App Inventor 2 Paint Pot

Enjoy. this was mind numbing. fuck paint pot. fuck the opposition only do us.

MIT App Inventor 2: Mole Mash

Making a mole mash app was relatively easy, just a bit time consuming. Fun to play still however.

Minecraft Obscure

Enjoy

RoboCraft Day 3 & 4

So Day 3 I watched a 30 minute tutorial video, and then I took what I learned (which wasn't a whole lot) and applied it to Robocraft. I learned about tiers, which blocks worst best for what, and just its physics in general & whatnot.

After about 45 minutes of  going back and forth between robocraft and that video (above) here are the following things I've deduced after playing:

Your vehicle should be balanced

More turrets=more successful overall playing

Protect your robot

and

Keep your distance from your enemies

Robocraft Day 5

Overall, I enjoyed Robocraft. The game isn't broken whatsoever, BUT, you definitely need to grind to up your level/tier so you can create better robots and therefore do better playing against other people. I've only created 2 robots/vehicles and played a total of about a 1-1.5 hours of actually battling and its not obvious right off the bat that the higher tiers have the upper advantage but they do. The steering is a bit fucky however I would presume the higher the tier the better the wheels and better the steering. The gameplay is pretty solid, I don't like how I have to drive for a few minutes to actually run into enemies (minor inconvenience though).

Alright so a gameplay guide. There are 2 main "games", which are Battle Mode (the full robocraft team battle experience) and Classic (short matches with no respawn. some hardcore shit.). I prefer Battle Mode and would recommend that you play this. It's just a better overall robocraft experience and is more fun. Here is a link to robocraft wiki that explains battle mode and classic. There's no point in me going through the lengths to explain this when somebody already has (and better than I could). Best advice I could give is protect your robot/pilot when playing against other people.

There aren't alot of tips & tricks for robocract; how ever there are still a handful of tips & tricks that will definitely give you the upper hand. What I believe to be the best overall tip is to make sure you place alot of turrets and place them strategically to what your vehicle looks like. Look for weak/blind spots. Another tip/trick is to try and keep your distant from your enemy. Now don't go TOO far but keep a decent space between you and your enemy. The reasoning for this is because I almost always find when I'm up close the steering is more difficult to control and move back and forth and whatnot. The steering already isn't the best so. And also if your up close with an enemy chances are higher that he'll have buddies behind him to back him up or just going that way by chance (due to respawning nearby). The final tip I have for you is to protect your robot-pilot, put heavier blocks or parts there to make sure the robot is safe (and yes I do realize I have said that above earlier).

The future of robocraft looks pretty bright. They are planning to add fusion shields, a  new game based off "protonium crystals" and they are adding 3 different types of robots. In the upcoming months you'll be able to chose from an offense robot, a medic robot and a defense robot. Each will have their own special abilities corresponding with their name. That's all I could really find. The robocraft fan community obviously has their own ideas and wishes, but, that doesn't necessarily relate to what will actually be added to robocraft. The creators of robocraft will, presumably, continuously be adding new and updated things to robocraft every few months (2-4) or so.




(yes I will fix the order of Day 5 and Days 3&4)

Robocraft Days 1 & 2

Alright so first off you need to be patient in robocraft. On the first day I dove head first into it, and just started fooling around with the first "template robot thing". I added some blocks, took a few away, added proper (turning) wheels and some guns pew pew. I then proceeded to test it. It worked almost fine however the steering was still awkward and I plan today (Day 3) to figure out a way to improve the steering. On the second day, I loaded another "template robot" and once again edited it a tad. This time after testing it I actually went and battled other people online. My robot wasn't superior to the others and vice versa. I played a total of approximately 30 minutes. 

The first 4 pictures are all the different sections of the menu

 My vehicle.

And theres the end of Day 1. 

Second vehicle.  

What I learned for this project will all be one big post I make on Day 5. I'll have what I learned in depth including all 5 days just so its easier for beginners to look at all the information together and whatnot.

MIT App Inventor 2: Custom 8Ball & What I Did Today

I changed up my 8ball app, looked through all the mole mash tutorials and started my mole mash app. 

MIT App Inventor: 8 Ball

I more or less finished the 8 Ball app. I just need to add (in Bileskys words) my "own personal touch". I will upload my own "personally touched" 8 Ball app tomorrow along with the start of my new app.

MIT App Inventor 2: What I did today

I looked completely through all the tutorial and began my Magic 8Ball app. 

First App Completed: Jolie Olie Edition

This wasn't even that hard. Most of the time spent doing this was looking through the tutorial. Jolie would be proud,,.

App Development: Hello Purr/Jolie Olie

This^ is more or less what I got done this class. Going through all the tutorials and attempting at learning it (which I did fairly well) took alot of time.

I just finished reading the entire tutorial thing for the Block Editor and I've fooled around a bit with it. Tomorrow I will finish this up and start my next app.

3rd Challenge

Not that bad to be honest

Just took a lot of tweaking

2nd Challenge

Royal pain in the ass

First Challenge

This took forever, you better enjoy it

Algodoo Tutorials

MineCraft: The Alamo

 I have finally completed the Alamo. Here it is in it's completion.

And here it is in all its grandness and Alamoness.

Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna (February 21 1794 - June 21 1876) was a greatly influential Mexican politician and general.  Antonio was center of Mexico's politics during such events as the Texas revolt (1836) and the Mexican-American War (1846–48). Santa Anna gained much prestige in 1829 when he fought against Spain’s attempt to reconquer Mexico, and he became known as the Hero of Tampico. This surge of glory helped him gain the presidency in 1833 as a Federalist and opponent of the Roman Catholic Church; in actuality, however, he established a centralized state. He remained in power until 1836, when he marched into Texas to quell a rebellion by U.S. settlers there. During the course of this punitive expedition, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.Antonio also lost his leg during a skirmish with the French Navy. He gained enough prestige from this event to act as dictator from March to July 1839, while the president was away. Two years later he led a revolt and seized power, which he held until he was driven into exile in 1845. 

Davy Crockett

(August 17, 1786 - March 6 1836) - David "Davy" Stern Crockett was an American frontiersman from East Tennessee. He's commonly referred to the "King of the Wild Frontier" in popular culture.  After being made a colonel in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee he was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1825, Crockett was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson. Crockett's opposition to Jackson's policies led to his defeat in the 1831 elections. He won again in 1833, then narrowly lost in 1835, prompting his angry departure to Texas (then the Tejas) shortly thereafter. In early 1836, Crockett took part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo in March.

Here's a fun little video of a song about Davy Crockett

MineCraft: The Alamo

Here is the start of the Alamo I & Bailey are creating.

Now here it is with a few minor changes & a flag added.

History of The Alamo

The great battle of the Alamo lasted 13 days from February 23 – March 6, 1836. Texas wanted independence from Mexico. On February 23, 1836,  General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army  arrived outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Fearlessly, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. Colonel Travis immediate sent a request to Gonzales for assistance. On the second day Travis assumes all command over the Alamo (considering Bowie becomes too ill to still serve as co-commander) and Santa Anna ordered an artillery battery constructed on the west side of the river On the third day a two hour engagement occurs when Santa Anna’s troops attempt to occupy picket and thatch huts located near the southwest corner of the compound. Members of the garrison venture out and burn the huts this night. Santa Anna’s soldiers construct artillery batteries south of the Alamo. The next 3 days the Alamo and its defenders endure cannonade, batteries and entrenchment from Santa Anna. The next four days are spent still under a siege bracing against a second cold front, Mexican troops position themselves on the eastern side of the Alamo and a relief column from Gonzales arrives, responding to Travis’ pleas for help. Throughout the 10th, 11th and 12th day of the siege Santa Anna orders his artillery batteries moved closer to the Alamo and gets an additional 1,100 troops. Santa Anna announces to his officials and troops the night before March 6th, 1836 that they attack in the morning.  On March 6th, 1836 Santa Anna gives the order to attack just before dawn. After a bloody 90-minute battle, the Alamo falls. Santa Anna orders the bodies of the slain defenders burned.

http://thealamo.org/history/chronology/index.html http://visitsanantonio.com/Mobile/Explore-San-Antonio/Only-in-San-Antonio/The-Alamo/The-Alamo-Timeline/

What I did in MineCraft

Here i am just under halfway done my first mc Escher project

and here i am roughly 3/4 done the project. I am finding it an easy project however getting everything down to a tee is sometimes a pain. 

Bluenose Gif

Here's it still

Here's it animated

Now here's it on a bluenose boat

My Own Version of the Canadian Flag

Here's it still

Here's it animated