Tying some lose ends

There are a few different areas that will be covered this week in Game Design/Flash Games. Joel and I got together in class to help design the first scene of "Food Forecast" on our Team Awesome page. It has become apparent that there are still things that need to be considered for the development of our game. Sound seems to be a challenge, as we have not done any exercises with sounds and therefore do not really know what we will be able to produce for our game. We are also trying to figure out strategies to make the game more challenging as the years progress, as well as toying with the idea of granting the player special privelages within the game in lieu of a reward. We are coming up with some pretty good ideas, and although we've made a number of decisions, there is still a bit of brainstorming involved.
I have also been doing work on the Intro to Actionscript exercise. I am happy to see that Globaloria has responded to the class's request to make the exercises more cut and dry. I step by step format, which made everything very clear. I felt that it was easier for me to understand how things work, and apply the codes. After last semester, I was really nervous about how I was going to complete the exercises and furthermore, how it was going to effect our game. This makes me feel better, enabling me to feel more confident about the rest of the semester!
As a follow up to my brainstorming post, I have decided to do my weekly post relating to censorship and the ESRB! It's good to feel like I'm getting organized, so I can develop a game plan to get everything accomplished throughout this semester!