2nd Class Day

Today was a very exciting day. We started off by looking at a photo of the cocos 2d icon on the board, and we were questioned on what it look liked. I had no clue, but Mr. Howe said that to him it resembled a Tribble. Since very few people in the class knew what a Tribble was, he showed us five clips from Star Trek. We learned that a Tribble was a little furry creature that loved to reproduce. Also, it looked just like the icon, so we created a new project called Tribbles! We first downloaded the icon into our new project then placed it in the middle of our screens. We were pondering on what we could do to the creature when someone suggested that we make it bounce off the walls. So Mr. Howe let his senior assistant, Mr. Rabey, help us set this up. We first set it up where it would bounce off the side walls, and right before we got to the walls on the top and bottom, the bell rang. It was time to go to lunch.
After we finished up eating, we returned to the class room and continued where we had left off, and we weren't planning on slowing down. We finished up making the Tribble bounce off all four sides, and then we made it multiply. I put 20000 on my screen, but that didn't work too well because the frames per second lowered a ton. Mr. Howe then decided that it would be fun to add sound to the critter if we touched it. He got a purring sound and placed in the shared folder. This sound was funny, but became very annoying quickly as everyone in the classroom started playing it on full volume! And there we had it, a Tribble that purred! Then the bell rang and class was over. The second day was done.
This day was crazy, everyone learning so much in a short amount of time, but it was useful and we all had a great deal of fun. We learned how to give sound to things, make stuff bounce off the walls, and so much more. My favorite part though was watching Star Trek and learning about Tribbles.

Heres a photo of a Tribble:

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