My First Game Making Class Day 1

The first day was pretty good eventhough everything I pretty much planned fell apart; this is kind of a theme in South Korea as far as teaching goes: from technical issues, to some damage on my desktop due to transportation, to schedluing issues... the list just keeps going on. However, we went over the basics of the internet and answered all of the questions I wanted them to answer, and used the movie the "Social Network" as an example of how HTML CSS and Javascript work.

After looking at three clone tutorials (astriods, pac-man, and breakout) students decided to make a pacman clone.  So I created the character above based on their feed back. 

Game doucment so far...

**Pacman (Beginner)  https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/308/cloning-the-classics-pacman

Teachers (Ghosts)

Pacman (Student)

Food (Finished Test)

Avoid Bad Things -points and slow you down

Cigarettes/Adult Videos

Power Ups

Red Monster Coffee_ Ramen

I'm going to continue to develop the art from the list above since we have no real artists. Also, with the scheduling concerns, I hope my class is not cancled today; if it is, I'll have to email the the C2 file, and countinue working on the game with the students online. This of course will be a pain becuase they are teenage boys with other things to do this summer.

Today we will be talking about gameplay and game art...

This will be the vocabaulary in foucus for next class:

Events in relation to Java Script and game development.
Sprite Sheets_
Level Design_
Back Ground Image_
gif, png, jpeg.

New Format, Open Soruce, Javascript

My thoughts on what I'm learning about the internet, etc.

Notes:
1) Consrtuct 2  has been pretty on the level, and the community and company have been very supportive in answering questions and concerns of mine.

2) Infinitemonkeys may be limited, but again I have't used it yet, I just have been reading about it.

Three Important Websites for Business Planning, Back Log Full Sail discussion board post

From (http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/tips) can many great ideas. One of those ideas is to stay informed. In this sense, there are two types of information. The first being the information you need in order to run a business (i.e. laws, tax breaks, new laws, etc.). The second type is development (i.e. market news, new markets, and tech, etc.)

What are some other types of information available on these sites that may be helpful?

From (http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/tips) can many great ideas. One of those ideas is to stay informed. In this sense, there are two types of information. The first being the information you need in order to run a business (i.e. laws, tax breaks, new laws, etc.). The second type is development (i.e. market news, new markets, and tech, etc. In this sense, http://www.sba.gov/, leans more to information about how to fund a business and what legal laws effect taxes and registration.

Although it has many articles on starting business similar to SBA; Inc.com on the other hand, helps with more of the general information to news that effects business in relation to tech; moreover, it give articles that show what investors and markets are thinking as far as trends. Here, I can also find how to pitch to angle investors or venture capitalists.

http://www.nvca.org/, on the other hand, focuses more on venture capitalism and new and trends that effect larger scale businesses. Even a small business would benefit more from this site when it is consider seeking larger investors for a larger operation. Upon my searches, I did not find “Angel Investors”. This would be a third stop after viewing SBA and Inc.com and having gathered enough rescores for VCs to take a plan seriously.   

How might the information on these sites help you in obtaining financing for your business?

The idea is that these three sites should be treated in an order. SBA, Inc.com, then NVCA because it makes the most logical sense. The SBA would be what you would need to get the basis of what laws and grants could help you. One should also research the city, count, and state grants that link to the SBA as mention in previous classes. Inc.com is a great for “How to articles”, but I find other news sites like This Week in Start-Ups and other site can help spot trends. Still Inc.com can help shape how a person uses news to their advantage by showing how to structure it into a plan. Finally, after both the SBA, INC, and initial resources from additional sources like Angle Investors, NVCA is the last stop to convince adventure capitalists to move forwards with additional resources.

http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/loans-grants-funding/finding-loans-grants

http://www.inc.com/financing-a-small-business

http://www.nvca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=330&Itemid=582