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.

Height and Feet Measure

THE FEET CAN MEASURE THE HEIGHT

The bones of the feet can tell a lot about a person. What do feet reveal about a person's height? Forensic anthropologists team up with law enforcers to help solve crimes.

Bones of the feet can reveal an interesting fact about an individual. Let's combine math with forensics to see how.

Aim:  To use forensic science techniques to measure the height of a criminal.

Material:

1. Rulers 
2. Metre Ruler
3. Person
4. Flat Wall 

Steps:

1. Get a person that you can do this experiment with.
2.  Grab your measuring tools, rulers and metre ruler.
3.  Put his/her back against the wall and use the metre ruler to measure the height.
4.  Record the height and move on to measuring the foot.
5.  Lay the foot down on the ruler and measure.
6. Record the measured foot.

Findings:

Name	Foot  (cm)	Height (cm)
Vann	25.4 cm	163cm
Lars	22.5 cm	151cm
Axle	26cm	160cm

Divide the length of each person's foot by his/her height. then multiply it by 100. 

Vann 15.5cm 

Lars 14.9cm

Axle 16.2cm

Forgery

Graphologists are forensic experts who look at handwriting.



Many things can be forged: art works, money, writing, etc

Forgery link

Aim: To Analyse a signature using forensic science.

Material:

A pen / pencil
Tracing Paper
Writing paper
A ruler

Steps:

A. Top Of Letter Analysis

1. Sign your name on a sheet of writing paper and get someone else to try to copy it.
2. Place the tracing paper over both signatures and make a dot at the top point of each letter – for both signatures.
3. Join up the dots for both signatures to get two zigzag lines across the signatures. Are the lines the same?

B. Bottom of Letter Analysis

1. Put some fresh tracing paper over both signatures.
2. Put a dot at the bottom of each letter.
3. Join up the dots to make zig zag lines. Are the lines the same?

C. Slant Analysis

1. Put a fresh piece of tracing paper over both signatures.
2. Mark a vertical line down through the middle of each letter (using a ruler), slanting it in the same direction as
the letter.
3. Compare the set of lines for both signatures. 
What do they tell you.

Findings:

	You	Friend
Top Letter Analysis Are the lines the same?		No, a small is almost close, but it is not really.
Bottom Letter Analysis Are the lines the same?		No, It was not lowered enough around the A's and the G's and are very far apart,
Slant Analysis What are the slants telling you?		Almost as slanted as the original, slightly further apart.

Conclusion:









Activity : Get someone to try to forge your signature and then try both of these methods to analyse it.

Write up the findings based on the following questions.

  Writing an analysis of a friends forgery.

     

The size of the letters – all big, all small, mixed?
Where they dot the ’ i ‘– over the top or off to the left or off to the right, or not at all
How they cross their t – straight, angled up or down, where on the t stroke it is crossed
The slant of the letters (use a ruler) – forward, backward, upright, mixed
Are there breaks in words, or are all the letters in the words joined up
The length of stalks on y, q, p, below the lines – long or short