A Peaceful Journey

So one of the goals I mentioned in my last blog post was to post before 10 o’clock tonight…clearly that didn’t happen. I went to the doctors today because I have been sick all week, and I have the flu! So that being said, I probably won’t be at school tomorrow unless my fever breaks, so if anyone wants to get together a lot next week to code let me know!

Ok, moving on to my post. Since we didn’t code two weeks ago, I want to discuss gaming and Journey. I really like what Todd said in his post about the interactions in Journey. Even though we couldn’t verbally communicate with our “friend” in the game, we were still able to interact with them. I really liked how kind and patient our friend was; they waited for us to figure out stuff in the game and didn’t leave us behind. I am typically not a gamer, but Journey is just a game that make me feel happy and I will definitely play it again. It is just so peaceful! You can play with others and help others, or do it on your own if you prefer, and I LOVED the music! Even though I wasn’t the best at the game, I didn’t get super frustrated because there was no pressure from the game. It didn’t have a count down timer, or a map telling us exactly where to go or what to do. The game allowed us to figure stuff out and have our own experience. I feel that no matter how many times you play the game, you will have a different experience each time. I really can’t say enough positive things about Journey!

Moving on to a little bit about coding. I didn’t get a chance to work on NotPacman over break as David did, so hopefully I can complete it once I am feeling better. I am excited and nervous to move away from JavaScript (definitely more nervous though), and am interested to see what the next project will be.