connor+rubidge+unit4

how can I help my country?

how am I going to help my country (south Africa )?
Pre-Unit exercise Investigation.

__ my problem is education. __
The one I chose was educational problems. I chose it because its also means that if you have a low education it means you can't get a good job so, if you can solve this problem it can decrease the unemployment rate ( which is 29,8% for 2011) if they can get an good education. Causes of educational problems: unable to pay school (poverty). one of the problems are that there are children that don't know there human rights that means that they don't have a full education of there own rights. The standers of the education level ways we can solve the problems and be fun to do too: puzzles, games, animations and book games.

research
questions about the problem: #1 why are there problems, #2 how does the problem affect south Africa #3 where did the problem 1st start, #4 what are some of the solutions to the problem,


 * 1: because some of the people don't have enough money to go to school and have to work with what they have.


 * 2:low quality education affects south Africa in a bad way because some people are with out jobs and will possibly turn to theft as a last resort.

bibliography for my investigation. [|http://gautango.word] [|press.com/2007/02/11/whats-wrong-with-south-african-schools/] [] []
 * 3: make schools more cheap, pay schools to let people in for free.
 * 4: it should have lots of colors.
 * 5: it should have more than one background
 * 6: It should have some ideas from a survey

I think if you want someone to learn you have to keep there attention you have to make it fun for them to try to make a game out of it if possible.
I think that it should have more educational stuff but still fun. this game will be mode for children at the age of 4-8 it should use free software and must be able to play on out of data computers so if a person has an out of data computer they can play it with the free software and still beable to use it.

my objective is to make the education more cheep, fun and if possible easier
design specification #6: it should use an easy to use software. #7: it should be easy to start.
 * 1:people should learn from it.
 * 2:it should always have instructions to help the people with any problems they might encounter, step by step.
 * 3: people should have fun when playing the game it should not be boring.
 * 4: it should have more than three levels
 * 5: it should have a range of math problems.
 * 1) 8 it should be hard to cheat the game if possible.
 * 2) 9 the game must work.
 * 3) 10 it should have a simple background.

** Tests **

 * 1: I will ask someone to play my game and look for glitches that I may not see I will wright down any problems.
 * 2: I will make a survey about what they would find fun and see if I can make a educational based on may answers.
 * 3: I will compare it to other games made on scratch for example the games scratch came with games and I could use that to make my game more user friendly.

results for the test There where 5 people doing the survey
 * Questions || YES || NO ||
 * Should it be animated || 4 || 1 ||
 * Should it be color full || 5 || 0 ||
 * Should it have more than 1 level || 5 || 0 ||
 * Should it have 1 main character || 3 || 2 ||
 * Should it have more than 1 sprite || 5 || 0 ||

Design


I chose this one because this was simplistic but it also fit the game and this was why I chose this one it also fits the design specifications it must be color full and it should be animated.

Plan
Step 1: Make my backgrounds. Step 2: Make a main character. Step 3: Make links from game to maths. Step 4: Give main character tips on how to play the game(so that if the player is confused they can see some things they can try to play). Step 5: Find a way other than the main character to give tips on how to play the game. Step 6: find a way to move from background to background Step 7: Test the game by letting someone play it and asking what they think.

step 1: 16-17/5/2013.I put step 1 and step 2 on the same data s because they both are part of the main game creation

step 2: 16-17/5/2013.

step 3:18-20 /5/2013. I am going to do step 3, step 4 and step 5 on the same data s because I think they are all linked in a way.

step 4: 18-20 /5/2013.

step 5:18-20 /5/2013.

step 6: 21-25/5/2013. I gave step 6 and step 7 more time than the others because they are difficult to do right and if done badly they will not be what they should look like. step 7: 25-27/5/2013.


 * __deadlines for project.__ **

evaluate: 31/5/2013.
I have chosen scratch to create my educational game.because it is easy to use, make a game and it gives examples.

Create




Evaluate
I have compared my creation to my designs and design specifications and I have found my game dos't fulfill some of the specifications and my game has problems with some of the scripts in my game. Assessment