Sam B

Spark Project #1

1) I chose this picture because I like coding and computers.
2) Here are the design choices I made I chose to put my name on the top of the picture because that is where the photo becomes out of focus so covering the part where the photo is clear would make the photo look blurry.
3) Something I did well on this project is getting the right text color because it makes it seem instead of text, there is just holes in the shape that look like text and what you are seeing is the picture behind it.
4) Something I would change if I did this project again would be the picture because it doesn't totally represent coding, but more hardware.

1) I chose this picture because this represents coding and computers. (Better than the last one.)
2) I chose to make the color of my text the brightest color on the screen so people would be able to see my text easily.
3) I placed my text in this space because it on aline in a picture, so people would follow the line and then see my text. (The line is between the screen and the keyboard.) This causes my text to be easy to read and noticeable.
4) I matched the text's background to the screen so I would fit with the picture and make the text almost look like words on the screen. It also caused my text to stand out from the background and the the shape, making it easier to read.
5) I chose this font because it look futuristic and fits with the theme of computers and coding. I made the font that size so it would be easy to read, but not blocking the picture.

Feelings Portraits

I chose this text because it shows fire, and I am feeling powerless to stop global warming, hence the word repeated is powerless.

I choose this pose because it felt like I was sad, and I was couldn't do anything, I was powerless

What I changed in this picture was decreasing the opacity again to 50 percent on the text and changing the blend mode to hard mix.

In this one, I didn't change the portrait, I changed the text blend mode from normal to overlay, I didn't change the opacity either.

On this picture I decreased the opacity to 50 percent on the text, and changed the blend mode on portrait to color burn.

In this picture I didn't change anything with the picture of the text this is the result of combining the two picture together. All the other picture are stemmed from this one.

On the final picture I changed the opacity all the way down to 25 percent and changed from a normal blend mode to hue.

My Reflection Videos

Laser Cut Boxes With Lights Ideas

On the right is my finished picture. It is made to be a box, with the image carved into the sides. the box is supposed to be a cub and the death star to be center on each panel, I don't need the entire laser beam it can be cut off a bit.

Day 1
I finished the picture and saved it in photoshop

My idea is to make a box like the image above, and cut the image of the death star onto its faces, then put lights in the box to have a similar effect like in the picture on the left.

Day 2
On the second day I loaded the box design SVG with my picture into Adobe Illustrator and combined them.

Box File: (Use Death Star Image Above)

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File For Lid

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Game Design

January 22nd Check In: I Have Finished The Code For My Video Game, Where You Shoot Missiles That Are Falling Out Of The Sky From Your Tank. All I Have To Do Is Finish Making The Sprites For The Game.

I Made My Missiles Different Colors Because Then Its Rainbow Missiles Falling From The Sky Which I Think Is Funny. Then I Made A Tank With It's Gun Looking Up. I Used A Background That Is Simple; A Mountain

I Changed My Idea To Make A Version Of Space Invaders So I Had To Change My Sprites And Background. I Changed The Background To All Black Because That Is How It Is In The Game.I Changed The Sprite To The Green Ship And The Missiles To The White Aliens.

Link To Game:

Reflection

I believe I did a good job making my game. I used the code from the tutorials to create the code. I made my sprites by copying an image pixel to pixel of the eight-bit Space Invader characters. The code was a little challenging, but not too hard. I enjoyed this project.

January 30th, 2020

In the past week, I worked on testing my game, and once finished I started prototyping the arcade cabinet that I am making to play the class's 8-Bit games. I am prototyping the cabinet out of cardboard.

February 4th, 2020

I have been continuing to build the game cabinet out of cardboard I have finished the top of the cabinet where the monitor will sit, and am working on the bottom where the controls will be.