things to this, such as different sprites. It's called "Batty Bat" and it even has animation when it begins. This is a great program so far! Have fun!

Music : Genesis (By : SDDx)

Instructions :

1. Press Green flag to start.

2. Press Spacebar to ascend.

3. Try not to hit the trees.

4. Have fun!


Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 6 - Shooting Game - "Haunted Castle"

Alrighty,

So I'm back with another Scratch created game. This time it's a target shooter called the Haunted Castle. It's a game where you must use your void powers to destroy the ghouls. This has been a very fun program and I'm glad to say that I'm still not bored with it even though we follow tutorials but the thing that makes this fun is that we get to personalize our games and actually call them our own. I hope you enjoy. 

Music : Down (By; Cult to follow)

Instructions :

1. Click green flag to start

2. Use the mouse to control the target.

3. Right click to shoot void at the Ghouls

4. Don't let the ghouls get to the other side.

5. Have fun! 


Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 5 - Platform Game - Pokemon Platformer

Alrighty, 

Back here again with another scratch project which I also worked pretty hard on. This one is a platform game but instead of making it simple I turned it into a Pokemon platformer in which you control the pokeball and you have to catch 3 Pokemon in 3 separate levels. I have also have the backgrounds corresponding to each Pokemon you have to catch. The first one is Pikachu, so the background is lightning because he's an electric type, Next, is a flame background because you are trying to catch Charizard who is a fire type. Finally, you have to catch sceptile who is a grass type so I have sort a forest background. I put a lot of time into this, so I hope you enjoy.

Music : Pokemon Theme song (original one)

Instructions : 

1. Use left and right arrow keys to go left and right.

2. Use the up arrow key to go up. There's a gravity effect, so mess around with it until you get the hang of it.

3. For the second level, don't touch the ground.

4. For, the final level, you can't touch the sides or the bottom.

5. Have fun. 


Sunday, June 5, 2016

Friday Post # 8 (June 5/2016)

What I did : 

     This week in Info-tech 11, I used scratch. I made many things games such as shooting games, quiz games and brick and paddle games. This program is definitely one of my favourites out of the many that we have used because you have so much freedom with this. It's also one of the simplest things to use because of all the features and tutorials people have made. After our second day in scratch, I was adding all sorts of special and unique things in my quiz game. That's what I did this week in Info-tech 11.

What I learned : 

    I also learned many things this week as well. Using scratch made it really simple to make your own games and add your own unique features to them. For my quiz game, I even added a unique "cutscene" to it after you get a few questions right. I also learned about broadcasting and receiving so you can have something appear or disappear after something happens. Overall, this is a great program and I can't wait to make my own unique game in it because you have so many possibilities.

How to create this :



1. You want to create three sprites.

2. Add the following to the sprite you want to have move. 
3. Next, do not add anything to the sprite that you want to have stay still
4. Finally, just add the following code to the sprite that creates the box.

That's it! 

- Jimmy Brar





Scratch(Up) - 4 - Paddle and Brick game

Brick and Paddle game : 

The fourth Scratch creation. The Brick and Paddle game. I put my URL on the paddle itself to add an original thing to this game.

Instructions : 

1. Click the green flag to start the game. 

2. Try to hit all the bricks by deflecting the ball off the paddle.

3. Have fun.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 3 - Quiz Game - "World Trivia Championship Games" M8

Alrighty, we're back!

So, first things first. I really put a lot of time into this game. We followed a Youtube tutorial but after learning the basic concept of how to use this, I went off on the mainstage. What I'm trying to say is that, I went above and beyond what the average person would do. So I hope you enjoy it.



Things I did differently :

Well, the things I did differently were that I added backdrops for every question. The backdrops were based off the question which it more interesting. I also added some pretty sweet music. Next, I made 6 questions and after you answer a few, there is nice little "cutscene" in there just for the LOLZ. This is more of a story game than a trivia game though which I prefer because it keeps you more engaged. The host, the penguin, isn't just a sprite but is an emotional character who changed mentalities based on your answer. I also have a few other characters involved in this which is one more thing that makes a step above the average quiz game. And that seems to be about it... Thanks!

Music : Everywhere we go (By: Sb tracks)

Instructions : 

The instructions are fairly simple.

1. Press the green flag to start.

2. Enter your name when asked.

3. Instead of typing in the letter to answer questions, you must enter in the answer itself.
ex. A: Mario B:Luigi C: Sonic D: Shadow
Let's say the answer is D: Shadow, you don't enter in "D." You enter in "Shadow" to continue.

4. That's about it, except if you get something wrong, you must restart.

5. Finally, the very final question does not have multiple choice, but I can guarantee you that it is in the quiz.

                          Have fun!

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Scratch(Up) - 2 - Basic game - "Defend the Keep M8s"

Alright so this a game I created in Scratch. It's called "Defend the Keep M8s" and is essentially a game where you control the dragon and must protect the castle and not let any of knights in.

These are the instructions. 

Press the Green Flag to start.

Then use the arrow keys to move the dragon around. Use the "A" key to turn the dragon left and use the "S" key to turn the dragon right. Use the spacebar to shoot out flaming fireballs of doom at the knights attacking the castle. Your score will be shown at the top left. It goes up by one. If a knight touches you, you must restart. 

Have fun.

Scratch(Up) - 1 - Shapes tutorial

Alrighty, the first Scratch thing we did was make random shapes.


Instructions :

Just click the green flag.... yeah....

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

SketchUp - 8 - Park

Image 1 : Welcome to the most dangerous park
   

Image 2 : Barbed wire slide and bridge
   
Image 3 : Glassed floor swingset
   
Image 4 : Sandbox may contain cobra
   
Image 5 :  Cobra sandbox
   

Friday, May 20, 2016

Friday Post # 7 (May 20/2016)

What I did : 

This week in info-tech 11, we used SketchUp. We made a pool and added patio chairs, beach balls, and rubber duckies. After that we were supposed to add a pre-made slide with steps and import that to our already made pool. After all that, we finally went and made a fence. After making the fence, we were to export and import it into our pool world, That is all we did this week.


What I learned : 


This week in info-tech 11, we learned a lot in SketchUp. I learned about components and groups which could be made to turn something into one thing rather than having it be all different parts. I also learned how to add proper measurements to our things we were making. Although measurements were interesting, the main thing were the groups and components because they helped make fences and tables. That is what we learned this week info-tech 11.

4 tools : 

Push and pull tool - To make things bulge out. We used this to make our house 3D and actually have volume.

Rectangle tool - Our most used tool to make houses, pools, etc. This was used to make the base of our creations. 
Rotate tool - To rotate things around or sideways. We used this to curve in chairs or to make things face the other way if we wanted to.
     
Scaling tool - To change the size of things. We used this when importing our basic house onto our table because the house was too big. 
     

4 tips : 

1. The first major tip I have is that you should be using the scroll wheel to adjust your view. 
Zoom in and out by using the wheel.
To rotate around, hold down the scroll wheel and move your mouse around.
Finally, if you want to pan your screen, hold down the wheel while holding down the shift key.

2. If you want to be exact use measurements instead of mindlessly making rectangles and squares.

3. Use the measurement tool to draw lines perfectly and to be precise,

4. Do not make components if you don't want every single one of those components to be coloured the same colour - I learned that the hard way. 


- Jimmy Brar

Thursday, May 19, 2016

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Friday, April 29, 2016

GJ - Day 5 - Opinion

One last ride : 

Sooo.... I tried giving this game one last shot and... it failed me.... I really wanted this to work but it didn't. Basically, I wanted to do something crazy like make a monolith empire but it did not work since the settlers DID NOT LEAVE THE OUTPOSTS!

This is how it started out. I made a world and put some of the essentials and added a sign. The world was named Skyrim because of the popular video game series : Elder Scrolls.

                                 

    Next.... the monoliths... So I wanted a whole lot of them but as you can see, I ran out of power and my people started dying at the bottom.....
                                 
   Then, I moved on to another world, where I added all the things I had in my other one from yesterday but the people did the exact same thing without any reason....
                                 
    That was it, I did not want to play this game again. At least, I got some monoliths in there and a sign to show off my world.

Final Thoughts : 

Final thoughts on this game.... are mixed. This is a very unique game because it lets you control a group of settlers and you can make them create anything you want in your outpost. Now, like I have said before... this game is not for everyone. It's for the people that are looking for something fun and just to screw around with. If you're more of a hardcore player, you will not like this game.. however, if you're a strategic player that wants to create a settlement, you might like this game. Now for my opinion. I thought this was going to be a great game in the beginning because I like these sorts of games but there was a decline that I experienced. The decline was that, for some reason, my settlers would leave the internal structures after a short while of playing. Now, this can get very frustrating if you have a good world and are blooming in resources and settlers because it basically makes you restart your game. So, that is the main reason, I do not recommend this game. It has a game breaking glitch that forces you to start over and I've experienced this many times. So, don't let me turn you away from this game, give it a shot. If you're just getting started, play the tutorial and that should let you know if you want to keep playing or not. This will be my last post for this game, so thanks readers for staying with me for the past few days.
Jimmy, out!


GJ - Day 4 - Plan

Plan : 

     Alrighty, back at it again with day 4 this time. So I spent countless amount of seconds thinking about this, just kidding. I actually took some time. So what I'm thinking about doing is :

1. Build the essentials that I mentioned in last day's post which were the oxygen generator, airlock, water extractor, solar panels (big one for more energy), turbine (big one for more energy as well), canteen, dorm, and the bio-dome and storages ( for power and supplies) and a bar for morale.

2. After doing the first step, I will then build a landing pad because I want to get settlers before any of mine die. It will help get a lot of other settlers because they are attracted to well working settlements instead of ones that are absolutely terrible... like my first one... which we don't speak of because I forgot about the water.... But I am also going to set my priorities to be balanced because I will not need one specific type of scientist there.

3. Then, I'm going to try to build some things like the mine, and processing plant which will lead into defense. I will also add sick for the ill.

4. Finally, I am going to try to build the telescopes which will get me lasers and protect me from meteors.

Gameplay Screenshots and what happened : 

   Soooo I probably spent a good hour and a half on this and I had to start over twice because my workers, in the first world, had low morale and refused to work and in the second one, they were tired and since I did not have a dorm ready, they refused to work.... Now this last one... something strange happened.

Firstly, I did build all the essentials I was talking about.
                 

     Now, things started getting weird after I built the landing pad. After I built this, settlers started coming, however, my settlers inside my outpost did not leave at all after this. This has happened before but this was the last straw. I could not handle playing this any longer if my people were not going to work. The thing is that they weren't low on anything and they just stayed inside and could not build my other things.
                    
    So, after this nonsense, I could not build anything and did the best I could. This was my last screenshot because they were not doing anything. As you can see, the mine is not built, the processing plant is not built, and the cabin is also not built. This really annoyed and I just decided to stop playing. Settlers were still coming though as you can see but they didn't do anything either. I couldn't even build the lasers because of this....
                    
    What I conclude is that this game has a lot of glitches.

GJ - Day 3 - Review

Review : 

   So, this is my review for Planetbase and what I choose to do to be successful in this game. I have played it for a bit and want to give my opinions now. Basically how I start is by making the basics that are essential. The essentials are airlocks, oxygen generator, water extractor, solar panels, turbines and the canteen.

                                   

    I also have a power collector to store power for the nights with no winds. So after making the essentials, you're going to want to build a water fountain, meal maker and tables in the canteen for food and beverages. After that you want a bio-dome, a large one, for food. You want a large one because it can hold the most amount of plants which means lots of food. 
                                                            

    For the plants themselves, I chose the plants that give food instead of trees which don't because my settlers need food to survive. I did hit the very first milestone for surviving a day and I also got the milestone for bringing colonists to my base.
                                      


     Now, I was going to build telescopes for lasers but something happened to my settlers..... They started to die and eventually, I did get biologists because I was out of food but something else happened... They were getting food from the bio-dome but they stopped storing it in the meal maker for some random reason and since they weren't getting food, they died. 

                                       



Opinions : 

     My opinion of this game is that it is not for everyone. If you're the type of person that likes strategy games with settlements and prospering your outpost, then you will love this game. However, if you're more of the hands-on type, then this might not be your cup of tea. You're playing from a bird's eye view and you are basically the god controlling everything your people do. I am in the middle for this game, slightly towards the not liking it though. The reason I do not like this game very much is that it is a very unforgiving game in that if you're not fast enough, your colonists will die. However, it can be fun once you get going. Now, if you don't know if you're going to like this game, just try out the tutorial and if you find it extremely boring, you should move on to other games. 

Choices and Predictions : 

    So, I forgot to make a bio-dome with food in it and by the time I did, my biologists were dead because of starvation. I only had one settler left so I made a landing pad with my priorities set to biologists only. Two arrived but after a while, the food was not being sent to the meal maker so that planet was scrapped. Next time, I am going to try to build the landing pad very quickly after building the essentials so I can get settlers without worrying about my welfare being poor so no one will come. A few tips for you guys when starting your base are :

- Build a landing pad after building a bio-dome and canteen. 
- Build a storage for your electricity and supplies
- Scrap your ship if you're low on resources
- Make sure you set your priorities to which type of settlers you want.
- Have fun!


              

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

GJ - Day 2 - Preview

How to play Planetbase and what to do :

1. The first thing you want to do when you land is make an oxygen generator with a solar panel because your settlers need oxygen to survive and the solar panel will help generate the oxygen.
                                

2. Next, you want to build an airlock for the oxygen. You can connect them by clicking on one then the other and clicking on the chain to connect them.

                                 

3. Then you want to build a canteen for your settlers. The canteen is basically the cafeteria and your people need it for nutrition.
                                 
4.  You also need to build a dorm for your settlers to live in and a bio-dome for food and for plants.

                                  
5. Once you build something, you can actually build the insides of it, such as adding beds, plants, etc.

                                   

6. You also need to build a power generator and a windmill because you need a way to generate energy without it being day because solar panels only work during the day.
                                   

7. You will also need a metal mine so you can get materials and resources. A processing plant for scientists and biologists will also be needed.
 

8. Next, you will need a sick bay for your ill settlers and a factory for your resources.

                                  

9. Almost done! You're going to need a lab for your scientists to work in.

                                   

10. Finally, add a landing pad for other settlers to come in and try to improve your outpost on your planet. Also, dismantle your ship for more resources.

                                          

Differences between tutorial and walk-thru :

So, if you're first starting up this game, I recommend playing the tutorial first, then going to watch the video. The main reason for this is that the tutorial actually tells you why you need some of the things. I do recommend watching the walk-thru after the tutorial because the aussie goes in-depth about some things such as meteors and resources. He goes into depth about things unlike the tutorial. He talks about water fountains in the canteen to hydrate your settlers and other cool tips like clicking on your settler to see their needs. If you want more knowledge about the game, watch the video but to get things going, play the tutorial first.

Tips :
Some tips I have starting off are :

- Be sure to build, water extractor, oxygen generator, windmill, and solar panels first because those are the essential things to survive. I died 3 times because I did not have enough things prepared for my planet.

- Build lasers as soon as you can because meteors will destroy your resources and that can eventually kill your settlers.

- Scrap your ship for more resources.

- Change the sizes of your buildings to generate more resources.