Game Experiment #1
July 3rd, 2007
Here is a quick example of what we are now able to do after two days of messing around with Flash:
Carlo Combes
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- The elusive Carlo can often be found dodging rabid packs of students requesting tech support. During less eventful times, he is simply found sitting at his computer chair working on a new way to improve his family's credit rating. Hobbies include computers, computers, video games, computers, taking extensive naps, and I know I'm forgetting something... ah, yes, he loves computers. As of June 2007, he is in his third year at the SMASH academy. He attends Jefferson High School in Daly City, where he also is quite often attacked by the masses for tech support. However, the students there are also assisted by the teachers in harassing him.
One and a Half Reviews
June 27th, 2007
Escape from Diab
Ayiti: The Cost of Life
Initially, my group intended to play and review the game Escape from Diab, which according to its website is an advanced game designed to teach kids about healthy eating habits. However, after spending some time trying to find the actual game, we realized it was not released yet. So, we went ahead and tried out a different game…
Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a game meant to show how difficult life is in some parts of the world, with the focus of the game specifically being rural Haiti. After playing for just a brief amount of time, it is quite obvious that life there is extremely difficult to manage. As soon as I had gotten the entire family I was in control of to be happy, someone got sick and died. When the money situation was starting to look up, someone suffered a major injury and required a costly stay in the hospital.
I feel that this game is very effective in raising awareness of the hardships people face in other parts of the world. It always has some nasty surprise waiting around the corner for you, just like real life. Now, if I could just find some cheat codes…