O' Hail the Great Old Ones!

We're in the midst of the Choosing a Topic part of the project. We'll be doing a STEM type game, so I'm trying to convince my potential group that we should make a game about non euclidean geometry. Not for educational purposes though, but so we can make an obscene amount of H.P. Lovecraft novel references. O' Hail Cthulu!

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Genres

Personally, I'd love to do some sort of action/platformer game. Not just because I did it last year, but it seems effective, and it's more challenging/fun to make. Quiz games might teach you, but they're boring as heck. Simulators can be fun, but many people don't have the patience, or they get so wrapped up in the gameplay they forget the overall message (the classes reaction to 3rd World Farmer seems to support this theory of mine). An action-esque game provides a fun experience, and if you find a clever way to work learning the material into the mechanics, you've got gold.

Interwebz Safety

These kids today and their iSpace and their MyPods! Don't know nothin' 'bout interwebz safety! No worries though. I'll be teachin ya! Ya see, ya can't be postin' your personal infomashun online! Bad people will find you, and then do bad things ter ya!

So...poor english rant aside, I was being serious...to a small degree. The internet is acessed by everyone. EVERYONE! The good, the bad, and yes, even the ugly (take me, for example!). Posting personal information that identifies you too much isn't a smart thing to post. Just because every high school reject and their mom has a facebook page with their house address, credit card number, and social security information posted, it doesn't mean it's smart. Social websites can be good, but more often than not people post WAY TOO much information about themselves. Those bad people I mentioned before? Yeah, they can find you. That's the extreme. More commonly, they'll use your information to steal even more precious information, so just let your imagination run wild there. Credit card theft, identity theft, hacking, etc. Get the picture?

Be smart online. Your personal information is for family and close friends, not everyone.

That's all.

I'M BACK!

I did Globaloria last year, and I'm back to do it again! I like how the game was coming along last year but, sadly, we couldn't finish. I'm hoping this year the game is even better AND finished in time. Lolz...