The Button Post

We just finshed putting buttons on our game and this stuff is probably the hardest stuff we have ever done. We just can't figure out how to switch screens when we press the button. We will figure it out sooner or later, but it will probably take a while. I say once we get over this little bump in the road it won't take anytime at all for us to get our game perfected. This will probably be the hardest part besides getting our trash can moving around the screen while the trash is falling. Chez warned us that it was hard so we were prepared for it!

The Canterbury Tales

So we just started reading the Canterbury Tales and its very interesting how Chaucer describes his characters in the book. First I will give you a description on what the tale is about. Chaucer is staying at a hotel and he meets these people. Then after talking to these people he decides that he will join their pilgrimage. Then as the journey begins he writes about what the characters look and act like.
First, Chaucer describes the knight. He says that the knight is a noble man which fought in the Crusades. He was dressed in a fustian tunic that has a rust on it. The knight brings his son along with him on the journey. He is named the Squire. The Squire loves to sing and play his flute. He is a 20 year old man that has red and white flowers embedded on his clothes. And the last person in their group was the Yeoman. He was a servant that was very heavily armed with arrows, a sword, a dagger, an arm shield, and a buckler. He also had his bow in his hands at all times.
Now Chaucer is describing the nun. Her favorite oath is “By St. Loy!” She sings religious tunes and has excellent table manners. She really cares about animals. She would probably cry if a mouse gets killed in a trap. She also has two dogs with her. She feeds them roasted flesh or milk. Her secretary rides along with her.
These are some of the characters in the book. They spread from the man of law, to the carpenter, to a doctor. I think Chaucer chose these characters because they all had a purpose for being there. They wouldn't just be on a pilgrimage if they didn't have a particular skill. You had the doctor in case you got sick on the way there. You had the knight and his son just in case you have trouble on the way there. They just all had a purpose to be there. When Chaucer describes these characters, he does it so well that I can almost see them right in front of my face. I think if I actually saw these people in real life this is what the people would look like.
In our game there isn't a human character. We have a trash can but if the people didn't know that it was a trash can then the game wouldn't make any sense. It is a huge part of our game. Describing characters isn't only important in books and movies. It is really important in games also. If the person playing the game doesn't have a good description of the characters then the they wouldn't understand the purpose of our game. I can't wait until we make our game!!\

This cite really help me understand the characters:
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section1/

Planning Your Game Blog

Today Jessica and I planned our game and gave each other our roles. My role was to code everything in our game. Her role is to design everything. I was chosen to do this role because I think I am decent at code and we need at least one person who knows what they are doing with the codes to make it work. Everything is going great with our game. We have disagreed on anything on our game. We are a great team. I look forward to completing our game and having other people play it. Its going to be really cool to know that other people is playing something that Jessica and I created. Our insparation for this game is there isn't very many jobs in our state and we can try to help our econmy and maybe businesses would come and give us more jobs.