Growth Mindset: Changing from Fixed to Permanent Mindset

 The Video: Sprouts: Growth Mindset animation

After watching this video, the thing I knew already is that having a growth Mindset makes life challenging and more fun since you are tend to learn new things everyday rather than having a fixed mindset and always be afraid to try new things and if you fail you will look stupid. I got curious when I heard that a study shows that adopted twins have higher intelligence than  the biological twins. People with growth mindset can accept feedbacks and take it as a way to better themselves and their skills. Parents should always encourage their kids to develop their skills and hobbies so they can have a growth mindset. A quote that Samuel Beckett said "Ever tried, ever failed, fail again, fail better".

Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

Tech Task: Blogger Templates

Hey guys, I changed the layout of my blog and adjusted some setting, including the width and the length of the posts with the sidebar from the theme option then customizing the theme you chose. I tried other themes and layouts but I like this one the most so I didn't do much to it.

Game Brainstorm

 I searched for games that I would like to create from scratch and what they are going to be about.

The first game is basically a shooting game. It is about a spaceship shooting aliens coming from space and if the aliens approach the spaceship without being shot, the player will lose. I find this game interesting since I am sure that everyone played it when they were kids. I always loved playing shooting games with my cousins and games that are similar to the game I want to create that is why I thought about this one that it would be simple and a good game to create because it is fun and not hard to play; however, the player has to be fast and never slow in order to kill the aliens because they move fast. The spaceship that the player will be shooting with and aiming at the aliens can move left and right to aim correctly at the aliens and kill them one by one and there will be levels. There are 5 levels; the first level will obviously be the easiest and the fifth level will be the hardest since the aliens will move faster and faster each level the player passes or wins; moreover, the player needs to move left and right faster to shoot the aliens and win the game while being surrounded by asteroids and planets. Playing it a lot when I was a kid made me remember my childhood memories when I always get excited to play it with my family and cousins because it is fun and we enjoyed our time playing it and that is the reason why it was one of the games that I thought about and crossed my mind immediately; therefore, I decided to search about it and think about what is it going to be like, what are the players going to play, and how many levels they are playing. Here's a link for the a YouTube video I saw that is similar to the game:

• https://youtu.be/Rmvb4Hktv7U

Space Shooting Game

Feedback Thoughts

Articles I read:

1. Why rejection hurts so much

2. Seven ways to crush self-doubt

 The two articles I read about rejection and how I should deal with it were beneficial. I have always hated when someone rejects me for any reason because I start doubting myself and lose confidence in myself. Reading the article on how to cope with rejection in many ways, such as knowing my self-worth, setting goals for improvement, not taking rejection personally, and the most important thing is to embrace my ability in whatever I do, made me realize that rejection is normal and it is a good thing if I dealt with it in a positive way since doubting yourself and start comparing yourself to others aren't a good thing for the mental health and could make a person never want to experience new things and challenging tasks. When I was 16, I used to play squash and participate in tournaments and sometimes I get rejected from joining teams so I feel down and not good at playing squash but then my coach hypes me up and tells me that this rejection is something that encourages me to improve and practice more to become better.

Feedback

Unity Tutorial 01

 In these tutorials, I learnt a lot of things, including how to use code and what to write exactly to change things in the game, how to create a game from scratch in an easy way, and basically how to use unity in a simple way. These tutorials were useful and beneficial. Creating my first game was fun and I really enjoyed doing it and trying new things using tools. The game is so simple, but I am willing to learn and watch more tutorials about using unity and creating more and more games that are harder with a more complicated code that the players will have fun playing it; therefore, to experience challenging work and become good at creating games. At first, I thought creating a game will need too much coding, but when I listened and followed these tutorials, everything was clear and easy to do. I hope in this module, I could create a nice game that everyone will like and play a lot. Also, I am excited to see other's games that they created and play each one of them since it sounds fun and I am sure that I will have fun checking out everyone's game and play each one of them.

Unity Games

Game Design

 In the reading articles that were provided in the reading tasks were very useful and beneficial. A game's definition can differ in many ways because it is how you view it and this of it. Creating a game is very easy with few resources and you don't have to be creative or put much effort when creating a simple game even if it is reckless but at least it makes sense and you are able to convey the game's instructions through it easily. In the reading task, we were asked to create a game using just simple tools, which were a pen and a pencil or even use Microsoft paint and the important thing when creating a game is to ask yourself some basic questions, including what is the theme, who are the characters, and what is their purpose. 

Great Team

Beneficial Articles:

1. Batchelor, J, 2021, 'What is a Game'. Available from: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-14-what-is-a-game [accessed 1 October 2021]

2. Robledo, R, 2019, 'What is a Video Game Designer'. Available from: http://www.animationarena.com/what-is-a-video-game-designer.html [accessed 1 October 2021]

3. Stefyn, N, 2019, 'How video games are made: the game development process'. Available from: https://www.cgspectrum.com/blog/game-development-process [accesses 1 October 2021]