Robbie Cahill Multimedia Development

 And so we continue onto reading week 4 (or 16 if you would prefer)

Previously I considered a variety of ideas which I could translate into a full video game. However most of the game ideas were far too big for me to do. I believe that there was a single idea that could work very well. Creating a racing game where you drive about on a long stretch and try to avoid traffic. I firmly believe this would be better for my current skill level. A game with more scale would require more time and likely more members. I also believe this link could explain why my peers could enjoy a racing game One mechanic that I believe would work very well is actually jumping. In the game I used to play you could jump over traffic. This was vital as the longer you played the faster you went. It was a very fun mechanic, seeing a large taxi leap over other cars in a cartoonish manner always brought me endless amusement as a child. New obstacles would also benefit this game, such as overtaking buses and other fast vehicles. Although there could be other types of obstacles added ...

  Feedback is a very important part of improving. Not just in work situations, but in order to grow as a human being. One of the articles I found very interesting was Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!”  .  This article questions what most people would believe. Pointing out that explaining to children why a quiet classroom would function better makes the children kinder and more thoughtful. Lilian Katz, an authority on early childhood education. Make a great point about the negative side-effect of children constantly hearing "Good Job". She stated that "Once attention is withdrawn, many kids won’t touch the activity again." There is also research to back up her claim. Showing that if people are rewarded more for doing something then they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to do. Feedback Source:  Flickr I believe the article  What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?  offers great advice on helping small children with feedback. This article points ...

This task was very difficult but also very rewarding. I got on very well with the first section of this task. Adding the finishing touches to the small car game was very intriguing. Changing the speed of the vehicle was something I found very cool. It was also very fun to play-test the game. Whilst completing the first section of the Unity task was relatively easy it was the second section which I experienced much greater difficulty with. The second part of the task involved making a plane game work easily, the desired result for the Unity work was shown in a video. Our task was to make this game work exactly as shown in the example video This involved making a plane move, without the assistance of videos or instructions. Therefore we essentially had to create most of the game code from scratch. C# Scripts Source:  Flickr I also have difficulty with the C# Scripts, specifically naming them and placing them in the right spot. Fortunately I was able to sort these out and everything t...