The Last One

       Well, throughout my e-Comm career I have grown and learned so much about technology and myself. I have taken away all kinds of things including the technological skills that I have developed with the Adobe programs. I have also learned real life applications such as talking with clients, like I did with the Olathe Arts Alliance, to learn what they want, how to collaborate with clients to make sure the finished product is the best it can be and how to handle my time wisely so I don't end up scrambling before deadlines. e-Comm has also taught me how to work in a group both leading the project and following along with others. These are all skills that I will take away from e-Comm and put to good use when I go to college and take another big step towards my career goals. Of, course those skills didn't come easily and many of them were obtained through trial and error.

       My greatest strength would probably have to be my ability to problem solve. It has helped me in many situations and that ingenuity has saved me from many deadlines. My greatest weakness would probably be how easily distracted I get. It usually doesn't take much to make me look away from what I am doing but working in e-Comm has helped me to focus a little bit more when I am working on something important.

       Using the knowledge and skills I have obtained through e-Comm, I will go to college and pursue a degree in Computer Sciences. I will then use that degree to help me get a job where I can continue to use my skills.

       One thing I would change would be my level of concentration on what I had done in e-Comm. Despite my amazing skills, there are still a few that I lack due to my easily distracted mind. If I had managed to focus a little bit more I probably could have felt even more prepared for what is to come.

       All in all, I have enjoyed every second of e-Comm and if I had to do high school over again I would still choose e-Comm every single time.

Jake Smith

Senior Project: The Finale

       Well, here it is... the collective series of all of my hard work over the past month. The game that I have made has been completed. It is finally complete with a title screen and people have played the game with positive feedback. After working out the last couple of kinks, the game was loaded to the server and is now playable right here. I chose this just because I wanted to use code that was also interactive, so a game. This finished project is the product of several weeks.

       The process for this started out like any other. I wanted to make a game that wasn't sci-fi just because I always seem to go that route. After that I wrote down a story that had many different twists and turns. Then after working with javascript for a while I decided to just make the game in dreamweaver with html to make things easier. All the images were made in either photoshop or illustrator. Once it was complete, I had several people test it and the feedback was positive.

       Along the way I learned that just using javascript does not work when making a game. I also learned that there are more than just the obvious uses for coding.

       Now that the main project is done I will hopefully come back to it and alter it so that it can work on different devices. If I had not wasted so much time in the beginning on javascript and making the images, I probably could have at least attempted to make the game responsive.

       Either way this is still the last e-Comm project of my high school career! I am so excited to end this year and move on to college. Whispers are floating around that I will be getting a laptop for graduation so that I may continue with my passion.

Until I decide to write again,

Jake Smith