4th week

I have actually been able to complete my project with full success. It was faster than I expected, but I managed to add the features the game is supposed to have. I have four players, and all four players release an actor behind them every instance, and if they collide with the walls or the opposite color's trail, they will be deleted from the screen. The only improvements I still have to make is finding the best trail object picture, not allowing the one own to travel over their own trail, and displaying the blue wins/red wins screen.
Also there is another UIL competition at UT, so I should be planning for that too.

3rd week

Having made an outline for the simulation, I started to wonder how usuable it would actually be. Since I doubted anyone or I would have ever opened that simulation up again, I gave up the idea entirely.

Now I am making a game in Greenfoot which is based off of bmtron. It combines the features from Snake and other games and is quite a complex game. I made a lot of progress this week, and got the outline of the game layed out, and the moving keys for all four players. One problem I am experiencing is to keep them moving. Because as soon as the key that judges their movement is let go off, the actor stops. Instead I want it to be like snake, and continuosly move and not stop. Also I will have to include the boundaries, and if the actors touch each other, they will be deleted from the screen. The biggest problem I might have will be how the actors will need to leave a trail behind them, which is an actor too.

2nd week

This week, I continued to work on greenfoot trying to create a very simple simulation, which may get more complex as I work on it. I am even looking at the programs the book has provided us. Those programs are really complicated and show how much code is needed for an accurate simulation. Also there is a class STAC which I may choose to do next year. It seems like a good continuation of the computer science course in LASA.

1st week

Our group has decided to go our own ways now, since we are not going to work on the typewriter anymore. Matt is going to prep up for the AP exam, and Micah and I will begin greenfoot and even possibly iphone app development. After looking in the greenfoot book, I have found interest in the life simulators. These simulations have many factors involved and is a good way to replicate a real life model, and the more accurate, the more helpful these simulations are to scientists for the real world.