My civics engagement blog.

There are a few things in our game that I would like to have done. One was that whenever you collect a scroll that Sacajawea would put it in her hair that looks somewhat like an Afro. Another one was that we would liked to have more than one character that you could play as but we were scraped for time so we just kept the one. There were a lot more little odds and ends we could have added but this is our first game in flash so it will not be the best but we will try. Hopefully with some luck we will have an even better game next year.
http://myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:The_Dancing_Goombas_of_Doom!!!!!

Mycivics engagement blog.

I comminted on Annas blog because I liked how she explained that putting the learning part into a game is hard. This is a link to her blog so you can read it and see what I am talking about.

http://annaglobaloria.blogspot.com/

My civics engagement.

I think that the geography was hard to teach because it was hard to find good information and to find a way to incorporate into our game was difficult. But that is when I came up with the ideal for information scrolls.

This is a big scroll I found when I was looking for pictures.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls This is a link to take you to a page about dead sea scrolls. We also teach through the use of obstacles such as trees and rocks to show that it was rough country they were going through. It was hard to think of a way to put it in our game but when I figured out how to it was easy.

My civics engagement blog.

I think that on TV and radio the people present the facts in a way that benefits them. They try there best to persuade us to go to there side. It is hard to find a place were you can get facts that are true without someone trying to change it to there benefit. So the best way I have found to find good information is to check many different places and compare them. The way I do it is to search for sites and then narrow it down to the best few then I use those.

This is a Honda Civic it has no real relation with civics but when I searched this is what came up. But I did manage to find an actual civics picture.

My civics engagment blog.

The team I chose is the Muffin Tanks. There game is Survival of the smartest it is about the second amendment. In there paper prototype I can see that there is a little man that gets the box and makes the question come up. In there demo you have to click it I thank that is a good adjustment because it is easy to make a button but some times it is hard to collect stuff like that.



In there level I see that there is one enemy that you defeat but I like the new level were there are a bunch of enemy's coming and you have to shoot them. One of the big changes is the characters the use of stick figures is a classic look that I really like.

http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:Muffin_Tanks

Here is the link to there team page.

My civics engagement.

The team I pick is The Muffin Tanks from South Harrison HS the name of there game is Survival of the Smartest. There game is about the second amendment they are trying to teach anyone who wants to learn about the second amendment. I like the look and feel of there game the way it is played just blows my mind. I mean they have a question about the second amendment then is they get it right you get a power up that will help you in the level. From what I have seen on there team page they have two different level types one where the enemy's come from the left and you have to collect them to score points. The other is the one I like the best were the enemy's come from the sky and you have shoot them and dodge them.

http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:Muffin_Tanks

Here is a link to there page check it out it is awesome.

My civics engagement blog.

When collaborating with my partner on the paper prototype I had fun. We shared ideals and thoughts to find the best topic on for our game. He wanted a Mario style game but I suggested that it be about Lewis and Clark. It was a little challenging to think of something like Mario but linked to civics. It just so happens that the day before I watched a movie with Lewis and Clark in it. We both had a big hand in the storyline but he did most of the artwork.http://myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:The_Dancing_Goombas_of_Doom!!!!!

This is a link to The Dancing Goombas Of Doom team page where you can watch our paper prototype.