Month 5: Data Structures, Flash Workshop and Ethics and Psychology

I just finished my fifth month at Full Sail. The classes are getting tougher but the material is also becoming more interesting. The drive to learn is pushing me farther along and making me enjoy the work that much more. I took a flash workshop on Sundays taught by Mike Arlington. He challenged us to make our own game by the end of the month and I am proud to say that I have finished the mechanics for mine (However, I am no artist and am in need of some better assets). He also taught us how to but our games online and make money off them.

I Crush Ur Head - This is my flash game where the player must click on the head of pedestrians in order to crush their heads. (inspired from the Kids In The Hall skit)

Rodney taught us data structures. He is a very cool guy who went through the course when he was younger. He gave hard tests that really pushed us to know the material. We would have to know how to draw the data structures and how all their operations functioned. Rodney kept us laughing throughout the month and gave us projects such as Simon and Boggle.

Lance “Doc” Percy taught us psychology. He told us that it could help us in three areas, character development, industry communication/marketing, and self-improvement. We learned about the three schools of western psychology. We also had to incorporate the theories we learned into characters as part of a story we wrote in groups. We took different kinds of personality tests and learned a lot about ourselves. We also discussed many movie and game characters as well as watched some funny, interesting videos.