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Last term I remember posting about Web 2.0 under my post titled "The Future Of The Internet". But since this task has been put up under Term 3 Activities, I thought I might as well complete it in my spare time as I've finished the assessment.
1. When a single tag is clicked and opened it shows the tools and applications available under that specific category. But when two tags are clicked the toolbar combines the two tag entries to show results that fall under both categories.
The sites under "communication"are all social networking, chatting and sharing applications and tools.
2. This technology can be used to save memory space on a computer as everything can be stored and done over the Internet. There wouldn't be as much need of USB's or portable hard drives as everything can be stored online. This can create efficiency and the use of simpler applications.
* For more information look up my previous post titled, "The Future of the Internet".
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Ok so I didn't finish the word document part completely, but I do aim to have all of it done in this lesson. I'm undergoing the process of testing the game itself right now and I've also come up with another idea which is having another side of the game that uses lyrics or clips of video instead of just sample clips of audio(I seriously don't know why I get more ideas when it's too late).
Though I'm encountering a slight problem as I always seem to do with the school computers(compatibility issues), but I think the issue is minor so it shouldn't take too long to fix. It's just an issue with loading the reference components with the audio clips. I also have to fix up the fonts because the original font I used worked on the school computers but not my home computer, but the font that I used at home doesn't work at school, so I've gone with using default fonts to avoid this problem in future. I'm thinking that if I can't fix these issues at school, that I'll just burn the installation CD at home so I don't have to have things clash.
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I've burnt the CD and now I'm testing it, but I think my game requires Windows Media Player 11 to function correctly. I've included that note into the read me, so I'll just arrange with Mr. Lennon on how to test the game on system with Windows Media Player 11.
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To my surprise I've finished the game !
And to my surprise even more.... I actually stuck to my original idea and completed it !
The game is called "Tune Tracker" which is created by myself under MaeMae Productions.
Now all I have to do is test the game at school to make sure everything is functioning correctly to their system. I've already checked everything on my home computer and everything's working great. Even what I didn't expect to get right, which was the embedding sound files into the game, I managed to complete after hours of research, but I think it's going to pay off... I hope.
I've also almost finished the word document and I'm about half way through it, so I'll finish the other half tomorrow and have it ready by Monday's lesson. In Monday's lesson I'll also have to publish the game after I make sure it's all working good.
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I've finally decided on what game I'm going to make for my assessment. I'm going to make a music quiz in which the player listens to a 30 second sample of the song and has to choose from the available answers the title of the sampled song. Though according to Mr. Lennon it's very complex, also adding that he can't help me as much, but I hope I can achieve my goal. Of course fortunately if I've miscalculated and set my goals a little too high for myself, I have a back up plan that runs along the same lines and I'll blog about my back up plan if it comes to me having to take it.
So far I've made good progress and have fully designed the main menu interface (form 1) and the instructions page (form 2) easily and I've also decided to use multiple forms with this project, having no difficulties so far. I have about 5 samples of 30 second clips of audio which I've edited for the 5 different questions within the game (obviously I won't be creating the full game so I guess this assessment would be like a demo version of the full game). Both forms 1 and 2 are working.
Today I'll be starting on the third form which is the gaming interface (form 3) and just adding all the objects I need such as buttons, radio buttons, labels and picture boxes. I'm also conducting research as to how to embed sound sources into the game for the song samples as we haven't covered it in class.
I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Thank You.So I've been going through the tasks for the term that I haven't completed yet for some reason and this one's about flowcharts which are used to show the process of something. I should be creating a flowchart of my own for my project later this term.
1. What is a flowchart?
A flowchart is a means of visually displaying information which are used to show the process of operations in sequence.
2. Basic Flowchart Symbols:
- Start/End- The start or end of a flowchart is displayed by a rectangle with rounded edges.
- Computational Steps/Processing Function- Displayed by a rectangle box.
- Input/Output Operation- Displayed by a parallelogram leaning to the right.
- Decision Making/Branching- Displayed by a rhombus.
- Flow Line- Displayed by arrows going in the direction of the next bow, step or result.
3. Only one flow line should enter a decision making symbol and two or three lines should leave it with two or three possible outcomes/options before reaching a process symbol.
4. Example Flowchart.
In this task we made a slightly different version of the original heads and tails task, but in this one instead of just clicking the button to flip the coin, therefore showing heads of tails, this program lets you flip the coin over and over again whilst recording how many times each outcome (heads or tails) has been scored.
- Objects- 5 text boxes and 1 button.
- Properties- The code of the 5 text boxes and 1 button.
- Events- The click function.
Within the codes of this task, there is a single apostrophe followed by writing in green. This works similar to the comment feature in FrontPage as it lets the creator know what each function is for and what it does, but doesn't show up when the program is run.
Here's a screen shot of the program when it's run;
Here's the code I used for the program;
In this task we are to create a small game where the user is to guess the random number that the computer has generated between 1 to 10.
- Objects- 2 buttons and 2 textboxes.
- Properties- Codes of the objects used.
- Events- The click function.
Here are a few questions from the task that we had to answer;
1. How many objects are referred to? What are they?
Objects referred to are 2 buttons that allow the data to be entered and reset the game, and 2 textboxes which show the number you entered and whether your entry was right, wrong or needed to be guessed again at a higher or lower value.
2. What is the name of the variable referred to?
The variable that the program refers to is the number that the user enters into the first textbox as this affects the answer that the program gives whether the number guessed was correct or not to the random number generated by the program.
3. What are the three text options that appear in textbox1?
- Higher
- Lower
- Correct
4. What do you think this code does?
The code allows the textbox to be able to display clues to the number that was randomly generated by the computer. This gives the user an idea of how close their estimated number is to the number generated by the computer.5. Build this code into a project and get it to work!!
Below is a screen shot of the program once run;
And here's a screen shot of the code that was used;
So today we got our assessment for the term on software development and we have to create a simple functioning game with a word document on bits and pieces that make the program function to match.
So far I have no idea set in stone for my game so I'm still thinking about it. Hopefully I'd have an idea by next lesson though. I've already made some notes about the assessment so I'm trying to take into consideration what my limits are and what I would be capable of completing but I want it to be something fun.
I'll be starting on the assessment in the next couple lessons because I want to complete some of the Term 3 tasks so I have more knowledge about what I'm doing.
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