Last day of internship

Yesterday was the last day of the internship.

We did not manage to complete the game but the experience was worthwhile as I've learned quite an amount of things.

For example, making the lineart light brownish gives it a more natural feel.
Our game will not be going to the company, so I'll post a picture I drew for it.

Lightbrownish lineart =)


Groupmates will pass me the game when they're done with it!!

Ta =)

3rd last day of internship

Hey.

For our game, we are going to have a short introduction "movie" - show the storyline. I drew most parts of it and my groupmate edited it. It is very funny.
Here's a screenshot of it.



I wrote the storyline, it goes like this. The boy's rocket was on his on the way to Saturn but he crashed into an unknown planet, Elementia. The Elementians-aliens begged him for help to recover their lost elements of the periodic table. Okay - more like they threatened him - they took his rocket. So only if he finishes his adventure will he be able to get back to Earth. That's about it =)

The guys are doing the game levels right now. Powerless me has no knowledge in actionscript, so I'm waiting for any more graphics I can make.

4th Day of Internship

Hi!!!!

What's going on so far.
After a discussion with Amdon's game designer, we've decided to make an RPG type game where we control the player. We browsed through the textbook and listed out the uses of elements on the periodic table.

Discussing the game let me know that planning an educational game was difficult. I was thinking if it was even possible to make something interesting and enriching and challenging all at the same time. Research has to be done on the topic too. Thus, I now have more respect for people who create educational games as they have more factors to consider.

My groupmates have planned the layout of the game and the obstacles.
I'm doing the graphics of the game right now.

The game goes like this: The player has to get past obstacles to finish the adventure. To eliminate the obstacles, the player has to make use of his knowledge of the uses of different metals and non metals. For example. Mercury expands when heated, right? So if there is a box with mercury inside blocking the player, the player has to heat it, and the box will then explode. Then he's got past this obstacle. There will be many obstacles of this nature that relies on his knowledge of Chemistry. Of couse, if he is stuck, he can click on the HINT button we've prepared for him.

What I've learnt
I must say that I've boosted my prowess in Macromedia Flash.

Firstly, with the help of a guide, I made an animation of a walking character. You may think that this is easy but there are actually 8 cycles of walking. I thought it was a challenge as I've to draw them(the cycles) individually.
Here are the 8 cycles.

It took quite a while, but i did it.


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2nd Day of internship

Today is the 2nd day of my internship with Amdon Consulting Pte Ltd.

Project
I was grouped with two other interns, both from RI. We were tasked to make an educational game together.

My job
We will definitely be doing the game on flash MX. And since I only know how to create small animations with flash MX and I'm more accustomed to creating graphics, I will be in charge of the graphics and game design. The other two know how to do lots of programming. Together we'll make the game a success.

I'll be using flash MX and Adobe Photoshop.

Whats happening right now.
We've chosen the topic "Chemistry - Elements Compounds and Mixtures".

We've come up with many types of game we could do.
1) Adventure game where you change some obstacles to make sure your character can move on. Eg. Rust Yard from www.nitrome.com

2) Bubble game, where you aim and shoot at bubbles of the same colour to pop. Except the bubbles now become atoms and we've to combine them to make compounds. Eg. Faerie bubbles from www.neopets.com

3) iPhone Bubble game, where you drag bubbles of the same colour together to pop them. Except the bubbles now become atoms and we've to combine them to make compounds. The game is in the Apple iPhone.


We've yet to decide this. We will be discussing this next time.