EndijsCDMyr2

 Review Week Comments and Feedback The feedback I have been receiving has been great as it helps me to go in the right direction such as when I'm given ideas for my game for things I could add. I think the feedback I have been giving others has been great because I feel like I gave told them things I like about their game and then I gave them tips.I like using the WWW strategy because it is a good way to give people help to for their projects. I also like when people use the WWW strategy when giving me feedback. I like reading the blog comments as you can learn about other people this way. I especially like reading the personal blog posts as this is the best way to learn about the people.                                       Image from (https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/how-to-give-feedback ) 

 Alpha Game This is a image of my developing game. As you can see the map has taken a much better turn from since last time. I think my game is progressing well. I am happy with the progress I am making because I feel the game I was going for is turning out to be a good choice as the previous tutorials have been a great help so far. I have hidden these yellow ball collectibles around the map and some can even be found on top of houses. When you drive into them they disappear which let's the player know that they have been collected. I have added trees from my prototype. I got assets for the homes and the car for free off of the unity store. There is still a lot I want to do with the game before next week but I feel the basic premise of the game is there so I will keep working on it and making it better. My plans for making the game better is by giving the player more ways to have fun within it rather than just driving around collecting the collectibles. I want to add terrain around...

 Week 9 Reading and Writing  This blog post will be a review of my work that I have done so far in all of my reading weeks. As there has been a lot to read and write about I feel I have learned a lot about different aspects about making games and that I'll be able to recall certain aspects. I think game development is very fascinating and that these reading weeks help in contributing to my knowledge on how to piece together a game. Starting right at week 1 we had to read about Game Design. Before I had read anything I only knew common knowledge about game design such as it is not an easy task to create a functional game. In this week I learned about the definition of what is game design. This week I gave my thoughts about how I feel that games are not as simple as "play activity with rules" and then I gave reason for this. I think my main reason was that a game has to immerse you into the story rather than focusing mainly on rules. Next week in week 2 we learned about Gam...

 Unity Tutorial 07 - My Experience  This weeks tutorial was fairly different compared to the others as it was mainly focused on code. I didn't have much issues other than the spelling mistakes. The tutorials are fairly straight forward and Unity did a great Job in making them. I followed the tutorials and learned a few valuable things.  One thing I learned that I can use is the powerup code. The code I learned was that when i ran into the powerup it disappeared. This would be useful for my game as I need the player to collect coins that should disappear once the player drives into them. This tutorial was also pretty cool because of the visual effects that were used in the tutorial. I also got a nice small recap of the spawn manager code and of randomizing it even though I probably won't need it for the game that I will be making for my assignment. I'm looking forward to future tutorials such as an asset creating tutorial as this would be hugely beneficial for me so I can ...

 Game Fun I have done 3 reading listed below and I've learned about the different aspects of fun such as the 4 different types of fun. These include: Serious Fun : Changing the player and their world  People Fun : Having fun with friend in a coop game etc Hard Fun : Achieving difficult goals Easy Fun : Exploration, Creativity, Role play There is many ways that a player can have fun in games which can include speed running games, achievement hunting in games, creating worlds such as mine craft, vr games such as Phasmaphobia. These are great examples of different fun that some people have when playing games. There is even people that enjoy watching others play games rather than playing them themselves. People watch others play games on sites such as Youtube and Twitch. Ways I could incorporate fun into my game is by giving the player a goal in the game which can either be challenging or easy. I could also use things that I've mentioned above previously. Image Source ( https...

 First Playable (My Image) Above you can see a screenshot from my first playable game. In this version you can drive the car around and the map being built is in progress. I used a free asset off of the unity asset store for the car as I wanted something that looked somewhat sporty. I haven't had any issues as of yet creating my game I just feel I need to put in a good amount of time creating the map as I feel it is fairly slow creating different assets. I feel that the past tutorials that I have done have a played a good part in making my game as I find it easier to make the vehicle move because I've done it before because of the tutorials. I think that If I keep working on the game at a steady pace I'll be able to make it well. Link to my prototype read : https://endijsf.blogspot.com/2021/11/prototype-information-for-my-game.html 

 Game Decisions  After reading through some readings about the flow theory it has educated me on what it is. I think the flow theory is quiet interesting and that it is a really cool way to keep players engaged with the game they are playing. In a video I watched they showed a graph which I found really interesting. The graph I saw was from a video, here is a screenshot from that video. Link : (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H8pQyyXxHg&ab_channel=GameDesignwithMichael ) This graph tells us that when you present a player with a challenge, the player achieves a flow state within that challenge and it is up to the game developer to keep the player in that flow state in other words keep the player in the flow state.   Flow states can also be described as being in the zone and this is when a player is really connected to game they are playing when they may sometimes lose track of time. The players need to be placed within a flow state which is equal to their skill in the...