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Selected Work from 2003

This page lists several projects submitted in response to the four major assignments in the course.

Any process of selection leaves stories untold. The projects represented here are notable for their conceptual strength, Flash technique, and aesthetics. They also reflect a range of responses to the assignments and may be useful as examples to future classes.

Assignment 2: Banners

This assignment required students to create a banner advertisement that does its best to motivate the user to click for further information.

Assignment 3: Beyond the Virtual Fishtank

This assignment required students to create a cycling, randomized animation, building on the example of a "virtual fishtank" or simple animated screensaver. Objects in the animation travel across the screen, reappearing at one boundary after exiting the one opposite and interacting in some notable way when they intersect other objects.

Assignment 4: Fun and Games

This assignment asked students to develop a simple game using ActionScript. There had to be animation, an objective, user control of action, a score, and increasing levels of difficulty. In addition, the game had to be suitable for display on a handheld (PocketPC) device.

Assignment 5: Final Project

For the final assignment, students could invent practical tests of theoretical propositions encountered in the course, experiment with interface and design, or develop major pieces for their portfolios.


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