EPORTFOLIO

Goals of week 1:

• Introduce yourself to the class in the Introductions in the Course Home.
• Read pages 1-105 of Rules of Play.
• Complete your Week 1 assignment (50 points).
• Participate in the Graded Discussions (60 points).
• Download Game Maker and get familiar with it.
• Take the Week 1 Quiz (50 points).

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Here’s my INTRODUCTION to the class:


(posted 13 Jan 09    3:11 PM MST)


Hello everyone; I’m Ryan and have had some of you in my previous classes. I’m a little amazed about this class size (there’s only 8 of us) because the other classes had a lot more students. Any who, I’m a computer guy and have been involved with technology as far back as I can remember (year of birth is 82, I can remember back to 85/86′ish). I’m usually an owl and my computer time is throughout the night when my family is asleep. During the day, I’ll fit it as much technology as I can with my daughter, wife and work. Don’t be alarmed if you see my responses at 4am; that’s my personal schedule. I’m a gamer, programmer and general tinkerer. I’m always willing to help out so let me know if there are any projects going on, I’ll shoot over a resume and willing to help out.


I also love a good kill, I play a lot of games… Well, not as much as I use to compared to when I was growing up. You know, the more time you spend programming games, applications and the web, the less time you spend on Warcraft and Crysis. So if anyone is up for dying, let me know. I’ll be more than happy to find some time to kill you in Crysis, Quake, Valve software and any game on the market.


Also, the best way to reach me is through email; I check it multiple times a day!


Happy learning, gaming and programming!