Proficiancy Project

I didn't know what poem to pick at first so i decided to google Poems.com and ireceived a lot of choices to choose from. I decided to pick danger because it is kind of vague and it would allow me to choose a variety of images. I chose the robot because he is always warning WILL robinson about danger. I also chose a vampire because it represents a mythological danger. I chose A bottle of pills because it reminded me of people doing drug overdose. I also chose waves hitting rocky peaks because ships have been known to sink after hitting them. I chose the skull because it is a universal sign of danger. I also thought that the coffee mug with the words "Danger Teacher in Bad Mood!" was kind of hilarious so i had to incorporate it in to the poem.

If i could work for a game company, which would it be and why.?

I have a couple of Gaming companies that i would like to work for. My first company choice would be Blizzard Entertainment because they created some award winning games like Starcraft, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 1,2, and 3. The company has been around for a while so i know the company is stable and probably won't go anywhere. I would like to start out as a game tester and then move up to Programmer because i like to bring the art to life by programming the movement and telling it what to do. I also wouldn't mind being there 3D Artist because i think i would like to take somebody Else's Art and making it better by using computer software. The company has been around for a while and they seem to have some creative people on their team and i would like to be a part of their future projects.
            I would also like to work for Bethesda because they have produced some good role playing games like "Oblivion" and i would like to be a part of their future projects, so i can have my name in one of the credits.

What will be the next big leap in the Gaming industry?

                       The next big leap will probably be someone will find a way to manipulate your brain waves. We alreadydiscovered how to use our bodies with out using any controllers. Now i guess someone will discover how to build a speacial device (helmet, hat, or glasses) to read our brain patterns and when you think something , the character will execute it. All you'll have to do is sit back in the chair, put the device on and think anything you want and the character will do anything that your thinking. I don;t think that is to farfetched because we have medical equipment that can read brain patterns, of course those machines are very expensive, but someone will come along and build a device that is more cost effective. When that happens probably every one will turn to gaming in one fashion or another.

A Unique concept for a game featuring kittens.

Your a kitten and the object of the game is to kill as many mice and birds as possible without being killed by vicious dogs. You start out with three lives. The boundaries are the inside of the house, the backyard and front yard. The resources you have are: you can drink milk to give you extra speed, You can use your claws to climb trees to get away from the dogs and to catch birds. In the back yard there is a merry- go- round that you can use to make the dogs dizzy, there is a swing set that you can jump over and the dog will follow and he will get tangled in the swing. There is also a sand box that you can use to throw sand in the dogs face blinding him.
 The front yard has a tire swing that you can jump through and the dog will get stuck in the tire and the tire will twirl making the dog dizzy. You can also jump on the porch swing and there is an open window you can jump through and that will cause the dog to lose sight of you.
 You can explore the house looking for mice and possibly find some cool hiding places to evade the dogs when you need to. The game is over when you lose all of your lives, or you kiilled all the mice and birds.
          Beginner level you have to kill 10 mice and five birds, intermediate: 40 mice and 15 birds, Expert: 100 mice and 50 birds.

A Unique concept for a Kinnect Game.

       I remember when i started playing video games back in the '80's, the games used joysticks, and their wasn't much graphics to them and there wasn't much detail to them. The games would only have three or four levels to them and if you managed to complete them with out dying you would just start back with the first level. In the '80's i would invision a game that didn't use controllers, instead you would use your body.
                          The Video game i think would be cool would be a war game of some sort. You would have to use your body. If you needed to take cover, you would actually have to take cover physically. If you needed to get on the prone ( stomach) position you would have to get down on your stomach. Your character would actually get on the prone. If you needed to run you would have to run in place and the faster you run, the soldier would run faster. If you wanted to shoot your weapon you would have to get in to a position like you were actually going to shoot someone and your character would do the same thing.
                This game would actually be good for the community because it would help people that are obese lose weight and the game could actually have a history lesson incorporated in it . It would actually trick people in to learning about other cultures.

What Game best utilizes the concept of "flow" to me?

   I have played a lot of different kinds of games in my life. I would have to say that Oblivion Elder Scrolls 4 Utilizes good "flow". In the game you start out in prison so you can get a chance to learn how to use your abilities, and you also get a mission that you have to complete, but you don't have to complete it right away. You can complete the mission any time you want. You also come across other things you can do, for example; you can join different factions, some factions are Mages Guild, and Fighters Guild, You can also do missions for different Shrines that are all over the land. There is also missions you can do for regular people. While your doing all of these different missions it always brings you back to the main mission and it also gives you a chance to learn new skills and make your character stronger.
                 I think that Oblivion uses good flow because you have to use all of your resources that you find. You have to use a silver, Daedric, or magical weapon to kill a ghost, or Wraith. You have to use your illusion magic to see in the caves if you don't have a torch. In some point you will have to use Conjuration magic to either distract an enemy, or to help you fight. You also have to use your sneak ability a lot during the thieves guild missions. It seems like every object, or resource is used in the game at one point or another.
            I have played the game a lot in the past two years and i'm pretty sure that i haven't found every mission in the game, and i'm pretty sure that i haven't found every object in the game. Oblivion seems to cater to the Explorer, and the achiever. How ever it also has someting for the collector, because you have to find some statues and you can also collect armor and weapons. The game seems to cater to a lot of different players and i think they pull it of nicely because it is hard to create a game that caters to everyone.
               As far as "flow", I think that when i played the game everything seemed to go together like a puzzle. No matter what you did you always came back to the main mission. When you finally complete the mission you can still explore, or finish any mission you haven't completed, and i think that it is good that the game is set up so you can continue to play and explore even after the story ends.

The First Video Game I remember playing regularly.

                         The first game i remember playing would have to be on an Atari 2600. It came with Pac-Man and i also baught Space Invaders,, Galaga, and there were a few others i can't remember. I baught the Atari 2600 system back in 1983, so the system has been out for a while. I also remember buying Pitfall and Pitfall 2. Pitfall 2 was a little different than Pitfall because if you get hit by a bat or Scorpion you wouldn't die, you would simply go back to your starting point and you would lose some points each time you got hit.
                            I would play Pitfall 2 all the time at first because i couldn't seem to get off this cliff. About 2 months later i was still trying to get off this cliff and i remember looking at the box it came in, think god i still had the box because the back of the box had a picture of your character standing on the same cliff and there was a ballon above him. I realized that i had to be patient and wait for the bat above me to pass and then the ballon came and all you had to do was jump up and grab the balloon and ride it up to the other side, without getting hit by the bat.
            When i figured out how to complete the game i would play the game again to see if i could complete the game with out getting hit by a bat or scorpion. If you could keep from getting hit, you would get a million points.