Power+Game

=== Area of Interaction: Environments === === Significant Concepts: Basic video programming, and the appeal of virtual environments. Also, the positives and negatives of technology.) === === Unit Question: What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences? ===
 * POWER GAME TECH 1 **


 * 1. Take the Power Game Test on [|Skyward] .**
 * INVESTIGATE **
 * 2. ****How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? **
 * - Everyday, we investigate before doing something, and then plan ahead, then create, or do, and then evaluate how we did to do better next time. **
 * 3. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * == How has virtual environments changed our society? - It had influenced many people, both in positive and negative way, and gave people chance to be entertained. ==
 * == How has technology impacted our environment? - The technology had made our environment easier, but brought some negative effect. ==
 * **What is the appeal of a virtual environment? - New way of communicating, get connect to social community, and chance to experience a new way of living. **
 * **What are environments? - The environment is the surrounding. Something that makes up the surrounding is also a part of environment. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three positives about virtual environments: Fun, new experience, and may teach something. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three negatives about virtual environments: Addiction, waste of time, and waste of money **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What are the requirements of this assignment? **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">REQUIREMENTS:

 * 1) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Take the Power Game Test on Skyward.  ===
 * 2) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create a new page on your wiki. Name it "Power Game".  ===
 * 3) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Copy and Paste this page onto your wikispace.  ===
 * 4) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create your own video game using Power Game.  ===
 * 5) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">You must work on this video game for 7 days. You should add new elements to your game every day!  ===
 * 6) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Make at least 5 levels on your video game. Your width for each level should be at least 2600.  ===
 * 7) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Take one picture of each of your levels. You should have at least 5 pictures.  ===
 * 8) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Name all of your pictures, "Power Game 1", Power Game 2", Power Game 3", and "Power Game 4".  ===
 * 9) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Upload all of your pictures onto your wikispace.  ===
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Why and when does the toolbar change in PowerGame? -Toolbar changes when the different feature is selected. It changes because the toolbar is one that controls the feature and must control the feature that is selected. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three items in the toolbar: -Weapon, ammunition, and power up. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">PLAN **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Follow the plan I outlined below: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 1: Skyward Test, Design Folder on your wikispace, answer the Investigate and Plan sections. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 2: Finish Skyward Test, Investigate, and Plan sections. Start Power Game. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 3: Complete first level. Don't forget that the width for each level needs to be at least 2600. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 4: Complete second level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 5: Complete third level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 6: Complete fourth level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 7: Complete 5th level and the entire Design Folder, including uploading pictures on your wikispace. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">CREATE **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Be nice to my software and computer. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Follow the steps of the plan I made you for you! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Pay attention to the quality of your work! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Don't be a whiny baby that I have to babysit! **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">4. Does your game have all five levels? If not, why? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-Yes **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Are all of your levels at least 2600 in width? If not, why? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-Yes **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">5. How could you improve your game? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-I can improve the game by balancing up the initial hit points of the snowmen, and also by not giving exceeding amount of ammunition and too much power up, but giving enough. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">6. Share your game with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your game? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-My friend thought the last level was descent because it was very hard and challenging, but fun in same time. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">7. Were you responsible in using the software and computer? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-Yes **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">8. What problems did you have using power game? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-I had problem setting up the hot zone and when to activate the hot zone. The solution could not been found. Also, I had problem putting sounds to the new gun I created, but I couldn't find the sound. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">9. What did you like the least about power game? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-I didn't like that the game was too limited. If we could've changed more things, then it would've been better software. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">10.What did you like the best about power game? **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-I liked that we can create the game in the way we wanted and make them in a form in which we wishes it to be. We could experience the virtual environment by making the game. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">11.What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences of virtual environments? (Write at least a paragraph!) **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">- Virtual environment appeals the characteristics of something that we could never been able to experience yet. For example, it appealed freedom, letting us do whatever we wanted to do. Negative consequences of virtual environment is that if we gets too deep into it and get addicted, we cannot determine what's more important, virtual environment or reality. It has high possibility of getting addicted. In other hand, virtual environment has positive consequences such as letting us experience a new life style, and giving us chance of entertain ourselves. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">12.What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">-6! **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">**THIS IS HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR LETTER GRADE:** > <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;"> > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> > > ======
 * 1) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Investigate - 10  ===
 * 2) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create - 10  ===
 * 3) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Evaluate - 10  ===
 * 4) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Attitude - 10  ===
 * 5) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Your game has 5 levels that are 2600 in width - 50  ===
 * 6) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">A picture of each level is on your wiki - 25  ===
 * 7) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">You answered the unit question - 20  ===
 * 8) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">TOTAL = 125 POINTS  ===