Final Game Project

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23552238/

This is a link to my final game project.  For this project, I made a game where there were three levels of mazes.  Making this game was very fun and difficult.  In the game there is a make a block feature, unique sprites, different backgrounds, sounds, broadcast, interaction, multiple levels, conversation, and even a scoring system.  I am very happy with my final project and I hope everyone has fun playing the game.

Purpose of My Game

The purpose of my game is to make it through the three levels of a maze.  You are the scratch cat and you move by using the arrow keys through the maze to find your lost dog friend.  When you find the dog in the first maze, he runs away and the background changes to level 2.  Once you complete this maze, the dog runs away again and the cat must complete the level 3 maze to finally find the dog.  Each time the cat hits the wall of the maze his score will drop by 1 point.  When he finds the dog the score will be increased by 1 point.  There will be a short conversation with the dog and the cat each time they find each other between levels. 

De-Bug It Reflection

The De-Bug It activities are very fun.  They combine your skills of the program with your problem solving skills.  My usual strategy was just to try what I thought would work and if this did not work, then I would start over with a new idea to fix it.  I would constantly use the green flag to check if I was making progress in solving it as I worked. 

Debug It 2.1 - 2.5

2.1         http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23504760/
2.2         http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23504871/
2.3         http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23507186/
2.4         http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23507599/
2.5         http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/23507965/

Interactivity Puzzles Reflection

This activity on the scratch program was the most fun of any activity we have done so far.  I thought the sensing blocks that made certain sprites do things when they touched other sprites made the scene look very cool.  One of the three puzzles was making the dog bigger when the letter "b" is pressed and the dog smaller when the letter "s" is pressed.  The second puzzle was making the cat say excuse me when the dog bumped into the cat.  The final puzzle was making the dog change costume and color and run to the corner whenever it touched the cat.  The sensing blocks really make me think of how I could use them in my final project because they make the program so interactive. 

Cat and Dog Interactivity Puzzles

Backdrop Change Reflection

Just like sprites, there are many default backdrop stages on the Scratch program already.  There is a block that says "When backdrop changes to ______________" and the sprite will do whatever code is below this block when the stage changes.  Movies, power-point presentations and video games all use background changes in them.  Devin changed the scene when the discussion of the penguin got heated and the penguin then changes character. 

Penguin Jokes with Backdrop Change Features

Broadcast Penguin Joke Reflection

I would use broadcast whenever I have two sprites in the program having a conversation.  Instead of using the Wait 2 seconds blocks, the broadcast block makes the conversion flow better with less pauses.  After you broadcast a message, the other sprite needs to use the block "When I receive this message" to receive the broadcast. This application is very useless to the program and I enjoyed learning about this because I had never known about it before.

Broadcast Penguin Joke Remix

Make a Block Reflection

The Make a Block activity on Scratch was also very easy.  I like how one block can be holding as much code as the whole script.  I would definitely use the Make a Block feature when I have very long code.  To explain this block, you define a certain block with a lot of code so that when you use that block the code that defines it is what the sprite does.  This feature is very useful and I would recommend people to use it when they have a large chunk of code. 

Make a Block

Debug It Reflection

The Debug It activity was pretty easy.  Since I have used Scratch before, I would usually know how to fix the mistake.  If I were to help someone else try and do this activity the best advice I could give would be to just keep trying new ideas you have and eventually the program will make more sense and come easier to you. It takes a decent amount of problem solving to do this activity but usually you can find the answer fairly quickly. 

Debug # 5

Debug # 4

Debug # 3

Debug It # 2

Debug It # 1

Scratch 2: 10 Block Challenge Reflection

This ten block challenge was very simple.  Ten blocks were used to create an animation of the scratch sprite doing a simple thing.  It limited you to only 10 different blocks, so the code was very precise and constricted some ideas that you might have.  I liked the task, but thought it was very easy.  I learned how the x and y axis of the picture works and I like how the animation starts when you click on the sprite. 

10 Block Challenge

Scratch #1 Reflection

I did not find anything surprising about the Scratch program because I have used Scratch before. I did not like having to go through the program step by step.  I would rather we get to make our own steps to exercise our own ideas.  I like having more freedom on these programs and I feel more creative when we do not have to follow a series of steps.

Scratch #1

Webpage Design Review

Many problems arose while making my own webpage.  One problem I had was changing the size font of each of the headings.  To fix this I learned to make everything heading 1 and not go down from heading 1, then 2, then 3 and so on.  Another problem I had was making a border around text on the webpage.  To fix this I found out how to put borders around the images on my webpage to fill that requirement.  A third problem I had was changing the font color of the links.  I never figured out how to fix this and left the links a blue color.

I also had many successes while making my own webpage.  One success I had was making lists on the webpage.  I had no issues making bullet-point lists on the webpage.  Another success I had was getting the correct images into the webpage and aligning them to the right.  Each image I used was the correct size for the webpage and did not screw up the format of the page as a whole. 

My favorite aspect of the whole process was learning how to code for images, different paragraphs, headings, links, bold text, italic text, and many more different things that can be used in HTML. 

Boston Sports Teams Webpage

Boston Sports Teams

Boston Bruins: 2014 Playoff Round Vs. Montreal Canadiens

Bruins Vs. Canadiens

• Game 1: Bruins-3, Canadiens-4
• Game 2: Bruins-5, Canadiens-3
• Game 3: Bruins-2, Canadiens-4
• Game 4: Bruins-1, Canadiens-0
• Game 5: Bruins-4, Canadiens-2
• Game 6: Bruins-0, Canadiens-4
• Game 7: Bruins-1, Canadiens-3
• The Official Boston Bruins Website

Boston Red Sox

World Series Teams

• 1903
• 1912
• 1914
• 1915
• 1916
• 1918
• 2004
• 2007
• 2013
• The Official Boston Red Sox Website

  Boston Red Sox teams that lost the World Weries in Game 7 during the 1918-2004 deficit.

  • 1946 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1967 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1975 loss to the Cincinnati Reds
  • 1986 loss to the New York Mets

  New England Patriots

  SuperBowl Teams

  • 2001-2002
  • 2003-2004
  • 2004-2005

    Patriots teams that lost the Super Bowl

    • 1985-1986 loss to the Chicago Bears
    • 1996-1997 loss to the Green Bay Packers
    • 2007-2008 loss to the New York Giants
    • 2011-2012 loss to the New York Giants

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About Reading

Reading is a suburban town North of Boston. It has a population of about 25,000 people.

Reading Schools

The Reading school system is very good. RMHS offers many different levels of classes ranging from college prep classes to Advanced Placement classes.

Reading Sports

Reading High School offers many sports all year round. The Reading track team has even won the Middlesex League championship 29 years in a row.
Fall Sports

• Soccer
• Football
• Cross Country

Winter Sports

1. Hockey
2. Basketball
3. Track

Spring Sports

ST

Spring Track

BB

Baseball

LAX

Lacrosse

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About Reading

Reading is a suburban town North of Boston. It has a population of about 25,000 people.

Reading Schools

The Reading school system is very good. RMHS offers many different levels of classes ranging from college prep classes to Advanced Placement classes.

Reading Sports

Reading High School offers many sports all year round. The Reading track team has even won the Middlesex League championship 29 years in a row.
Fall Sports

• Soccer
• Football
• Cross Country

Winter Sports

1. Hockey
2. Basketball
3. Track

Spring Sports

ST

Spring Track

BB

Baseball

LAX

Lacrosse

Links and Background Color do not work on Blogger.

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Who?

Hello! My name is Mike Dente! I am a student at Reading Memorial High School!

My Background

I am in the elective computer apps, 4 honors classes for English, Spanish, history, and math, and an AP class for chemistry. Science is my favorite subject and I hope to be a doctor someday.

Sports I play

I play soccer in the fall and track in the winter and spring. Right now, the spring track season is coming to a close with only one more meet left against Woburn.

Mike Dente
Computer Apps
Reading Memorial High School

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About The Bruins

Hi! The Boston Bruins are currently in the run for the Stanley Cup, but face the Montreal Canadians in a seven game series.

Bruins Vs. Canadians

Currently the Bruins are losing the series 2-1. The first game ended with a 3-4 loss for the Bruins. Next game the Bruins won by a two goal lead of 5-3. The third game of the series the Bruins lost 2-4. Who knows if the Bruins will move on?

Boston Bruins

The Bruins are from Boston, Massachusetts and have been around since 1924.

Mike Dente
Computer Applications
Reading Memorial High School

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About Mike

Hi! My name is Mike Dente! I am a student taking the Computer Applications course at RMHS!

Computer Science can be fun, informative, and sometimes even a challenge! We have learned about all the different tags in HTML and what they all stand for. Did you know HTML stand for Hypertext Markup Language? I think learning about HTML is fun and customizing our own webpages would be exciting.

X-Ray Goggles

The X-Ray Goggles application on Mozilla Web-maker was very fun.  It was very amusing to change the pictures and writing on many different websites.  I chose to change the front page of Edline, The front page of Google, and the front page of Reddit.

Edline




 Google




Reddit