Hamza's Blog

  In this blog I will talk about how I migrated my localhost WordPress Site Online. My first step was making a hosting  account with a hosting company called IfastNet, when I got my hosting details I then started to migrate my website. I downloaded the plugin " All in one WP Migration" on both the local host and the WordPress I downloaded through  Ifastnet.  I exported WordPress on the localhost and imported that file on the live WordPress,  I then updated the database and login in with my admin details and saw my website live. I used the All in one migration plugin to migrate the site because it was easy to use and straightforward. I used Ifastnet to host my website becuase it had at lot of MB and I was able to import my file eaisly  Two problems I faced was design the website and migrating the website.  Designing the website was king of difficult because, it was my first time using WordPress. I didn't know the layout and the plugins but when I starte...

 In this blog I will talk about the main UX features I want to implement in my website, and how I can do it. I also talk more about my idea and what I want the final result of it to look like.  I intend to make a music website for the music genre rap, some of the content it would have would be new albums, songs, billboard charts, achievements and intresting news on rap artists. The blog post will mainly be about American rap artists. I would want the final result of my blog to be personalized to my idea of the blog being about American rappers. I plan to have my font choices, imagery, colors, layout and other visual elements to give my blog to look and feel of a blog about American rappers.                                                         Link to image UX Two UX featur...

 For this week reading task we are launching the book and reflecting on the process we took to make our chapters  Chapter In the first weeks I didn't really understand the reading tasks it was, I knew it was to help start the process of making the  chapter but I found some of the tasks difficult to follow because I couldn't  understand what I  had to do exactly.  To  solve my problems with the reading task I would learn more about the steps we had to do on the internet and then I start to the tasks easier. Google scholar was a big help to obtain good sources of information.  I would develop my chapter by getting useful feedback, and it made the chapter better.     I leant a lot from the process of making the chapter I developed good research skill's  and even got better at writing. I enjoyed making the chapter it was a intresting experience. I am happy with the chapter and the process and all ...

 I have finally finished my 2d platformer game. I was able to add all the things I planned to do. One thing I wanted to add was a better background like a pixelated image. I tried it but had some complications so I stuck to the backgrounds from the assets file. link to game: https://hamzaabdulhamid2.itch.io/2d-platfomer?secret=TKdwHiMB7lCPtU5gv0vg7LeXu9c Making the 2D platformer game in the beginning was quite hard, cause I would have a lot of errors even when I was sure my code was right,  but I probably missed some code. But I am happy I never have to start the game all over again. As each week passed I would make progress on the game  with a occasional error. The process of  making the game was great quite time consuming  The game has five levels and they get harder as you complete each level. My theme for the game was adventure and I think I made the game to fit the theme quite well, from the background music to the visual aesthetics. I learned more about cr...

  For this weeks  reading task I added my Chapter, before adding it I took the feedback from  the first paragraph and used it to develop my chapter. I read through my chapter to make sure it was coherent and to make sure there was no spelling mistakes.                                                                             Finished I'm quite happy with my chapter and and enjoyed the process I took to make it as I learned a lot of new skills and information. I'm glad that my chapter will be included in the book and hope that people would like. I wanted to do a different approach when making it but than I realized if I did follow that approach I would just be giving facts and information without...

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  For this weeks project task I continued working on my 2d platformer game.                                                                                                    Image by me      This week I made more  progress on my 2d game,  I was finally able to get the camera to follow the avatar as it moves along the ground, I added some animations to the avatar when it jumps and when it falls down. And I have created moving platforms. I also added a background for the game and I plan on changing it  so it can fit the adventure theme.  I  have enjoyed the process of making the game so far Everything was working so far until I made I started to to make ...

  For this weeks reading task we were supposed to make two digital resources for our chapters and to write a author biography  I found and edited an  image for my chapter and also I found some other images that I could edit to make it fit my chapter more.                                                                                 Image edited by me in illustrator.  Images that I plan on editing     My chapter is about the physical and mental effects of gaming . I thought the image that I edited could be  a good  graphic for my chapter because I think it works wells with the chapter title. I also found some other images that would be relevant graphics to my chapter but I want to edit them  so they...

                                                                                      Image by me  First this weeks project task I made more improvement on my game , I found a helpful tutorial on  YouTube to follow. I imported some assets from unity to help me start making the game in terms of layout and  aesthetics . I sliced some block  sprites to start creating the first level of the game. the assets provide a variety of different types of  color blocks and  those will help in making other levels . I learned how to turn a 2d box sprite into a character that will be the adventurer in the game. I updated my player movement by using the code from the tutorial as it was better than t...

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 For this weeks extras task I chose to do a heart task on " How reading rewires your brain for higher intelligence and empathy " .                                                                                     Reading                                                                                            The article talks about how reading has many benefits for your brain and how it improves your em...

                                                                                                          Image by me  This week’s unity task was quite heavy code based, But I learned a lot of new things like giving ruby health and making game objects to take the health away. And I also learned how to use a trigger which is a type of collider which allows ruby to collect strawberries to give her health. I  also learned to make a  moving enemy that takes life of ruby if they collide.   I enjoyed making the code that took health from ruby and the code that gave ruby health, it was interesting to learn more health physics in unity 2d. I also enjoyed that th...

                                                                                                        Image by me     For this week’s project task, I made a prototype of a 2d platformer game.    For my first prototype I started of with making the controls for my game. I made the basic controls of going left and right and jumping, I have set a decent amount of speed for the block so that it doesn’t move to slow or fast. When I start to develop the game more, I hope to implement some other types of movement like climbing and crunching.   From making this prototype I have learned more skills on how to use unity to make the 2d platformer game. And fro...

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                                                                             Overcoming Fear                                                               Link to article: Fear For this week’s extra task, I read an article on to overcome fear in situations or scenarios. It was an interesting article to read, and I think the advice given in it is worth taking.   One thing the article confirmed for me that I already knew to be true was that if you don’t put yourself outside y...

Project Treatment The idea I chose to do my 2d unity game on is the platformer game, the game would be a about an adventurer that has been searching for treasure for a long time and is following a map which leads them to through different levels to find the treasure they have been looking for.     The levels the adventurer goes through would have a background to match the location where he or she is e.g., if the adventure was running through the jungle there would be background like a pixelated jungle and the platform would also be the same theme as the level. And I would want to put some music and sound effects that match the game idea.     The characters would be pixelated and would wear something like Indiana jones type of clothing. There will also be obstacles that match the theme of the level and there will also be coins to collect.

 For this weeks reading task I learned the importance of making an  engaging introduction for my chapter and how important it is to have a have a conclusion that shows your opinions and thoughts. Essay Since the peak of gaming in the  1970s and 1980s, to this day  there has been many harmful effects of gaming on physical and mental health  found in the gaming world. What are these harmful effects? and how are games causing these effects? we can  discuss these questions in depth to understand more about the topic. Without a doubt  gaming has definitely had some  serious effects on peoples mental and physical health for a long time now. I think that it is a important topic to talk about to help educate people on how to game wisely to prevent them from these harmful effects and to also help people who are dealing with the harmful effects of gaming.

  To make my brainstorming easier for me I thought it would be best if I found 2d unity tutorials and think of an idea around the tutorial. So, I could have the functions of the game but change they idea and the design. I also took in mind that I should try and keep my ideas simple so I wouldn’t be trying to make a complicated game that I can’t make. Brainstorming  My first idea for a 2d game was to make a platformer game, I found some helpful tutorials on YouTube that show how to make the game. And I was thinking of maybe having a theme for the game, the game could have a horror theme or an adventure theme or maybe even a music theme.   My second idea I had was to make a game like Pac man it would have the same goal as pac man, but it would have different characters and aesthetics e.g., instead of Pac man I could have cookie monster eating cookies. And he would be running away from characters from sesame street.   My third idea was to make a game similar t...

                                                               I used Quozio to make this Image I picked this motto because its means if someone is going through something , there will be at time when they are happy.