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B-Man99
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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 00:13

So I had a Global Project and I didn't feel like doing the typical "write an essay and draw stuff" option that a lot of kids do (especially since I can't draw to save my life), and I also hadn't programmed anything in close to two months, so I decided to make a ridiculous review game for the unit of Rome. The basic idea is that you answer ridiculous some multiple choice questions (9th grade level Global History - Rome unit), and when you get one wrong there are like different ridiculous animations for ways Gladiators died. There are also a few different ridiculous texts explaining why you died. When you get enough questions right, you're done training and go into the Colosseum, where you have to react fast (there's a timer now), and if you can get all 20 questions right then you win. I streaming me coding this a few times, and after 5 days it was finally done. My Global teacher loved it so much she she took out time from class so that I could show it to the class and have people try it in review for our test. Then she bragged to the teachers and I ended up having a ton of fun watching people try it and stuff. For some reason people were totally amazed that I made this, even though I didn't even do an efficient job with it, and it wasn't super hard or anything. I don't know why. I guess it just seems really hard to do because they don't know much about how it works. I mean it's the simplest little game, but it came out well and I'm glad I got to do this. I had fun. But anyway, back to the game :)

Features:
+ 6 ridiculous death animations
+ 5 ridiculous reasons why you died (I put jokes on the restart button, that's all this means)
+ 20 review questions on the history of Ancient Rome* , along with the occasional ridiculous joke answer (they're multiple choice and I got lazy and added jokes sometimes)
+ NJ Holt Yo's ridiculous "GLADIATAHHH" opening
+ 4 freaking awesome Wow I'm humble excerpts from original songs used as music loops
+ Humorous code commentary that may or may not be 50% in-jokes I don't really remember I mean if you really want to look at it by all means go ahead

"WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN?" :
Me: Concept, ridiculous coding, music, miscellaneous ridiculous graphics
NJ HOLT YO (Vakema123):Animations, ridiculous opening sound

Hatninja: Various aspects of being Hatninja
Automatik: gave NJ the idea for being lit on fire in a Twitch chat
Alesan: Reminding me when I didn't math right (twice!)

Well anyway, here's the download. Requires LÖVE 0.9.0, which you guys probably have by now.
I hope you enjoy it! :)

*Since chances are most of you didn't just finish up a Rome unit in Global History, I'll put the part of the code that has the question answers here, so you don't have to go digging through the source just because you're curious (It's in code tags):

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		do --question 1
			questions[1].question = "What happened in 476 AD?"
			questions[1].a = "Julius Caesar was assassinated"
			questions[1].b = "The Roman Empire fell"
			questions[1].c = "The Edict of Milan is issued"
			questions[1].d = "The Pax Romana ends"
			questions[1].answer = "b"
		end
		do --question 2
			questions[2].question = "Who was Rome's first emperor?"
			questions[2].a = "Alexander The Great" --Sigh I couldn't come up with anything funny to put here
			questions[2].b = "Marcus Aurelius"
			questions[2].c = "Julius Caesar"
			questions[2].d = "Caesar Augustus"
			questions[2].answer = "d"
		end
		do --question 3
			questions[3].question = "Which of these statements is not true about Hannibal?" --"Ate people" yeah Andrew's helpful
			questions[3].a = "Hannibal led the Carthaginians towards Rome but died in battle" 
			questions[3].b = "Hannibal won the Battle of Cannae"
			questions[3].c = "Hannibal's army posed a serious threat to the Romans during the Second Punic War."
			questions[3].d = "Hannibal's army overpowered Rome's and was able to raid most of Italy."
			questions[3].answer = "a"
		end
		do --question 4
			questions[4].question = "Who wrote the Roman epic Aeneid?"
			questions[4].a = "Homer"
			questions[4].b = "Scipio"
			questions[4].c = "Virgil"
			questions[4].d = "Jesus Christ" --Recusive reaction if anyone actually clicks on this
			questions[4].answer = "c"
		end
		do --question 5
			questions[5].question = "What is Ptolemy known for?"
			questions[5].a = "The Pythagorean Theorem" --If anyone clicks on this one they don't deserve to live
			questions[5].b = "The Geocentric Model"
			questions[5].c = "The Heliocentric model"
			questions[5].d = "Sarcastic answer #5"
			questions[5].answer = "b"
		end
		do --question 6
			questions[6].question = "Which of the following did Caligula not do?"
			questions[6].a = "Appoint his horse 2nd consul"
			questions[6].b = "Lower Taxes" --I'm evil for putting this here
			questions[6].c = "Wear feminine clothing" --I almost said "His sister" here but that isn't right for a Global project even if it is historically accurate
			questions[6].d = "Single out Chistians for persecution"
			questions[6].answer = "d"
		end
		do --question 7
			questions[7].question = "Who founded Christianity and is considered the Messiah?"
			questions[7].a = "Jesus Christ"
			questions[7].b = "Jesus Crhist"
			questions[7].c = "Jusus Christ"
			questions[7].d = "Jesus Chirst"
			questions[7].answer = "a"
		end
		do --question 8
			questions[8].question = "Who spread Christianity by writing letters?"
			questions[8].a = "Peter"
			questions[8].b = "The Pope"
			questions[8].c = "Paul"
			questions[8].d = "Constantine"
			questions[8].answer = "c"
		end
		do --question 9
			questions[9].question = "Which of these did Constantine accomplish?"
			questions[9].a = "Divide Rome in two"
			questions[9].b = "Be a leader of the Roman Republic"
			questions[9].c = "Make Christianity the official religion"
			questions[9].d = "Move the capital to Constantinople"
			questions[9].answer = "d"
		end
		do --question 10
			questions[10].question = "Who is not matched up correctly with an achievement or theirs?"
			questions[10].a = "Odoacer became an emperor of Rome despite being Germanic, finalizing the fall of the Roman Empire."
			questions[10].b = "Diocletian was a Roman emperor during the Pax Romana."
			questions[10].c = "Sparticus was a slave who led a revolt against the Roman Republic."
			questions[10].d = "Hadrian rebuilt the Pantheon."
			questions[10].answer = "b"
		end
		do --question 11
			questions[11].question = "What is something called that goes against the teachings of the Church?"
			questions[11].a = "Euphemism"
			questions[11].b = "Holy Basil"
			questions[11].c = "Heresy"
			questions[11].d = "Pax Romana"
			questions[11].answer = "c"
		end
		do --question 12
			questions[12].question = "Someone that suffers or dies for a cause is known as a"
			questions[12].a = "Mercenary"
			questions[12].b = "Geography of Rome (See?! It's on here!)"
			questions[12].c = "Messiah"
			questions[12].d = "Martyr"
			questions[12].answer = "d"
		end
		do --question 13
			questions[13].question = "The Twelve Tables ____________"
			questions[13].a = "were the basis for Roman law." 
			questions[13].b = "guided military strategy."
			questions[13].c = "were actual tables."
			questions[13].d = "were metaphors for life, primarily." --All roads lead to Rome, and all things can be considered a metaphor for life, so I had to add "primarily" xD
			questions[13].answer = "a"
		end
		do --question 14
			questions[14].question = "What was a tribune?"
			questions[14].a = "A river"
			questions[14].b = "A form of council for the Plebeians"
			questions[14].c = "A basic unit of the Roman army"
			questions[14].d = "A hired soldier"
			questions[14].answer = "b"
		end
		do --question 15
			questions[15].question = "Which of these does not involve Julius Caesar?"
			questions[15].a = "Veni Vidi Vici" --VVVVVV
			questions[15].b = "Governing of Gaul"
			questions[15].c = "The second Triumvirate"
			questions[15].d = "The Ides of March"
			questions[15].answer = "c"
		end
		do --question 16
			questions[16].question = "Which of these did not occur during the Pax Romana?"
			questions[16].a = "Julius Caesar lived and took some power away from the patrician-filled Senate"
			questions[16].b = "Caligula ruled and enjoyed torture" 
			questions[16].c = "Nero persecuted Christians"
			questions[16].d = "Aqueducts were one of many Roman engineering advancements"
			questions[16].answer = "a"
		end
		do --question 17
			questions[17].question = "What was the end result of the third punic war?"
			questions[17].a = "Carthage tried to attack Rome again, but the strong Roman Army easily defeated them."
			questions[17].b = "Hannibal had to return to Carthage to defend who he was fighting for."
			questions[17].c = "Trick question"
			questions[17].d = "Rome burnt Carthage to the ground to prevent any more threats"
			questions[17].answer = "d"
		end
		do --question 18
			questions[18].question = "Which of these did not contribute to the fall of Rome?"
			questions[18].a = "Foreign invasion (C AND D ARE TOTALLY NOT TRUE AT ALL PICK ONE OF THEM!)"
			questions[18].b = "Nero ruled over Rome and there was a huge urban fire (...haha text margins ---->)"
			questions[18].c = "The government became even more corrupt; the patricians less responsible. Economic crisis occurred when Rome stopped expanding."
			questions[18].d = "Welfare became an issue because of this; mercenaries replaced the dedicated Roman legions; and there was social discontent."
			questions[18].answer = "b"
		end
		do --question 19
			questions[19].question = "Who out of these people was not assassinated?"
			questions[19].a = "Cincinnatus"
			questions[19].b = "The Gracchus Brothers"
			questions[19].c = "Julius Caesar"
			questions[19].d = "Caligula"
			questions[19].answer = "a"
		end
		do --question 20
			questions[20].question = "Who oversaw the priests?"
			questions[20].a = "The Pope"
			questions[20].b = "The Emperor"
			questions[20].c = "The Bishops"
			questions[20].d = "Stanley took the door on the left"
			questions[20].answer = "c"
		end
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Vakema123
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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 00:21

That entire post was ridiculous.
But anyway, those animations took at most a day in total.
Also,
that
*fucking*
wordart.

B-Man99
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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 00:51

That is my one regret, that I stupidly used Word Art
I am sorry to have let everyone (except the people at school but they aren't font activists like us) down.
At least I didn't use Comic Sans
You're welcome

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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 04:32

lol, this is the best quiz game ever

DAT INTRO :3

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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 05:07

Thanks a ton! :)
You can blame Vakema is you had your ears blasted off in the process of listening to said intro before realizing that your volume was too loud on your headphones

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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 14:50

I'm gonna sue Nate for blowing up my ears
Pretty good game, the death animations are really cool. and ridiculous
Now for actual feedback:
Good Things:
-Cool Music (And it somehow really fits to the game!)
- Awesome Death animations.
- Can help in learning Rome History
-Hard mode after answering 7 questions correctly.
Bad things:
-Only 1 "Yay" animation.
- Some questions leave you thinking Outside the box.

My final rating is 8/10. Good Job.

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Vakema123
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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 18:48

Flutter Skye wrote:I'm gonna sue Nate for blowing up my ears
You wanna fight Skye???????
3 PM.
By the flagpole. Bring your homies.

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Post » 14 Feb 2014, 19:40

Flutter Skye wrote:I'm gonna sue Nate for blowing up my ears
Pretty good game, the death animations are really cool. and ridiculous
Now for actual feedback:
Good Things:
-Cool Music (And it somehow really fits to the game!)
- Awesome Death animations.
- Can help in learning Rome History
-Hard mode after answering 7 questions correctly.
Bad things:
-Only 1 "Yay" animation.
- Some questions leave you thinking Outside the box.

My final rating is 8/10. Good Job.
Hahaha thank you so much for the feedback! It's really helpful :) Wait so am I going to be a witness during the trial or can I get off on personal connection wait no that isn't how it works crap whose side am I on?!?!
Most of the music is going to be extended and put on an album somewhere (though probably not at the same time)
The box thing was just me being stupid, although I love the pun you made there
And by the way the "yay" animation is Nate's idea of a fist pump because apparently no one could possibly figure out what that was

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