Ocean Farm

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  An example of the end screen.

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  Gameplay 1

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  Gameplay 2

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  Gameplay 3

Inspiration

As people who are new to coding all together, we decided to use a starter kit. However, we wanted to make our project different by adding references and a storyline we like. We have lots of symbolic commentary in here which is partially inspired by the allegory "Animal Farm". We also wanted to include some over-the-top elements.

What it does

The “Ocean Farm” starts off at the boat and the user has to maneuver the boat past the obstacles, the green pigs and corals, while collecting trash (by clicking on it to capture it in a net) in order to clean the ocean.

How we built it

We used the Alice software while following the catch the fish starter pack. We tweaked it a little to make it such that the game play would have a boat collecting trash in the ocean while maneuvering through obstacles: the corals and the green pig.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into tons and tons of challenges, from mirrored and wonky scoreboards to flipping and rotating sharks. After we finished a bare bones version of the initial starter kit, we saw lots of issues. The game wasn't running, the boat was disappearing quickly, obstacles were flying around and our fish were having seizures. We ended up starting over, which fixed most of the issues except for some display issues with the scoreboard and timer. However, with troubleshooting and the help of many people, we fixed everything in the end.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are insanely proud of fixing up the scoreboard as initially the scoreboard would be flipped and mirrored. We raised countless tickets and also nagged the tutors. Finally we were able to connect with the developers if the Catch the Fish starter kit, who helped us solve the problem. At the end of the day, we are proud of learning and persisting

What we learned

This was all a very new experience for us. It was our first time coding and despite all of the problems we ran into using Alice (which is coding using blocks), we did learn a lot. It is easier to recognize commands and we learned a lot about troubleshooting (locating and solving problems) as well as perseverance.

What's next for Ocean Farm

As we used the program Alice, we used up most of our time fixing up error but our next steps would include making an entire ocean farm using cows, horses, chickens as obstacles. We are also planning on making the animals moving so that the user experience will get harder as the time runs out.

Built With

• alice