FLUXX Project Blog

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Summary: Fluxx. The competitive game where with every turn the rules change and the end goal differs. Players have cards that can either hurt them like creepers and some unwanted new rules. Or card that will aid them on the game. Fluxx games all are basically the same. The only thing that differs is the goals and the keepers. Keepers are your key to winning a Fluxx game. On the goal cards you need to find two keepers that match up. Throughout rounds of ever changing rules you do your best to be the first to win. You never know when someone may change the goal and the quest starts over again. Some of the Action cards even mess you up. Like rotate hands or stealing others Keepers. This wonderful game was recreated by my class and I. We picked Science related topics and based the entire themes of the game on that. So welcome to the world of Fluxx!


Backward Looking: In what ways do you think you could improve?
     I believe our cards would have looked really amazing in color. I feel it would have added more of a lively feel to the entire game. Also I feel our lamination could have been improved. Since I had to redo it on some of the cards the ink that transferred from the card to the sheet made it harder to read the card when put back on. If you look at the example up above they are all colorful and bright. If ours had that it would make it look for like the real deal!

Inward Looking:How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?:
    I really liked  how when we were creating the game we got a good look at first off how this game works. When it came down to actually playing since I had been working on the mechanics for so long it was really simple. Also I think it was a good lesson on how things connect just like the Cross Cutting Concepts. When making goals it took a deeper understanding of the topic and the value of the goals depended on how in depth you went with your ideas.

Outward Looking: If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about this piece?:
     If I were a teacher I would comment on the printing of our cards. I would not comment on how it is not in color though because some people just can't print in color. I would more so suggest that if we are using a darker color that you make sure all your images and works are dark enough and contrast enough with the white background. You want people to be able to see your keepers/images.

Forward Looking: What would you like to spend more time on in school?:
     If I had more time on this project I would have made sure that the card stock was more fun. For example if we had planned the dates better we could have organized a time to use the color card stock and apply them to different types of cards. It would have made our deck pop a little more and possible improved the general aesthetic. Just to make the cards more desirable would be the main goal.

FLUXX

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Summary: Fluxx is a game were every round the rules and goals for winning change up. It is a game where you have to see connection between different keepers. This game is a great reflection of Cross Cutting concepts. Keeper goals always have to do with connection two related keepers together to win the game. We have been presented with the challenge of  making a Fluxx game related to a science topic. For example my game is about Astronomy so one of the goals could be collect the Big and Little Dipper.


S&EP: Asking Questions Defining Problems: We mostly  were asking questions and defining problems when making our goals. We of course wanted to make our goals interesting and not too much of a stretch. This did require mixing things around and replacing keepers. It took further investigating even into greek mythology. We say how important or unimportant a keeper was and changed or kept it accordingly. It wasn't just a two second choice but you needed to select your keepers with care so they could fit. Just like a puzzle piece. All the pieces must have a purpose and fit or it just won't work.

XCC: Patterns: Have you ever looked up at the night sky and traced the stars? Well other people had that exact same hobby. You have just made a constellation. Constellations are like the connect the dots of the stars. This makes interesting designs such as the Big Dipper, and Orion's belt. Constellations which ties into my Fluxx game tend to have a background. For example the constellation Hercules connects with the Greek Mythological hero Hercules. Galileo was one of the first astronomers and he looked into the night sky like you may and discovered many things. Like the rings of saturn and Callisto. So next time you are staring at the stars know that their is an entire world up there!

Pingo-uck Project Blog

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Summary:
       Met the Pingo-uck. The Pingo-uck is a bird that has pieces from flamingos, flies, peacocks, and parrots. Lets start from head to toe. The head has umbrella like feathers to prevent its body from getting wet. Its eyes are multipfactited to be able to see all around its surroundings.  Then its body is covered in color on the one side to attract mates and the other side grey like rocks to camouflage. It has a wide tail that acts like a flotation device in the water. Then depending on the gender its feet will be webbed for catching fish ( female) or clawed for catching deer mice ( male). Evolution may sound random but this project is supposed to simulate how organisms are so well thought through. For example all the things I listed out to you right now have a purpose and could be added to a future organism that could like a Pingo-uck through Natural Selection. If your dreams of an organism don;t include magic or something that doesn't already exist your ideas may become a reality.

Backward Looking: In what ways have you gotten better at this kind of work?:
This project was definitely a creative curve for me. First just the creation of such a unique creature was something I haven't done before. Especially making a creature fit for an environment that wasn't this overpowered beast. Making something you could actually see in a part of the world is a really special thing and it takes a different level of creativity. Another things this project pushed me creatively to do was draw. Once we knew how this organism would act in the environment I had to use what I imagined its day to day life being like onto paper. Putting the image in your brain onto paper is bringing a world to life. The Pingo-uck was mashing science and imagination and it was awesome!!!

Inward Looking:What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product? : In the end I found it really satisfying that out of all the groups we were really the only one to really use a lot of hand drawn imagery. Other people just got images from the internet to show in general what they were trying to describe. With hand draw images we could be very exact on what we wanted the view to feel and think when they looked at the image. We could control the image it left in their head and didn't leave them guessing on what we were intending.

Outward Looking: What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?: If I were a teacher commenting on our work I would comment on two things. One since the images added a sort of charm to our presentation some slides could have really used more than one image. Since it is somewhat a leverage for us we could have definitely made sure there was more of that to really give a closer and clearer idea of the Pingo-uck.Plus we could have really used practice on our presentation. At some points it became rather repetitive and we could have possibly done without some lines.

Forward Looking: What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next time?: 
Next time I do a project I really hope to bring justice to my creativity. My presentation was fair and I think the slides looked really good. Next time I will make sure the script is more solid and that it matches with the amount of real effort we put in the project. It didn't quite reflect how much thought went into the animal. My goal will to be show my projects worth and create an engaging presentation.