Task 1- Reflection

Reflection of RP1&2

About RP1

The first activity, I did not do a great job as I did not say something to make the visitors feel free to interact with me. I firstly want them to type, because I think it will be easier to see what they are doing, but it turns out to be a wrong decision. Truly, the visitors all try to type, but the atmosphere is quiet weird, because all the visitors seem to be so quiet when they are typing. And I originally think they will discuss about the answer, but they did not, and I think the reason is that, just like one of the visitor tells me, that the question is too easy, so they did not think is necessary to discuss with others.

Also, I did not do very well in embodying my role as Robinson in the game. I should make more details in my design about the characters to make the visitors get the idea about who exactly I am in the role play.

About RP2

In the second activity, I change my script which provides more information about Robinson, for example, I mention that Robinson’s hometown is in England. And he loves adventure that is why he spends more time outside England in his whole life. And I also change my outfit with a parrot on my shoulder, because after I read the review about the novel Robinson Crusoe, I found that Robinson keeps a parrot after he builds he own shelter in the island where he floats to.

Moreover, I change a little bit of my game to make it more difficult to solve, though it still does not successfully provoke the visitors to discuss, the question still make them take a short time to think. Also, I changed the interactive methods in the second activity. I start to use the question like “Can someone give me some response?” to make them response and interact with me. And it turns out that the condition is better than the first time.

Group Works

Last time, I and my group members did not do well in making our activities to be really consistent. So we try to have a little drama at the very beginning, but I don’t know whether the visitors get the idea about the drama, because they seem to be a little bit confused about what we are doing at that moment. But the little drama does help to make the atmosphere better than the first time. Also, we change the script of the interlude, and I think it is more interesting than last time, and thus the interlude of all the separate activity seems not too abrupt.

Difficulties

It is hard for me to create a game for the visitors to interact with me. I have once come up with the idea about AVG games in which people have to use the tools to survive, but it will be too difficult since I have no skills in writing a computer programs by myself. And it is also too expensive to buy those combat systems on the market in doing AVG game, so I did not adopt this idea. And I think it will be too hard for the international students who are not really familiar with the manipulation of Second Life. But then the outcome is that I design a game that is too easy. I also met a lot of difficulties in designing my character which should be consistent with my role as Robinson. But what I learn the best is also from designing the game and role in preparing these two activities.