Project 3 start and third concept (final)

for this project since we don't have to use processing to express our term I decided to try and do a flash animation expressing my chosen processing term "loop"

there are two different computer loop terms that I think contribute to what I have in mind

 - Control flow loop - a sequence of commands that is executed repeatedly 

 - Infinite loop - a sequence of instructions in a computer program which loops endlessly

My idea is to create a flash animation or a mini flash game which involves a dancing character

some examples of what I could do

this is the most simple example with having two moves repeated over and over again throughout the whole song (and it's sooo cute)

with this example it shows how the moves change and repeat with the beats of the music (also having different characters doing different things reflecting different parts of the song)

concept 1

my first ideas for this project were to go basic but unique (at least I hope it is)

My idea is to use circles (oh how original is that) and have them create chain reactions of sound when you click on one.

each circle is different in size, color and the sound it produces. when a circle is clicked on, a "ripple" will start as it admits it sound across the screen. when the ripple hits another circle then it too will activate therefor creating a chain reaction of sound.

to avoid never ending loops and massive headaches (which sounds like a guarantee with this idea actually) the ripples will fade the further out they go as not to activate some circles and hopefully allowing the chain reaction to cease (so everyone can breath before they explode)

Reflection and frustration

the last day of task 2 has drawn to a close and I couldn't attach any sound to my interactive design sketch.
I still have the file I tried to re-write (god knows how many times) just in case
I decided to submit and upload what I had accomplished so far and maby try to solve my little bug problem with my code as a pet project.

the link to my final sketch on open processing is here - http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=27997

I must admit that this assignment was much harder than the previous as I was not use to having to account and code for movement, interaction etc within a sketch (I must have spent hours looking up help sites for advice on what to do and I probably still did it the hard way knowing me)

I rather like my final outcome (despite the small issue of not being able to add my little sound) I'm rather glad I decided to have the placement of the little dots the interaction of the program and not the main circle (it was just too much chaos personally and I already had to restart because of lags caused by overload)

last minute remake of final design

After much frustration with my final sketch I decided to redo the whole thing and make it more simple (shape and sound wise to prevent lagging, the cursed lagging)

I stuck with having a circle as the centre point of the interaction but instead of bouncing off other objects to make sound, when it bounces of the edges of the screen would make one single sound (sort of a futuristic bounce sound)

the interaction of this sketch is that whenever the main circle bounces off an edge, it will create a bunch of random coloured little balls which will appear whever your mouse is on the application.

Personally, I prefer this sketch much more than my original as it's more fun and simple (all those different  sounds and shapes would get annoying fast) and efectively simple (to prevent the horrible lagging and viral effects on my mind)

All I need to do with this sketch is to attach the sound file and upload it to Open processing as well as the R drive for marking (and I'll be done "Banzai!!!")

final design look

I finished the movement layout of my final design and got everything to move around randomly

this sketch consists about 30 random squares and circles of different size, colour and transparency with the big orange circle as the main attraction of the whole thing. the black background brings attention to the interloping shapes and the small details as well.

I just need to fix a few bugs, get the big circle to be in sync with the mouse and add the sounds to it all (each separate shape has it's own separate sound so there's alot there to do over the break)

I've actually begun to wonder if it's a bit too much since it keeps freezing while loading. Maby I should simplify it more so there isn't so much to load or just start again.

Seccond to last Friday before the break

well, there's only one week before the break comes up and I realise that I still have loads of work to do. I'm playing around with all the things I can do with Processing as well as looking up examples ant tutorials in order to improve my present skills and meet the requirements.
I've been looking through all these personal tutorials over the net as well as the basic ones found on the processing website to give me ideas on how to code my final as well as give me tips on how to do awesome interactive things (since I suck at coding and all)
So far as to date I have failed most of my attempts with making the code interactive (I can only just make things move as it is) but I'll keep trying to get the interaction part right then move to adding the sound (one step at a time since I'm still slow at this) I'll keep trying over the weekend so I get a good frame to show on the last Friday before the holidays.

concept 2

Well this is my seccond concept (I know that my first isnt up yes and I'm obsesed with presentation) after this I'm going to start expermenting with simple code and expand it to get some of my own results I could use for my final.