Narrative Writing: Adrift

Click on my title for the link to where my story is inspired from its called once in a lifetime.

ADRIFT

Hi my name is Old Hill billy James. I am 68 years old and this is my story about being caught adrift. 

One sunny evening I was travelling on my hot air pirate ship when the propeller snapped. “Damn! How am I going to get back home now?”
Suddenly, I heard something that sounded like whales in the distance. It couldn't be whales at this time of year. Slowly, out of the mist came this bale of flying turtles. “What the....” I had no words for these amazing turtles. They were huge, floating freely and exquisitely amongst the clouds.
An idea came to mind. I ran and got the rope I always carry at the front of the boat and lassoed one of the turtles. “Yes! I'm on my way back home!” We slowly started to move, but without warning I saw the rope slowly start to wither before my eyes “Curse you, you stupid rope!”

All hope of getting home was slowly disappearing right before my eyes. Then I noticed that there was one more turtle that wasn't fast enough to keep up with the rest of the bale. I took my last remaining rope and decided to plunge overboard and catch the last turtle. “I hope I'm on my way home now” I muttered to myself.

THE END

Creating my own 'Flappy Bird' game.

Hi guys, 

My aim was to create my own custom version of Flappy Bird!  I went to the site: www.code.org to research and learn about making games.  I needed to practice lots in order to make the game with confidence.

My game:

The way of scoring points is easy.  If you hit an obstacle you get 1 point and if you pass an obstacle you get 1 point but if you hit the ground the game ends.

If you want to play my Flappy Bird this is the link:  http://studio.code.org/c/99412849

What worked:

It found it easy to create the setting and background of my game.  You had lots of characters to choose from.  I also found the obstacle (what the flappy bird had to fly through and around) simple enough to do.  Tallying points or creating a leader board to improve on is something I haven't figured out yet.  I'm not sure if you can.

What next?

I want to create my own game from scratch instead of pre made games you can change.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed learning about creating games.  I think i'm going to continue learning about computer programming or as we call it coding.  Please leave a comment if you know of any other good sites that I can use to make a game from scratch.

Geometric Art (Writing Assignment)

Hi everybody, I am in something called a flipped classroom and this is one of the assignments we were given. If you think you know what picture I am describing please leave a comment. :-)

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Let me tell you about my picture. It kind of looks like like an earthquake struck city. In a funny sort of way they look like multi-coloured box houses that are starting to crumble and fall. Certain boxes are cut in half and others are cut in quarters. In the background is a horrific rainy sky as dark as the darkest night. Despite that, the beautiful and bright sun shimmers amid the tall buildings. Some boxes are big, some are small, but the funny thing is, that they're made out of one common shape... but I'm not allowed to tell you. They look like Indian spices, all beautiful, vibrant different colours.

This art piece could also mirror our busy city Auckland, with buildings as tall as the sky tower.  It’s busy and thriving.  Some houses are being demolished so new ones can be rebuilt.

What image do you think I've chosen?