Finishing the Game

Shaun and I have finished the game! We added the start, end, win, and credit screens to complete the game. We decided to post the game on a website, so everyone can try it out and play it. We quickly learned that every website runs on the coding languages HTML and CSS. The HTML code is used to give the website a basic skeleton structure, and the CSS code is used to format the website and make it look good allowing the addition of details. The two languages interact with one another to form the website. You can see the code of any website by pressing F12 or Ctrl + U on the keyboard. You can try it now! What you see is the HTML code. The computer "reads" the code to display the website in front of you. For our website we had to code it by hand because we had to embed the game into the website. To code the website I first had to familiarize and teach myself the two new programming languages HTML and CSS. We decided to use the program Brackets to code the website because it runs the code live, so you can see the website build before your eyes. I would recommend Brackets to anyone trying to code their own website because it is user friendly and makes it seem easy. The coding of the website was daunting at first, but ended up not be difficult. On the other hand, it was a very frustrating experience trying to upload the website online. To start, every website needs a domain and a host in order to be accessible online. A domain is the name or space that the website is held online, and the host is the server that uploads the website online. For the game I used an old domain that I had and got the website hosted for free using the website cPanel. I had problems linking the HTML code with the CSS code, but after about three to four hours of listening to Drake, I finally got the website active and online. From this experience I learned a lot about web hosting and the process of coding websites. I believe that this experience will help me later on down the road. I think the time I put into the game and the website was well worth it. Have fun and enjoy the game!