User:Zblaha2768/enes100/poppit

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Task1
Task 1 is to play poppit and discover new strategies to get the least amount of balloons remaining.

Week1 Narrative
During the course of the first week, I played poppit while searching for potential patterns and strategies within the game. I started out by using a top down strategy that would scan from the top left, moving right. Once a cluster of balloons are discovered, I would start over from the top left and scan right. This proved mildly successful as the remaining balloons numbered between the high twenties to high forties, and this was consistent throughout testing.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Planning on trying new techniques for chunking and for leaving as few balloons as possible.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Had less time than I would have hoped, however, I was still able to get plenty of chunking in.

Week2 Narrative
Popping balloons from the bottom right up proved somewhat successful. Balloons left were inconsistently between 10 and 30 balloons, however was significantly more effective than previous techniques.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Refine current technique, see what happens from there.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Once again, less time than I would have liked, but managed to refine technique for popping that has proven quite successful.

Week3 Narrative
Took time to refine technique, popped balloons in an s pattern. That is, I started from the bottom left of the grid of balloons, moved right until the row ends, and then move up one row and continue left. If a cluster of balloons is discovered, pop it, and then pause to see if there are any new clusters forming. If there are, pop them, if there aren't, continue. Once the grid is finished, and if there are balloon clusters remaining, then restart the process.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Finish off poppit work and prepare for next project.