self+evaluation

Goals Learn more about video game programming -Find out how the growth in video games have affected technology - Learn the history of game development - Learn how to use Blitz (3D video game programmer) -The evolution of computer technology in general

Advice When I needed advice I would ask the school video game design teacher ms. Pierman because she knows a lot about video game design software. I would also ask my guidance counselor Ms. Seboleski because she has seen a lot of senior seminar presentations so she had a lot of advice on how to make my senior seminar presentation good.

Risks Some of the risks I took while doing this project include learning new game making software. I never used BLITZ before this project and even thought I didn't have enough time to finish it I learned a lot of things about it. I think that learning BLITZ was a risk because I had a little amount of time to learn how it works and to finish a game. In the end I didn't finish the game but I did learn a lot about many other game developing software other then just BLITZ.

Satisfactions Some satisfaction that I gained from doing this project is that I learned a lot about designing video games and I also got to work with Ms. Seboleski and Ms. Piermen which I don't usually do.

Problems Some of the problems I encountered while doing this project is that I didn't turn in a lot of projects in on time due to me forgetting about them. I think that I got a little better with turning in projects as the class continued. Another problem I had was choosing which software I would make my game with. I'm most familiar with Game Maker but due to its limitations Ms. Piermen offered me other software such as Blitz and Unreal. After talking with her I ended up using game maker because it would take too long for me to learn how to make a game using the other programs.

Time Management I didn't really learn much about time management during the beginning of the project but towards the end when I had to prepare my slides for my project I grew better with managing my time because I had two other power point presentations that I had to do right after my senior seminar presentation so I had to memorize all three presentations and not get confused.

Stress I don't think I really learned too much about stress. I normally don't get stressed so that's probably why I didn't learn much about dealing with stress.

Project Redo If I could do the project over again I think that I would have been more on time with my projects. What really brought my grade down was that I was late with a lot of my projects in the beginning but I guess that was unavoidable because I didn't know what exactly what to do for my project.

Grade Opinion If I were to grade myself I think I would give me a B because I turned in a few things late but I think I made up for it near the end I also put a lot of work into