The Process of Making a Game

At the first day of this week and term, we have continued on the process of making our games. In which we are now testing to see how the rules will work out when we are playing our own game. We have been paired with another team and played their game "vice versa" with only looking at the rules that have been made by the other team. It was a terrific time and we have gotten feedback on what we could improve in our game; most of it has been great, the only problem being is that the number of people that should be playing our game should be minimized. However, there was not really a major problem in our game that any of the team can think of; It has been in all quite enjoyable and exciting seeing and observing how our games get to piece together.


The Game:

(Schadenfreude)

Written by: Vann, Axle, Lars, Joseph, Kadyn, and Ruavai.

Object
To score 10 points the fastest or scoring the most out of all the teams.



Players
A 2-3 player in 4 teams.

Equipment
Dodgeball- ball, Football goals,

Scoring
To kick one or the two ball to any of the goal except for yours. One point a throw goal, which is throwing the ball in the goal. Then two point for kicking the ball in the goal.

                                     

Winning
You can win by scoring 10 points or getting the most points out of all the other teams.

Rules
Mechanics of the game:



You may pass the ball by kicking the ball to your teammates, or you pass the ball like how you normally pass the ball in basketball and netball.



However, you can only score by kicking the ball into the goal post or by throwing.



The balls always start in the middle of the court, which is half court.



You are not allowed to hit other players during the game, that means no pushing, no tackling, no kicking the opponents, otherwise, if this does happen, the player who did the “foul” will be taken out of the game until the end of the round.



The goals are placed in each of the corners.



If one team gets the ball out, same rules applied which will be settled by a jumble. That those teams cannot participate in.



No boundaries.



After the ball have been scored/have been past the goal a point is given to the team who has struck it to any of the goals beside from their own; then that ball will not be used until the second ball has passed a goal and in which case the game will start again with the 2 balls in the middle.



You cannot hold the ball with two hands simultaneously, you can dribble the ball or dribble it with your feet to the goal in which you may kick or throw it to the goal. You may not also throw or kick the ball above the goalie’s head.





We absolutely love the game that they made"Obstacle Ball", the rules were quite clear, yet there was a slight problem about a small part in their game which was pretty easy to fix with only a couple of words that could be added in one of their rules. It was about how and what direction we were supposed to move in.

Quality Comment

Making a quality blog post is essential, in addition to that making a quality comment that could match it is even more important. Comments are important in helping bloggers improve the quality of blog posts that they are doing. It could help them determine the words that they use, the structure of how they "layer" the post in sections and how they make the post in general. In this slide, it will be giving you the basics of making a comment and how to make it of good quality.

Multiples and Factors

In our math sessions, we have now been reviewing topics that we have learned before and in by doing so we will be able to remember how they work and what they mean.  Two of these topics are multiples and factors, two relatively simple topics to understand, by all means not very hard to learn. In this slide, I have put an explanation for both multiples and factors. Also questions, which gives an example of how they might be used in math.

A Hundred Years of Love

In the morning of the 3rd of April, I along with many others have been lucky and gracious enough to have been able to listen and work with  Apirana Taylor. A famous novelist, performer, story-teller, musician, painter and no doubt one of the best poet in New Zealand. 
In the first half, Apirana Taylor performed for us a few of his phenomenal poetry and the melodies that he has created in his life long work. Not only that but he has shared many of the life experiences that gave him the inspiration to write some of his poems. He has also shared with us the process of how he works, what and how he thinks; as well as insights of the Maori culture.  

At the moment that he has been exhibiting his poetry and performance; he has uncovered many philosophical thoughts, that got me reasoning on the meanings behind his words. One of the many moments that I've enjoyed was how he executed his poetry and music; the emotions that surrounded the words that he has put out.  Furthermore, being that this is the first that I've witness Apirana Taylor perform I was surprised by the humour that he incorporates with his performance, which I, of course, enjoyed, very much so.  With that said, I conclude that in by incorporating humour in his work, it makes it all the more special. 

After his performance, the "Scholarship English Students" which I have been informed that a couple of people and I are part of. We were invited to be able to grow our writing skills by working with him and teaching us more about writing.
We started off with brainstorming some ideas about a phrase he wrote,  "Writing Makes You Strong" and drawing what we thought of. Following on, he then started to educate us about communication, how our senses help with understanding each other. Subsequently, we then started working on the process of making a poem, one of the ways that we did that first of all, trying to find words that connect with the sea; which we also did later on but in a different way with a few more varieties of words and making a poem including all of it.

Then he took us to the process of eliminating words, words that do not "pack a punch" as he calls it, we needed to take off.

"LOVE"
As High up in the sky,
Wide as the water in the ocean, 
Love is there.
Across the desert horizon,
As far as the  twinkling stars,
Death of a loved one,
Raging emotions, Melody of wind
The shock from lightning,
The toughest of men,
Deep inside... Love...it's always present.

Sport: Hurumanu

Now that the "Art and Science: Hurumanu" is finished, we have now moved on in to "Sport/PE: Hurumanu". In this module, we have started to learn about some new/(forgotten) skills; trapping the ball in football likewise, not only that but also enhancing the skills and or the knowledge that we already know. Another knowledge that we are focusing on is learning the rules of the sports that we are currently doing. Football, Basketball and Netball; we all played the various sports in a multi-sport game. In which I learnt more about Netball, a game that I have not played before;  but glad that I have now.  The mechanics of the game is quite simple; we are divided into two groups where a certain number is called and a sport from the three choices is called out as well, we then had to play that game until one of the teams have scored. This Hurumanu has been overall quite fun and I would joyfully do again.