This year i have learned a lot about computer programming and design. The start of this year was coding and developing skills in the implementation of ideas and making computers work for me. I moved on to app development and game development for a while through the year creating my own side scroller and trying to build an app. Then I moved on to Maya for a week to try and do three dimensional modeling; this was not my idea of fun. At the end of this year i came back to where i started and got back into coding.
My first venture into coding was C++ and Microsoft visual express. this was eye opening and informative on the ins and outs of creating code and the value of white space. I made some simple command line games and build upon the knowledge gained to make adjustments to a game engine that would be used to power the side scroller later. This base in C++ made transitioning into java script and more front end coding a lot easier and more intuitive.
Once I finished with making command line games i wanted to venture into UI and creating a game that was visual and appealing, i decided to go with game maker, and app developer. App developer felt to clunky and was not able to be tested effectively on the laptops so i stayed with game maker and made my side scroller. The sonic enters Mario world idea i went for was fun but there were too many glitches to make a running version of the game off of my computer. It was not responding to new rooms and i decided that i needed to use my time more effectively.
This led me to Maya, Maya was a lot more intuitive than blender last year which is why i chose it. In Maya i made a sword and shield and some general polygon work, this was fun and engaging. I soon tried to move on to more organic work but this proved to be too hard for my limited experience on an independent project. I made a couple more simple models and then headed back to where i started; coding.
Coding is what brought me into info tech class this year and I hope that i will be able to explore this a lot more effectively next year. This is what was fun and makes something use able, make something in text and see how it interacts with other pieces of a very intricate puzzle. Next year i plan to come back to coding and focus on it for the whole semester.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Monday, 9 June 2014
June 9th
Almost done java script
, got stuck building a cash register, had to look up how to implement a constructor again..... it is just remembering the syntax that is challenging, the actual language is quite simple
Friday, 6 June 2014
June 6th
got to finish this section and moving on to the next section of javascript
also got some achieves.
June 5th
UGH GOT STUCK for some reason this one exercise took all class.....
it was not my code, at the end of class i remembered the glitch with codecademy, this whole class was almost wasted but i found out you could assign floating strings to variables for for loops.
it was not my code, at the end of class i remembered the glitch with codecademy, this whole class was almost wasted but i found out you could assign floating strings to variables for for loops.
June 4th
Almost done javascript, at least this section, did work with private/Public variables
got up to passing arguments
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