Selected work, 2003


Emergent structure
Dynamic animation


Scripted drawing
Automatic alignment


Perspectival animation
Simulating perspective
Preloading
Using loadMovie()


Assignment 5
Assignment 4 Work
Multiple dynamic masks
Flash and video


Dynamic masks 2003
Contributed Links


"Noisy Room" demo
Draggable objects demo
Localizing mouse events
Assignment 3 Work


Assignment 4
About peer response
Simple game examples
"Breakout" game demo
Using getTimer()


Generalizing scripts
Object sound


Assignment 2 Work
Modifying Fishtank code
Murray Chaps. 1-3


Fishtank Demo 1
Random numbers
ActionScript
Timeline vs. Scripting


Assignment 3
Timeline sound
Compound animations


Multiple scenes
More animation basics
Concept workshop
2002 Student Work
2001 Student Work
2000 Student Work


Assignment 2
Basic Animation Demo
Click-through examples
Tweening explained
FTP explained

Assignment 1
Crow accounts
Syllabus
Course overview

Driving game: "Cone Wars"--avoid the traffic cones. The Left and Right arrow keys shift the car across the road. The Up key increases speed. The Down key decreases speed.	Ball game: "Obstacle Course"--move the red ball to the top of the screen, avoiding the bouncing stars. Direction keys steer the ball.

Demonstrations

Here are rough sketches for two game concepts to illustrate where you might begin thinking about Assignment 4. I've exported both successfully to a fairly standard PocketPC handheld computer.

To play one of the games, click on its window to set program focus and then follow the directions.

Feature Analysis

In preparing for this assignment you must prepare a feature analysis of the game you plan to build. Here are examples for each of the games shown above.

Car Game

Background images scroll top to bottom seamlessly;

Left and Right direction keys steer the car across the road;

Up and Down direction keys control apparent car speed by changing the rate at which the background graphics move;

Maneuvering speed of car (right/left) increases with apparent vehicle speed;

Safety cones appear at random positions and move with road background;

Collisions between car and cones are detected and cause deductions from score.

Note: this demonstration does not meet the terms of the assignment in one respect: there is no increase in difficulty over time.

Ball Game

Ball in play responds to direction keys;

Obstacles (spinning stars) move with randomized speed, slope, and direction, and bounce off the stage margins;

More obstacles are added as time passes;

Score is incremented when ball in play reaches top of stage;

Number of "lives" increases proportionally with score;

Game is over when "lives" are exhausted.

Source Files

The source files for these demonstrations, carGame3.F5.fla and bouncerGame3.F5.fla, are available in on Crow in MMShare/handheldGames.