Tampines Mall
Century Square
Jurong Point
IMM
West Mall
Lot 8
Causeway point
Ang Mo Kio Hub
Compass Point
Hougang Mall

I might not be able to go all. I should just try to and I have to make a few phone calls… All the companies I emailed didn’t reply me.

http://www.microsoftpdc.com/

Microsoft Popfly (internally codenamed Springfield) is a website that allows users to create web pages, program snippets, and mashups using the Microsoft Silverlight rich internet applications runtime and the set of online tools provided. Popfly is currently in Beta stage of development. It requires users to log in with their Windows Live ID, and provide additional information about themselves when logging in for the first time to use Popfly.

Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Popfly

http://www.popfly.com | I will be giving a tutorial on how to create a game on popfly. I personally think making a game on popfly all boils down to 3 simple general steps.

1. Ideas
2. Creating the game
3. Tweak the game to make it better

I will be teaching mainly the second stage, the creation of the game. I will pull in some simple functions which most people will be using when they are creating a game on popfly. Without further ado, we will start the fun!

Preface:
This will be a very simple game, there will have a few different-colour apples ( red, green and purple ). Players are supposed to push the apple into the respective colored boxes to gain points.

Creating of the games:
1. Go to http://www.popfly.com

2. Choose “Create a Game”

3. Lets create a game from scratch ( Author note: You can actually start with a template next time and see how it actually works. It will be pretty useful for your learning. )

4. On the top left hand concer, make sure Actors is chosen.
Actors are what “figures” you will be using in your game.

5. Using that search bar, lets search for 1 “dog”, 2 “apples” and 2 “bricks” of the same colour as the apples.

Basicially you have added all the “actors” needed to have to start this game but a game will be meaningless if the figure just stand there and do nothing. Lets edit the behaviour of the different actor.

6. Click on the dog on the selected actor panel.

7. Lets edit the behaviour, click on the behaviours button on th left.

8. Popfly is cool enough to actually add some common shortcuts and which one of them we will be using it. Choose it on the top right.

You should see something like this.

9. You can actually play with other features that popfly offer and change how the actor ( dog ) works.

10. Lets do the same for the apple.

11. Do the follow setting

12. Do the same for the green apple.

We have completed all the actors setting. Lets move to the scene setting.

13. Arrange the items to be something like the follow.

14. Click on Behaviors > Property > Events > Collision

15. Click on Behaviors > Property > Events > Score

Do it for both the green and red apple.

16. Click on Behaviors > Scene > Event

17. Click on Behaviors > Scene > Scene (Won)

Thinking points:

1. Changing the scene ( Intro, Main, Won, Lost, How to Play )
2. Adding other scenes
3. Make a shooting game
4. Try other features on Popfly

We have the following,

1. “Microsoft Academic Programs” by Pratibha Kumar, Academic Developer Evangelist.
2. Bringing Data to Life using Windows Presentation Foundation by Chris Ismael, Developer Evangelist
3. Get Connected for Life with Social Media! by Jonathan Wong, Web Platform Evangelist
4. Address by Jessica Tan, Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore
5. plus some prize giving

It was really a talk that teaches me a lot of things. We then have a small chat with different Microsoft Empolyees and some people I know from MSP interview. The top 3 finalist for Mash It Up! also presented their projects, there is one which I think is really good which is the inviting.me. They got 3rd though but I would say its really good effort put in and they are pretty useful too!

“Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.” - Imagine Cup 2009

Just some side information, Silverlight 2.0 is out!
You can view its press release from Microsoft here.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-13Silverlight2PR.mspx

I saw this on Jun An’s blog. Pretty interesting and hence I am posting it here.

ARE YOU:
►Perfect : Nope
►Tall: 169cm
►In your pajamas: Nope
►Left handed: No
=======================================
LAST
►Friend you saw: Yuhua Wushu People
►Talked to on the phone: Jun Ming
►Person to text you: Jasper
►Is today better than yesterday?: No
=======================================
FAVORITE
►Numbers: 8
►Color: Black and Red
►Food: Chicken
►Place: Microsoft
=======================================
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
Q: What was the first thing you did
this morning when you got up?
► Went to Henry Park Primary School
Q: Do you have anything bothering you
► Yes
Q: What’s the last movie you watched
in theaters?
► Money Not Enough 2
Q: Where is the 1st place you went?
► Hospital
Q. Do you smile a lot?
► Yes
Q: Do you wish upon stars?
► Yes
Q: Are you a friendly person?
► Yes
Q: Where did you sleep last night?
► My own house
Q: Why did you sleep there?
► I am tired.
Q: When was the last time you cried?
► When I watched Money Not Enough 2
Q: What was your last thought before going to bed?
► What should i be teaching tomorrow
Q: Rate life as of right now,
► 8/10
Q: What do you hear right now?
► Conan’s voice
Q: Does anything hurt you right now?
► Stomach. I am hungry.
Q: What’s your favorite month?
► October
=======================================
EMOTIONS:
Are you missing someone right now?
► Yes
Are you single?
► Yes
Are your parents still married?
► Yes
=======================================
BASICS:
►Real name : Lim Guo Hong
►Nick Name: The wushu guy
►Age : 17
►Eye color: Black
►Male or female: Male
►Single? : Yes
►Crushing? : Yup
►Smart? : Quite
►Hair color? : Natural black
►Sweats or Jeans? : Jeans
►Phone or Camera? : Phone
►Health freak? : Nope
►Righty or lefty ? : Right
►SMOKE or Drink? : Drink
======================================
FIRSTS:
►First best friends? : Andy Phua
►First award? : Busary or math award
►First enemy? : None
►First pet? : Turtle
►First vacation? : Malaysia
=====================================
CURRENTLY :
►Eating? : Nope
►Drinking? : Water
►Listening to? : Conan
►Plans for tommorow? : Coaching and praying
►Waiting for? : 3rd Round MSP interview
=======================================
WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE
GENDER:
►Lips or eyes? : Eyes
►Shorter or taller? : Shorter
►Romantic or spontaneous? : Both
►Sensitive or loud? : Both
►Hook-up or in a relationship? : huh?
=======================================
HAVE YOU EVER:
►Drank hard drinks? : A few sips
►Lost glasses/contacts? : Yes
►Ran away from home? : Nope
►Broken someone’s heart? : Nope
►Been arrested? : Nope
===================================
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
►Do you like someone? : Yes
►Are you seriously happy with
where you are in life? : Yes

One of my auntie, my mother’s father’s sister’s daughter, has been diagonsised with liver cancer. There are more bad news, aww….. which i cant really say. Hope the bad “aura” don’t spread to my Microsoft Student Partner’s interview tomorrow night.

Haha.

Guo Hong now wants to write some simple application using C# but not sure what he can write.

I will post up the features along the way as we confirm it.

The website should be done by the end of november.

For enquiries and enrollment, you may wish to contact Wufang at the following numbers:
67379537 ( Cairnhill Community Club )
67920095 ( Gek Poh Ville Community Club )
65831220 ( Pasir Ris Elias Community Club )

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