N0515GAM – Games Interactivity
Semester 1 2011
- Prep for physics exam
- Physics for Game Developers - David M. Bourg [Book]
- College Physics Crash Course - FrederickJ. Bueche and Eugene Hecht [Book]
- The Language Of Physics - John P. Cullerne and Anton Machacek [Book]
- HET233 GAMES & INTERACTIVITY LAB 1
- Journal entries due 15th / 04
- Game week 9
Semster 2 2011
- HET430 INTERACTION EVALUATION (discontinued)
- HBN303 FORSIGHT THEORY & FUTURES
- HET402 MULTIMEDIA PROJECT2
- HET234 GAMES & INTERACTIVITY LAB 2
B Athanatos AdvDipInfTech, BArts
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Space Gas – The final fart
Spacegas - The Final Fart (game)
Space gas the flash game.
(c) Bridh Athanatos 2011
A space expedition turns bad when two Australian astronauts once friends have a falling out, (literally) at the beginning of a mission. Things begin to turn ugly and once out of earths grasps, a vicious duel to the death begins. After training their whole life’s for the task of space travel, these two extremely fit astronauts face off floating high in the stratosphere with the earth appearing ominously in the background.
The making of space gas...
HBN303 – Blog analysis Part 2
This blog analysis discusses how the technology aspect of the blog content from this unit reveals the changes in society and technologies shaping the future.
In the week one blog entries nearly all of the ideas posted by students were alive in a science fiction capacity at one point; now they are socially adaptable due to the sheer technological grunt available.
Dystopian thoughts say impending doom from our own industrial & consumer waste will result in warming effect to threaten human survival. This technology boost in human evolution has a vicious by product of carbon pollution and we humans are now responding with awareness of such problems. Such as the resource shortages and how everything needs to be more power conservative to produce a more sustainable future. Are we using the cause of the problem to cure the result, is this feedback sustainable?
As Laura James mentioned in her experiences of a day without a mobile phone; the post titled “Future of the Phone” Laura commented, “i felt a great sense of uneasiness” which is evidence that people are going to be reluctant to change their current consumer habits. Laura concluded her post with “Though there is no fighting the fact that mobile phone use is becoming as essential to living life as breathing and eating already is.” No one mentions unplugging and turning off in the blog entries.
Week two discusses the fantastic ideas of breaking our selves down to a molecular level and the fears socially attached to ventures into bio technology. Julliete Pages posted “Things that appear unrealistic in biology now will appear as normal” in the future. The more we understand bio technology the more interest people will generates around the topic, this social change will adapt the future. Most people are fascinated with these advances especially because it directly involves them and also because they can benefit from the products created to prevent illness. Advocating change now for the future is not likely going to be easy when people are scared
Week three blogs reveal what students find powerful to them. Responses varied over many different fields, most tied into a desire of freedom to live a better life. I felt a strong connection with Binh Tran’s post “what action should we take?” he talks about nuclear technology, the negative impacts during war time, power station failure at “Chernobyl and Fukushima then consider whether we should continue or stop using it”. Anything dangerous that humans are manipulating for good reasons may have unintended outcomes. Binh says “the answer is because it is too powerful and the cupidity stops people to get rid of it.” It’s this type of thinking that also shapes our future.
Basic concepts of foresight:
How the past affects the present and influences the future. Traditionally a great product or service would generate a sale and create a strong brand and growth would ensue, while this is still presently true, Binh Tran’s week 5 post on “Business model trend” shows how this is just as important as it is influencing business transactions now and into the future. The importance of spending time getting the business model correct from the start is emphasised now more than in history. The past has affected the present situation with business models generating revenue in varied unconventional ways which influences the future of business models.
‘The future’ itself does not exist it therefore cannot be studied. The week 6 blog area has a strong set of ideas and images this is evidence of futures studies. The key being plural as it’s possible to consider multiple outcomes. This is known as Dators 1st Law of the future. A good example of this is Gina Kandau’s post on “why the future of mobile will be screenless and touchless?” it included an image of glasses and how their hosting the new mobile medium. By contrast I found that Avineesh Jayakara Sheety’s post about “TATA MOTORS” to be an image of the past than the future, as it includes a photo and text that merely reported what had happened in 2008.
Binh Tran posted a link with ridiculous images of the future. His post “Microsoft Vision 2019” enables Dators 2nd law of the future; the future concepts at times appear ridiculous. Such as, to have a single sheet of ‘newspaper’ and interact with it the way a person would currently on a tablet is absurd. A mug that shows statistic information about weather conditions and its contents is another ridiculous concept. This video depicts a very utopian existence, where everything functions well. There is endless space for one person and there doesn’t seem to be any external pressure impacting on their lifestyle, Similar to images found on the Swinburne website to attract new students.
HBN303 – Blog analysis Part 1
The class participation component of this subject saw me constantly advocating for debate and discussion. Open discussions would be met with awkward hesitation and people reluctant to comment. Rather than always overriding debates with my opinions I would withdraw to give others a chance to discuss the lecturers perplexing questions such as “what is life”. The global scenario exercise taught me that while there were many factors and perceptions taking place, the person with the loudest voice got heard, the lecturer confirmed to my surprise that this is how communication is done in boardrooms.
Each week I created blog entries for varied topics. This allowed me to reflect upon what we were learning during lectures. Expressing my ideas was important as it gave ammunition for debate within lectures and tutorials, while sometimes breaking redundant thoughts about how stable the current systems are. Also focusing on what my present and future objectives are.
Week 1 blog:
This subject has helped define my view on neotany (taking play into adulthood). It confirmed that people should be including play more in their life rather than always engaging in result driven actions. Playing is viewed as a lifestyle choice rather than survival. I found that creating effective scenarios called upon my creative abilities (developed during childhood), thus a diverse array of scenarios can be considered.
Week 2 blog:
Stone tools and language were a big part of human evolution from animals, this took thousands of years to develop. While change was slow and primitive the concept of a tool to assist early man to be more productive within their lives required them to teach the skills to their young not knowing what the future would hold but learning how greatly it had assisted themselves in the past. I learned to immerse myself now in the change I want to become.
Week 6 blog:
I believe this subject has heightened my awareness to emerging opportunities. The yet to be released Windows 8 OS could be exploited for computer game opportunities. However after a quick evaluation i concluded that this would ideally need to be started 1.5 years earlier to have the desired impact required. This subject has helped me see more opportunities and evaluate them faster.
Week 7 blog:
Brainstorming scenario possibilities and imagining an alternative world is a productive approach to gaining direction and taking control of your current situation. My original beliefs on foresight theory were to develop my business brain and that it would help evaluate ideas and guide me on my path. While I cannot see into the future or change the past, I can use tools that give me clear signposts informing me which path I am on. The study of foresight will never end it and needs to be incorporated into any plans and ventures being prepared; however there is a limit and foresight practice should not impact on taking action.
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