Walk Cycle Using Actionscript

Sprite Sheet

Vectorized Images using Flash

  I decided to use Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy together because in my opinion not only is Obama compared to Kennedy because of how young he is and his view on politics, but I think that all of the things that Kennedy did for the Civil Rights movement has been exemplified by Obama's mere opportunity to be allowed to run for President.  

The only trouble I ran into was that all of Kennedy's pictures were in black and white, and Obama's were in color.  I decided to leave Kennedy's portion of the combined picture in black and white because it creates a sharp contrast with the issues at bay.  I also kind of like the way it looks, although I think it would look good if they were both in color as well.

Demystified/Game Research

Flash MX Game Design Demystified by Jobe Makar

I found this chapter very interesting.  Going into this class, I do not know a lot about gaming (using flash or any other type of program).  I feel as though this gave a very easy and quick overview of games without all the hustle and bustle of the lingo and details.  I found it very helpful, and I will definitely be referring back to it from time to time.

Flash Game Research

I found that I really enjoyed a lot of the pop culture games on addictinggames.com because that is what I am currently interested in.  Because games are an escape that involves very little brain power, it is fun to play something using images of pop culture and issues that are going on today to get a good laugh going.

some games that I enjoyed are:

www.addictinggames.com/50states.html

www.addictinggames.com/fallingbush.html

www.addictinggames.com/vanessanaughtypics.html