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I fixed a few bugs today. One really had me stumped. I was stumped on the bug that would not let me restart the game after dying 3x. Im stillnot sure what exactly cured it but its cured.  I came across the cordy game a few days ago..Totally inspired me. I love how once a certain location is reached and you can trigger events by jumping on objects for example, buttons. I implemented that idea in the last level-of course I would love to do more of that, but that involves some serious thinking–plus coding camera movements–NOT THERE YET! but i will be.   I added a button with an arrow pointing to indicated that ziggy needs to jump on the button to release the draw bridge!!!I will user bob berkebile new class that he recently updated to trigger the rotation on that bridge.

I also plan on getting my blog to show categories. For example, If i blog about xml, javascript–all of it gets categorized. I also plan on having a complete gaming section–since this is one of my new fond hobbies!!:)

If one would observe the previous screencapture that posted, It shows ZIggy making it to level 2. I guess its hard to tell that you are in a new level,but you are. SO I went in and made changes to the sky-to indicate the difference. I will also do so in level 3.

I will go in and build level 3 throughout the weekend. I fixed the part where at the end of Level 1-her trigger automatically throws up a “Heck Yea” screen and throws her into the second game map. I made it so that the “Completion Screen”-remains permanent until the enduser clicks contine. Then Ziggy is dropped into the second map.

On A flex/flash builder note. I have been doing lots of research and tutorials. The only issues is I cant get it installed on none of my pcs-and its only a demo version. Why am I trying to get into flex? Well- multiple reasons. Besides that its always great to expand skills, Adding mini applicaton development ensures alot of me because you never know what the future may hold. So If i can develop mini apps or just any sort of interactivity in flex–that would be awesome. I am trying to develop an app in flash alone but seems like I will have to work with flex(although flex uses Actionscript 3) and php. PHP seems very frightening!!! But thats another post for another day.
All I can say is its amazing what one can accomplish when you really want to.

I finally uploaded a screen recording of levels 1-2. I also went in an implemented a character selection screen in which the “end user” will have the ability to go in and choose which character they want. Do i have 2 other characters underdevelopment? No- only one!WHat are my plans with this game upon completion. Yes- I do plan on releasing this on the IPHONE/IPAD. This game actually should have been completed months ago-but I have been slacking on development. I could actually sit here and code up all the rest of the gameplay/menus/ and other screens within about 5-6 hours, but I have other priorities at the moment.

I plan on getting super duper seriously about Casual Game Development for the iphone/ipad/android. Obviously development using javascript only! Though this engine supports C# and Boo. Javascript as I iterated earlier–resembles actionscript to me. I –did some research a few days back on iphone apps. Yes, lots of the apps suck but have gotten published. I will be so ecstatic to release my apps. Ive seen 8 year kids publish their apps on the iphone and they appear to be quite underdeveloped, but hey just getting your app in the appstore to me is a great deal! Regardless of how much cash I generate from this game and some other games I plan on developing--I absolutely love this.
I came up with another idea for a new game, but I need to wrap this one up first. I have several kid games in my head that I want to develop and get published......time will tell. Hopefully the ZIggyPop game will be out by October 2010.

My game now has 2 levels. I did get the collisions to work. I utilize the itween class developed by Bob Berkebile.The class is also helping me with another project for work. I use it for simple movements. It cuts down on the coding by using this class-very handy. Anyways- The game actually should have been complete but I am constantly testing it to see if it is too challenging. I will have the levels get harder as the game progresses.

***I realize that unity has allowed me to easily transition to actionscript 3.0. Maybe because I have read so much javascript code and even created my own little snippets in unitron- its making the transition super smooth. The transition has been delayed and delayed-but delving back into as3.0 t after experimenting with unity the past 6 months makes it definately more understandable and worthwhile. I think the reason is-that in unitron I can see visual updates of my code and get a better understanding of how code is implemented in games and that helps me translate it into actionscript 3.0

I went through half of an as3 book in 3hrs. I just ordered another!

I have been slacking a bit on this project. Simply because the collisions work in a smaller file but not the actual game file. And I am working a game for work-which definately trumps this personal project. Anyways..I can’t seem to get ziggys collision with the dinosaur to trigger a print function. Below is the game status.

I have been busy the last several months. Now that I knocked out the project, I am ready to get back on the grind with my unity3d games. Today- I went backinto my mushroom game. I added some objects that can be collected, a sound when they are collected, and a gui hud that updates whenever they are collected.  Check out the progress on my youtube page.

The past year I have been creating learning objects from scratch and making them function with LMS.Why is this
important? Having the skills or knowledge to work with scorm opens a lot of doors. Having the ability to take
work and make is scorm compliant allows the creation of  custom applications geared particularly for
students-and have their scores fed to a LMS. In other words, a developer can take any object and make it corform
with certain standards and see their students end results(pass/failure/complete/incomplete).

What else can be done?
Custom training software
Games
Activities
Videos

The biggest kicker of all..is games. Anygame in flash can become scorm conformant with scores sent to an LMS.
Lets take for example, a kids space game with a rocket. A kid drives a rocket in outer space, land on certain
planets, answer questions here and there. Final scores sent to an LMS. The applications is not only a learning
object but it becomes an educational adventure game where children can thrive while learning.

Another example. This example is catered heavely to the telecommunications industry. Lets say for the coolness
factor, you  have a virtual 3d store.
The store has employees, customers, store manager,and store products. Pretty much a simulated virtual 3d store.
A first person or 3rd person controlled character can navigate the environment–in any order. When the character
collides with a worker, or object(counter) a series of questions or instructions may appear. The character
atagonist, maincharacter—whomever has the ability to follow the task at hand or answer the questions, regardless of
the task -scoring is necessary. Obviously a series of directions may need to appear in GUI from time to time
to lead the character. Maybe after a certain areas have been entered and completed a door to the managers office
opens or maybe that triggers a character to appear.

Is this even possible? heck yeah! anythings possible with
given time, research, and tools…especially the power of javascript- the world can be conquered..well the
virtual world in this here case. Javascript has the ability to communicate with a pletora of languages.

Of course Level 4 projects like these involve a great deal of time and research- developing and finalizing a piece
like this is very rewarding!!! I have a watered down version that created. I will post a screencapture in the coming days. I do plan on converting this project.

Its a new year. New ideas mixed with old. I have a few projectst that i would like to polish out-and complete-and even start. I also have a couple of career goals I indeed would like to see myself achieve. I have my plan outlined in 3 month increments. I take everything 3 months at a time-because its the farthest I can see at times. Glancing back at my goals and objectives of the previous year- I accomplished alot skill wise and am indeed proud of myself. This year- I would like to see myself do more with what I have learned this past year.

This is my first walk through. Yes- i see places where the character’s mesh is going through. Some areas also needs collsion on them. Some of the environment models are also not correct–if you view the concept sketch- the level is a bit off. I will adjust accordingly to resemble the map.  A couple other elements are needed for this environment.

After working with Elearning/ Interactive/ Animation  media for almost nearly 5 years…I realize that this project is the best I have done. Not far as quality but aesthetic. I quickly whipped up the models just to see what are the possibilities as far development goes. Whats amazing about this project is the fact that I took my “own” character and made a world for her that which she could navigate. I see so many possibilities with having game development skills and working with elearning. Its amazing what you can do -if you place your heart into it.

Check out Ziggy!! She is the main character that I am working on for the game. She will endure many obstacles on her short challenge. I am so proud because this will be my first completed game.

I have been working vigourously on the environment map models, which is based on the concepted sketch below.  I try to give the world a fantasy feel…hope it turns out well.

Hi. I have been working on a mini game. Here is an image of the  concepted environment. I am currently modeling the world in 3d. The object of the game is to basically get from point A to point B. Point A is represented by a windmill home. Point B is represented by the mushroom home. So here I will be posting the development process from start to finish. The character will obviously have a series of challenging obstacles that may prevent her from reaching her destination.