The life of Niamh

Today was final presentations for everyones game projects. In order for this to go successfully we had to set out a time at the start of today so everyone can go around and see each project. There were good projects though out the class with a load of work done between the groups. The first project that I had the chance to look at was "Tiny Farm". This was a game created for children in order for them to learn how to count etc. The graphic and functionality of the game was excellent and the use of sound and voices once the characters were clicked on, made the game more interactive and unique. The second game I saw was "Monster" this was a jigsaw game created by Rob. It was a 3 level game created for kids with autism. The colours used were specifically picked in order to relax and not aggravate the eye of kids. The functionality and design was really well done and the intention even better. The next game I saw was "alien twine game". Its a choose your...

This week we met up as a whole group to discuss our projects. We did this infront of the rest of the year and showed them our progress. We were open to feedback and questions and helped explain where we were going from there. My part in the project now is to help out anyone i can and be here for reference is anyone is stuck on information about the rising etc.

This week i completed my part on the research on the first day of the rising. I finished the timeline of the first day of events that took place in Dublin on Monday the 24th of April 1916.  In order to finish this timeline, i continued to search for an accurate website that i could trust and find complete facts on the rising.  I found one and was able to resort to facts and times that can give our designers and writers an insight into what they need to focus on so we can have the most accurate set and scripts for the game. I completed over two pages of timeline information with accurate times and places and also added one or two famous sayings that were said on banners when the rising first occurred in order to have them in the game. I also added more images to the PDF so everyone can see what they need to be drawing and imitating so we get an accurate account for the game. Once i completed my timeline, i sent in on to Chis, Ellen and Siobhan as i said i would in order f...

This past week we have created and doubled down on the work for this project. My job within this project is to help research the correct information and facts about the 1916 Rising. At the start of the week, i was unsure of where i stood within the research part of this project. I was unable to fully start as i didn't know the exact details of the project, for example if i was to research the whole rising, only the last few days or the events leading up to the rising. On Wednesday of this week, our group got together in order to finalise roles within the project and to discuss any problems or issues we had about what we were to do or who was on our mini teams. During the meeting i was able to find out what my main role was and how to go about it and who to go about it with. My research is to based on the first day of the 1916 rising. For this i've started to research the events that had occurred on the first day of the rising in the town where our character is from. It al...