Power+Game

** Area of Interaction: Environments **
=== ** Significant Concepts: Basic video programming, and the appeal of virtual environments. Also, the positives and negatives of technology.) ** === === ** Unit Question: What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences? ** ===

** REQUIREMENTS: **

 * 1) === **Take the Power Game Test on Skyward. ** ===
 * 2) === **Create a new page on your wiki. Name it "Power Game". ** ===
 * 3) === **Copy and Paste this page onto your wikispace. ** ===
 * 4) === **Create your own video game using Power Game. ** ===
 * 5) === **You must work on this video game for 7 days. You should add new elements to your game every day! ** ===
 * 6) === **Make at least 5 levels on your video game. Your width for each level should be at least 2600. ** ===
 * 7) === **Take one picture of each of your levels. You should have at least 5 pictures. ** ===
 * 8) === **Name all of your pictures, "Power Game 1", Power Game 2", Power Game 3", and "Power Game 4". ** ===
 * 9) === **Upload all of your pictures onto your wikispace. ** ===

** 1. Take the Power Game Test on [|Skyward]. ** **DONE! ** **INVESTIGATE ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It helps you get a better product and to make anything easier. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * == **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How has virtual environments changed our society? ** ==
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We can communicate more easily and can keep you occupied. **
 * == **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How has technology impacted our environment? ** ==
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It helps us make anything almost everything more easily. It is the correct use of tools, so if you use them incorrectly... **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is the appeal of a virtual environment? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**It keeps you busy and can help you in some ways. It helps you do things in some ways.**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What are environments? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**An area of interaction.**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List three positives about virtual environments: **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**It keeps you busy, it can help you in some ways, it can help you in communication eg. facebook**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List three negatives about virtual environments: **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**Addictive, to much time, bad habits.**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What are the requirements of this assignment? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**To make a game with 5 levels and take pictures.**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why and when does the toolbar change in PowerGame? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**When you click on an object to change it.**
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List three items in the toolbar: **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**Characters, ammunition, enemies**

**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">PLAN ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Follow the plan I outlined below: ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 1: Skyward Test, Design Folder on your wikispace, answer the Investigate and Plan sections. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 2: Finish Skyward Test, Investigate, and Plan sections. Start Power Game. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 3: Complete first level. Don't forget that the width for each level needs to be at least 2600. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 4: Complete second level. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 5: Complete third level. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 6: Complete fourth level. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 7: Complete 5th level and the entire Design Folder, including uploading pictures on your wikispace. ** **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">CREATE **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Be nice to my software and computer. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Follow the steps of the plan I made you for you! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pay attention to the quality of your work! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Don't be a whiny baby that I have to babysit! **

**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EVALUATE ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Does your game have all five levels? If not, why? ** **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our game has 8 levels. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Are all of your levels at least 2600 in width? If not, why? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**All of our levels are at least 2600 unless they are more.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. How could you improve your game? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**We could improve our game by adding other items and forcefields.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. Share your game with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your game? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**He liked how it was hard but it was still possible.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7. Were you responsible in using the software and computer? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**Yes.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8. What problems did you have using power game? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**At first we had trouble masking...** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9. What did you like the least about power game? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**I did not like having to mask but the actual idea of it is pretty good.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10.What did you like the best about power game? ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**I liked the arctic cabbage the best especially when we gave the snowmen some as hats.** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11.What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences of virtual environments? (Write at least a paragraph!) ** **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People like virtual environments because it is fun, it takes your mind off of things, and you can use up lots of your time. Some positive consequences of virtual environments are that it is fun and it takes your mind off of things. Some negative consequences are that you could get addicted and everybody would hate you. You might get more violent if you are in violent environments. ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12.What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">**5.5**

**<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">THIS IS HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR LETTER GRADE: **
 * 1) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Investigate - 10  ** ===
 * 2) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Create - 10  ** ===
 * 3) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Evaluate - 10  ** ===
 * 4) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Attitude - 10  ** ===
 * 5) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Your game has 5 levels that are 2600 in width - 50  ** ===
 * 6) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> A picture of each level is on your wiki - 25  ** ===
 * 7) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> You answered the unit question - 20  ** ===
 * 8) === **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> TOTAL = 125 POINTS  ** ===