Reflect on Game Idea

• WHO are you designing your game for? This game is for kids that are being abused or neglected at home or any where else. This could also be for people that know somebody in this situation and could help them.

• WHAT will your game teach the player about your topic? My game will teach people how tell if a child is being abused or neglected ( like the signs of it happening ), it will also teach people how to stop child abuse.

• WHERE does your game happen? My game will be taken place at school and at little kids homes where the action is taking place. It will add to the learning experience because it will show that this can happen anywhere.

• HOW does your game world teach the player about your topic? It will help they be aware of whats happening at home or any where else.

• WHY is a game a better way of understanding your topic than a quiz? Its better than a quiz because the game is visual and it will give information as you are playing the game.

Civics: National Politics

My thoughts about this campaign video was that it was really strange! First of all why would this guy "Block" be on this campaign video ad and not Herman Cain? He isn't the person running for president. Then why would you show someone smoking on a presidential ad?! Then he says," get the United States back", like were we held under hostage? I don't think so. And the end of this ad was so wierd, him and that really creepy smile like 'ewww... Get away!'

March of the Penguins

What challenges do the penguins have to overcome?

They have to overcome the challenge of starvation and predators.

How does their habitat challenge their livelihood each day?

On some days its super cold and others its not as cold, and then there could be a big snow storm.

What types of adaptions do penguins need in order to survive brutal winters and predators?

They need to all stick together because in the cold they can keep each other warm and if a predator comes to attack them, they can all fight them off.

Why is there a period of time in which there is practically no sunlight? How does this effect the climate?

Its because they are so far up in the south pole, the sun can't always shine all the way there.

Why is it important that the ground be frozen solid during the moths of breeding?

If the ground isn't frozen solid while breeding the little baby penguins could fall through the ground and into the water and die.

How could climate change negatively impact the mating ritual of the Emperor Penguins?

The climate change could negatively impact the mating ritual because the weather could make the ice start melting and the sea water would rise. With no ice they would dire and eventually become extinct.

Game Review

While going to the wiki reviewing game genres and topics, I have learned which topics it would and wouldn't work out while creating an educational or social issue game. If you are creating an educational or social issue game it would probably wouldn't be the best idea to make your game genre on sports and racing. It is very hard to think of a way to incorporate education or social issues into it. It would probably be much better and easier to make an action, adventure, or strategy game. Some of the game features that stood out to me were how in some games the main character's limbs such as arms and legs, were moving.

Playing to Learn, Genre: Sports and Racing

Sport games usually have the sports that we play in real life today, like basketball, baseball, football, soccer, etc. When you are playing a racing or sport game you most likely have an other person playing against you, trying to beat you.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

Gravitee

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:

The Final Count Down

3. The game or games I liked the best:

Gravitee

4. What happens in the game or games:
In Gravitee you play golf in space trying to get it into the hole in the next planet trying to find its mass.

5. How you play the game or games:

To play this game you have to click and drag the golf ball using your mouse and put it into the hole.

Playing to learn, Genre: Strategy

Strategy games require you to use critical thinking and making very careful decisions about your next move. Strategy game also require you to analyzing the situation.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

PaleoQuest

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:

Ayiti the Coast of Life.

3. The game or games I liked the best:

Ayiti the Coast of Life.

4. What happens in the game or games:
In this game you have to pick your strategy, either happiness, health, money, or education and when the seasons change you have to make sure your whole family is healthy and happy.

5. How you play the game or games:

To play this game you have to click on each family member and make sure they are all healthy and happy. You also have to make sure the houses and garden is all taken care of.

Playing to learn, Genre Puzzles and Mazes

Puzzle and Maze games are usually to make the player think about the next move fast with little time. These games are usually hard and the player has to find their way out of somewhere or solve a problem fast.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

Cubefield

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:
I couldn't find a game that really taught about a social issue, but if I could make a game about a social issue, it would be about getting the poverty people on the streets and take them to homeless shelters so they can turn their life around and no be poor anymore and do something successful with their life.

3. The game or games I liked the best:
Cubefield

4. What happens in the game or games:
You have to get a little spaceship like object and take it to the end of the cubefield.

5. How you play the game or games:

You have to use the arrow keys to move the spaceship and move it side to side and try not to hit any of the cubes. If you do hit any of the cubes you die and have to try again.