The life of Niamh

Feedback is information about reactions to a product, a persons performance of a task, etc which is used as a basis for improvement. I recently just read two very interesting articles on feedback and how it helps a person improve on issues but also why it can hurt us. 'Rejection' -Dawn kim https://ideas.ted.com/why-rejection-hurts-so-much-and-what-to-do-about-it/ The first article i read was called  "Why rejection hurts so much - and what to do about it"  by Guy Winch.  I really enjoyed this article because we've all experienced rejection in our lives, whether it be small or big it affects each and every one of us. In this article Guy Winch gives us three steps we should take in order to reject rejection and not let it hurt us as much as it would. It tells us not to self critique ourselves, know our worth as human beings and to boost our social connection with friends and family which will help boost our confidence. I agree with this article as we cant let n...

The following are my top four ideas for my game project. 1. Obstacle course game. For this game, i was imagining a game that involves running and dodging obstacles that are being thrown towards the character or that are on the ground. The character could have to jump over the objects that are underneath them. I am interested in doing this type of game as many of the games i've played when i was younger were games like this, for example Temple run or subway surfers. these games are mostly used on apple phones or ipads etc. I feel as though id be more interested in doing a game app so to speak as its what i'm used too.  Link to tutorial 'Driving and racing tutorial' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ5GJPlAGS4 2. Car racing game My second idea is for a car racing game. A competition game. Car racing/ competition games are always entertaining to play. It brings out the competitive side in everybody. Ive researched tutorials on Youtube on how to create a driving a...

'Unity logo' https://www.udemy.com/unity-master-video-game-development-the-complete-course/ I was a bit apprehensive about going into this assignment, maybe because it was our first real look at what we will be doing with unity and how to create actual games and it wouldn't just be writing blogs anymore. When i first started watching the tutorials i got very confused which is understandable, i never even heard of Unity until we started this module so of course id be lost using it. The tutorial videos were very good. They explained how to use unity really well and at a good pace for us beginners. Once i got into the tutorial videos, i was able to understand the directions and how to place an object into the scene and how to move it arrow on the x,y and z axis. He showed us how to position a object dead centre on the scene and how to stop a character or another object from passing though objects by applying the box collider to the scene. I discovered some of the languag...

"understanding games - Kongregate" http://www.kongregate.com/games/pixelate/understanding-games-episode-1 From all the reading material on our website, these games/readings were the best ones. I found that these mini informative games where the easiest to understand. The use of plain english and competitions to get the beginner to understand what game design is and why it's used was very clever and beneficial to both parties. 'Pulling the plug' - Lewis Pulsipher Non digital teaching and learning In this reading Lewis Pulsipher, breaks down what happens when beginners learn using non-digital vs electronic games. He states each step in bullet points and then goes into detail about why non-digital learning is better. He shows that if you start on non-digital its very easy to change a mistake where as with electronic it has to be done through coding and could take days, even weeks to change one minor fault. He tells us that people go into . game making wa...