Exit Interview - January 2019

1. Comment about your work ethic in this course and why.
 ...be honest here

- Throughout this course, I would say I did my best and had good quality work. I also tried to complete everything on the day it was posted so I wouldn't get behind. Due to that, I finished a lot of my work, except for one-two projects I'm pretty sure. I will do even better next time, and aim to finish every single assignment. 


 2. Which assignments did you enjoy and why? 
... list them out

- This year's course, I really enjoyed the game journalism, Photoshop, and video editing. This game was actually really fun for me and I thoroughly liked and enjoyed every second of it. I liked Photoshop because I liked making my own edits, as it was really cool. Finally, for video editing, I have been waiting to do this for a while! And we finally got to do video editing. Video editing to me is really fun and exciting, I even got to learn about a new video editing software.


 3. Which assignments did you struggle with and why? 
...list them out

I wouldn't say I struggled with any assignment in particular, but if I had to choose one, I would pick sketch up. It go easier once I learned how to use it though, that's why I didn't really struggle with it. It also got pretty boring after a few assignments. Thunkable also got pretty boring after we had to do many assignments on it.

Game Journalism - Final Day

Game Journalism Day 4 - Upgrades

The only things I had a chance to upgrade was a cup into a water bottle, and a simple purifier into an advanced purifier.

It's much more efficient to use a water bottle because it can fill up to 5 TIMES MORE WATER THAN A NORMAL CUP. A water bottle can fill up your whole thirst bar. I think it's worth to make, but not necessary.

Now another upgrade I definitely recommend this time is an advanced purifier. It can purify up to 5 cups of water at a time compared to the simple purifier that can only do one cup at a time, and what's even better is that it requires no fuel and purifies the water automatically. This purifier will constantly keep your thirst bar level high. It's honestly very worth it. You don't have to waste fuel for it to purify.

- OTHER UPGRADES I WANTED TO DO (but didn't get to)

• Hook, Grill, and Anchor

The upgraded hook has a longer range, so it makes it easier to grab stuff. The grill when upgraded can cook up to 3 things and can cook large things like catfish, and salmon. (The simple grill can't do that) As for the anchor, it's much more efficient because it gets annoying when you have to craft a new anchor EVERY SINGLE TIME there's an island...

MY RAFT

Game Journalism - Play 4

1. If I were to start over...

1.  Start collecting materials/debris with the plastic hook or 'E' (Continuously doing this)
2. Make an empty cup
3. Make a water purifier
4. Make a small crop farm
5. Grow beet/potatoes as a food resource
6. Craft a building hammer in order to expand raft, or repair it from sharks
7. Craft a research table to find more recipes (I would make a scarecrow to get the seagulls off the crops)
8. If I saw an island, I would make an anchor and 'loot' the island
9. Craft a fishing rod to catch fish, for a good food resource and to make shark bait so I can forage underwater
10. Craft a simple grill to cook the fish

(after doing all that I should be in a stable state and be able to live and sustain myself)

2. The Best Tool For Survival is... 

THE PLASTIC HOOK! ~

I think it's the best tool for survival because it helps you collect more items faster than just waiting for items to come to you. And when you craft the plastic hook, it barely needs any materials and is super cheap to craft. You only need 1 piece of plank + 2 pieces of plastic, and I would say the durability is pretty good too as it lasts a while.

3. My Raft

The best feature on my raft has to be the collection nets. While I'm busy running around trying to save my hunger and thirst, the collection nets just collect the debris for me and makes it much easier.

Game Journalism Day 3 - Build More

BUILDING ONTO RAFT WITH WOODEN FOUNDATION

RIGHT CLICK OPTIONS ON BUILDING HAMMER: (including foundation)

A SECOND LEVEL:

A NET:

RESEARCH TABLE:

CROP PLANT (HOW TO PLANT CROPS):

SCARECROW:

SHARK BAIT (SHARK EATING BAIT):

FORAGING ON ISLAND:

Game Journalism - Play 3

1. Today I build 3 collection nets, and a lantern.

2. A lantern will help me as a light source if I don't want to sleep through the night. This one I think is optional but as for collection nets, I think you MUST build it to be very successful in this game. Collection nets just collect items if it goes near it, so you could be multi-tasking and doing something else while it catches items, so you won't easily run out of materials.

3. Tomorrow I will probably focus on making more collection nets because I once ran out of materials at a crucial moment and I learned my lesson. I still haven't been able to go onto an island yet either, so I will probably be trying to do that tomorrow. 

4. 

I built it where most of the items are in the center and not on the edge (still working on that) so sharks won't eat the items along with the wood foundation. 

Game Journalism Day 2 - Thrive

WATER PURIFIER

FISHING ROD

SIMPLE GRILL

SAILING RAFT

DEFENDING FROM SHARK

ROWING BOAT

CHOPPING A TREE

VIDEO INCOMPLETE (CHOPPING TREE) :/

FORAGING UNDERWATER

RAMMING INTO ANOTHER RAFT

Game Journalism - Play 2

1. Today I just kept making clean water and cooked beets to keep my thirst bar and hunger bar high. Seagulls kept coming to my crop farm so I crafted a scarecrow. But before that, I needed to make a research table. And a research table allows me to create new recipes. I also made a bed so I can sleep through the night because it was kind of annoying to gather materials in the dark.

2. I learned how to reel in more items than just one at a time. (It's simple but took me a bit time to find out) I did it by waiting for the items to attach itself to the hook and pulled it all in at the same time. I also learned that I can keep the sharks away by using a wooden spear. I had to hit it 4 times in order for the sharks to back off. And I can use the building hammer and hold right click, and repair the 'bitten' foundation. I learned how to use the research table too.

3. Tomorrow I will focus on trying to get onto an island or another raft... That's my next goal because I think I can gather new things on there or maybe just get more supplies. And if I can, I will expand more so the things I've crafted like a grill, will be in the center so sharks won't be able to get to it. Today I finished making a research table but then the shark ate it. So I had to craft another one and learned my lesson to not put the things at the edge.

4.

I expanded my raft's foundations quite a bit. I also placed most of the things NOT AT THE EDGE because sharks will get to it. New things I've made today - Scarecrow, Bed, and Research Table.

   

Game Journalism Day 1 - Basics

 This game is about collecting waste/materials in the ocean and using them to survive on a raft that's in the ocean. I have to try to survive while constantly getting thirsty, hungry, and from shark attacks that are gnawing away at the raft. In this game, there are also islands or places you can go onto.

How do you collect debris?

- You can collect it in two ways..

1. Using a plastic hook to 'reel' in items

2. Getting close to it and using 'E' to collect it by hand

1. My raft

2. Each type of debris (and what it's good for)

- Palm leaves are used to craft a lot of things as it can also craft ropes, and ropes are included in a lot

of the recipes.

- Plastic can be used to make things such as an empty cup to drink water. (It also can come in different forms as you can see in the picture above)

- Wood or planks is very important. It can be used to build essential items and are also used as fuel.

- Barrels can contain many items at once, such as food like potatoes and beets, planks, palm leaves, and even scrapes.

3. A shark eating my raft

So far, I died because of either my thirst or hunger. (And the one time when I fell off my raft and the shark killed me) When my thirst of hunger is low, my health bar slowly starts going down so I don't die instantly and have time to react. To satisfy my hunger and thirst, I made a grill to cook fish and beets, and to grow beets I made a small crop farm. For thirst, I made an empty cup and purifier to purify the saltwater. 

Game Journalism - Play 1

1. The whole game I was using a plastic hook to reel in items (or picking it up using 'e') such as plastic, palm leaves, wood in order to 'craft' things to help me survive, or for when items break and I need to build new ones. I specifically built a building hammer to fix the raft when the shark eats it, and a simple purifier to purify the salt water to clench my thirst.

2. I learned that you need to gather materials in order to survive. If I don't gather enough material then it'll be hard because I'll have to be worried about thirst, hunger, sharks, and tools etc; (Since I also learned that you can die of thirst) 

3. Tomorrow I'm going to focus on gathering materials for the specific basic necessities to keep me at a stable stage. Like a building hammer to fix rafts, a food resource + water resource. And also there's been a few islands I passed by so it would be nice if I could also get an anchor to go onto those islands. That's the only basic knowledge I have of the game so far.


4. 

This is my raft at the beginning of the game...