Technology is the coolest thing! I spent the evening linking up with my Globaloria teammates, Larry and Tascha. We are running down to our crunchtime of getting our game put together so that we will be ready for our "check-in" meeting with Shannon this week. Are we ready?--We sure do hope to be!
During our training session in November, teams were formed to allow the "newbies" a chance to experience what our students are currently doing in class. Our team, "A Guy and the Dolls" survived the information overload provided us during the training (leaving with a somewhat "deer in the headlights" look) in Charleston and have since been working solo and together via the team project pages and gmail. This evening, we were able to link up using gmail and skype. We discussed our progress, wow moments, and moments of frustration. As a result, we have put our gameplan (pun intended) together and hope to have at least one game level ready for our session with Shannon next Thursday. ---For such a small person, who would think Shannon would merit such a presence (like a trip to the principal's office? LOL)!
Overall, the process has been fun (no pain, no gain, right?) and VERY enlightening. I have learned a lot by working HOURS on just keyframes, sound, and tweening...grrr! Without the Christmas break, I would not have had the time needed for me to get as far as I have. I am also thrilled to note that our team has found areas we are comfortable in working on so that we can optimize our team work and progress toward a working "game". Now I keep checking our project page to check what has been uploaded so that I can do my part and then allow my teammates to do theirs. I feel like my face is glued to my monitor!
During our training session in November, teams were formed to allow the "newbies" a chance to experience what our students are currently doing in class. Our team, "A Guy and the Dolls" survived the information overload provided us during the training (leaving with a somewhat "deer in the headlights" look) in Charleston and have since been working solo and together via the team project pages and gmail. This evening, we were able to link up using gmail and skype. We discussed our progress, wow moments, and moments of frustration. As a result, we have put our gameplan (pun intended) together and hope to have at least one game level ready for our session with Shannon next Thursday. ---For such a small person, who would think Shannon would merit such a presence (like a trip to the principal's office? LOL)!
Overall, the process has been fun (no pain, no gain, right?) and VERY enlightening. I have learned a lot by working HOURS on just keyframes, sound, and tweening...grrr! Without the Christmas break, I would not have had the time needed for me to get as far as I have. I am also thrilled to note that our team has found areas we are comfortable in working on so that we can optimize our team work and progress toward a working "game". Now I keep checking our project page to check what has been uploaded so that I can do my part and then allow my teammates to do theirs. I feel like my face is glued to my monitor!
Hey Ms. Leef,
ReplyDeleteI hope that you had a great week off. I'm going to have to get busy on making stuff in flash. I haven't done anything. I will be working on it.