Into Animation! Bouncing Ball animation

As soon as I got into the 3rd quarter of my freshmen year, was when my DDA1 class Headed into Animation. As soon as possible we learned about the history of animation, and the different animation techniques that are used. The techniques are; Traditional Animation, Stop Motion, Motion capture, Computer Animation, and more.

For this project we had to animate a ball bouncing across the screen frame by frame, including a Squash and Stretch technique in order to make the bouncing look realistic; stretching the ball out more and more then reaching the ground and squishing from the impact, and continuing to bounce.

My Process

We do have to make a ball bounce across the screen but we had to add something of our own to it. For my project I decided to also animate a sun being woken up by the bouncing ball and watching it bounce, while a cloud comes in and watches it bounce also(below).

Excited to animate this, I didn't realize how completely extra I was being for animating two other objects in my Ball animation, when all I had to do was make a creative background and animate the ball. With everything that I had to do, this left me constantly forgetting that as I exported each frame, I had to make sure the eyes were moving with the ball also, causing me to delete the files and Re-exporting. Keeping in mind my animation had to be 10 seconds long, 12 frames per second meaning 120 frames that had to be exported, on top of that making sure that each frame was exported as an Artboard! I would constantly forget which frame I'm on and would repeatedly recount, in fear of exporting a frame twice. My first failed attempt with exporting all 120 files flopped because I hadn't exported them as Artboards, The second time I failed because I hadn't made the file in Abode Illustrator RGB. This loss of precious time created a domino effect in my classwork, making me very behind on the class assignments. The first time I found out that I didn't export the right files, I was completely devastated, I didn't have any hope left The more I had to restart the more enjoyable and exhilarating it became.

Summary

- Bouncing Ball Animation

- Stressed out

- Into Animation!

Roblox's The Rake: Classic Edition

The Rake Is a horror game on Roblox where your goal is to survive the creature(The Rake) each night by staying in groups and finding shelter. Although you don't really have to survive with others, it sure is a relief when you find someone. By surviving a night you are rewarded with points(in game currency) which you can use to buy gear.

Hiding from the rake

Although none of the shelters truly protect you from the rake, they will buy you some time. Of the shelters I would say the safest shelter is the Safe House. Its a small one room house that has a sturdy door and a light. The problem is that the power will go out it you don't use it wisely. So once you get inside the Safe House, you have to keep the door open so that you don't waste any power that you would probably need later. You can let others in the house and work together to conserve the power. But here's the most depressing part; closing the door will not protect you from the rake. There is a large hole in the roof which The Rake can jump into and kill all those inside. The next "shelter" is the observation tower. Its pretty pointless because you can only see a few feet ahead of you considering that its so dark and the fog is so thick. Plus The Rake can crawl quickly up the ladder. Jumping off the tower in an effort to escape the creature will take your health down by a lot and will give you less running speed, so I wouldn't recomend using the Tower as a place to hide.

More Survivals Equals More Gear

After surviving a round the sun comes out again and you can run to the Shop and get some gear. Everything at the shop is around 80 points or higher, so if you're new to the game and its your first survival you might need to save up a little more to buy some good gear. The gear you can buy in the game are things like Pain Killers, Maps, A Watch, traps, a Med Kit, and more. But keep in mind that once you die you cant keep the stuff you bought, you have you buy them again. If you survive, you can keep them until you die again.

The Inspiration

The Rake got its name from its long, sharp, rake like claws. It's most associated with the creature (above). It is described by original reports as; "a "naked man, or a "large hairless dog of some sort," with a body position that seemed "unnatural, as if it had been hit by a car or something." Its features are similar to those of a human being, with its body shape although it gets around on all 4's. The Rake was supposedly caught on camera which is shown in the picture above. Its described as a boney, pale, alien like creature and is said to have very sharp long claws, which is how it got its name. Sources say that the Rake attacked a family of 3 in 2006, killing the father and daughter. It is said to only come out at night and kill.

Review

Overall, I really like this game and I come back and play every now and then. I recommend this game for playing with friends. I would say the gameplay was fun and the audio was realistic when you're panting, and when you run you hear the ground under your characters feet. The music that plays when The Rake is around seems very fitting. When the game starts and the sky darkens I always get excited to survive. The setting and the thick fog will make you feel tense and like you're being watched. I feel like the creator could make it less dark because I find myself squinting and getting closer to my screen as I play.

Summary

-Survive The night!

-Roblox Games

-Horror

Overcooked? or Just right?

What is Overcooked you may ask? Overcooked is a chaotic cooking game for one to four players. In this game you team up with the other players and cook as many dishes as you possibly can. As you progress through the levels you acquire new skins to change into as you please. In the image below you can see an example of what a chaotic level would look like. I played this level with my siblings thinking that it would be a normal level but boy were we surprised! One of us tried to put a finished burger on the finish tray ( The mechanism with the grey arrows and grey hood which sends the food straight to the waiting customers) but were interrupted by a Fault like obstacle in the kitchen. There are pros and cons for both of the levels of the kitchen. As you can see, the right side might have the Launch tray, but if you get stuck over there your only resources are Burger Buns, two Stove tops, and a Fire extinguisher. But on the left you still need your Meat, Lettuce, and Tomatoes but there is no Launch tray. So you need to work with your other team mates and figure out whos going to be sending the food off to the customers, who will cook, and who will wash the dishes, all under 4 minutes! In the end once the time is up, you can get 1-3 stars off of how many dishes you were able to serve. There are some levels you will come across that require more stars to continue, so sometimes you need to go back and do better with levels you didn't do so well on. I truly recommend this game for playing with friends. Its more fun to cook with other people and it get food out faster. Overcooked is a cooking game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17 It was finally released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2016. A Nintendo Switch version was released on July 27, 2017.

Summary

• Keep the Customers happy!

• Team up

• Time crunch!