Learning text

Today I learned how to use the text tool, it wasn't that hard and I had already messed with it a bit already. I then uploaded my game idea onto my wiki (Check it out) which took awhile because it kept showing up as blank for some reason. Now how I feel about getting started on the game process, I am nervous and excited at the same time. I just hope I meet my own expectations of myself and do a good job and get the story that I want into the game without losing my hair.

Heroes then and Now

The hero in "Gilgamesh" was a great hunter who wanted to kill a creature that was servant to the gods. If I remember correctly he was trying to kill this creature for honor, but that's only from my assumptions and inferences. Well a modern day video game character to which i find similar is the man named Wanderer in "Shadow of the Colossus". A man rides out into forbidden lands to save the one he loves. He must kill giant ancient creatures to bring her back. That's the only character I can think of that is similar. Here's a link to the official site. http://www.us.playstation.com/PS2/Games/Shadow_of_the_Colossus/OGS/

Now the story "The Illiad" is about Achilles, a powerful man that is invincible to everything except getting hit in the ankle. They actually made a flash game of him on addicting games.com, I'd say visit it but you can't while in school because it is blocked. It's a game where you just use your shield and spear to decimate your enemies armies for honor and glory.
http://addictinggames.com
Now here's the thing. I've compared each story to a game. I have found that modern day characters, this is my opinion not every one's, are a lot alike with the old stories. There a lot of games based on old lore's. "God of War" for one, I don't think there was actually a guy named Kratos, but it does have a lot of the Greek mythology and how they acted. So I am thinking they are based on the old stories.

My first game.

When I first saw what we were drawing I thought to myself, this is going to be easy. Boy was I wrong. Actionsript is a pain and you have to get everything perfect or it can screw up the entire program. I was lucky to get a carrot to move accros the screen let alone set up a scoring system. I am really glad though I am taking this class because I have always wanted to learn about game design. If anyone wants to see my game it is on the projects page on my wiki. It's not great but I am proud of my work, because it was a class effort to figure out all the coding. I can't wait to start our next project!

The Ultimate Purpose of the Epic Hero

The thing that Beowulf left behind for his people was untold riches and a inspirational story of a great king. Beowulf lived and died for his people and I don't think he would have had it any other way. Kudos to Beowulf the Geat Lord.

The effects of a story

I believe the story Beowulf was used to inspire great strength and heroism in warriors about to go into combat. It was meant to inspire men to greatness and to fight until the end and to still come out on top. I would like for my games to do the same except I don't want my gamers to go out into battle. Hahahaha.

This is Beowulf

Beowulf meets the requirements of a hero in many ways, he is strong, powerful, and he slays many beasts. He would do well in a video game as well but I do not think it would be very educational. Maybe if it was like map reading or based on history. Beowulf is sort of arrogant in my opinion though. He brags about all of his accomplishments and they are great, but pride is a horrible thing. He reminds me of another character from another game. Kratos from God of War, maybe they based Kratos on the stories of Beowulf. I don't know just thinking out loud. Characteristics for a game, the character must be unique and interesting. Those are the most important characteristics I think.

Hero

The super hero I'm going to write bout is Superman, probaly because I can't think of anyone else. Superman fights evil because he wanted to use his powers for good instead of destruction. He fights galactic evil for the good of everyone. He confronts all evil for mankind. He represents the ability to wear spandex in public and still be treated with respect. I'm just kidding, he represents all that is good about the human race even though he himself is not human.

Playing to learn

The first game I played and enjoyed was September 12th. It's objective was a wierd one, when you first pull up the game it says you can do wahtever you want, it tells you what the terrorists look like and what civilians look like. Then it says you can choose to fight them or not. It doesn't matter. Well if you kill the terrorists and destroy buildings the civialians turn into terrorists and for every building you destroy another one is built or repaired. I'm thinking it is trying to show the futility of war. http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm

The second game i played was Climate Change, It was a game where you play as a European leader and you have to help the world and your country go green without going broke. It is a really clever game and I think once people get the hang of it they will truly enjoy it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/