I have now completed my code ready for hand-in.
Here's the link for it on open processing...
http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/63605
Since last time I have further developed the freezing idea and now when the mouse is held over a snowflake it will grow and form an ice cube shape, additionally I have made the snowflakes semi-transparent so they look more icy. If the ice cubes are then left unattended they melt back down and begin to spin.
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| Here's some ice cubes |
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| Here's some more |
At one stage when working on these developments I ended up putting a '{' in the wrong place and the whole application ended up going pretty crazy...Check it out...
http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/63599
As a summary I will answer the questions we were given at the beginning of the project...
Why is it fun?
You are able to interact with the Snowflakes motion, size colour etc + when you don't interact they still do stuff on their own accord (they have a life of their own).
What does the person learn over time?
They learn that the Snowflakes spin and explode of they are not interacted with, and that they can transform if intreated with.
How long does it take to learn?
A little while, the person has to have a turn at interacting and not interacting to see exactly what the application does.
Is it still fun once you've learnt?
Yes, once you have learnt the interaction becomes more interesting as you can see the effect it has on the Snowflakes which is the fun part.
How is it similar/dissimilar to a game?
It's dissimilar from a game in the fact that you don't really achieve something from playing with it, their is no goal to reach, in a way you could try turn it into a game by trying to keep the Snowflakes from exploding, but there is no real consequence is you don't, you can't win or lose. Instead you simply interact with overheating Snowflakes.
As a summary I will answer the questions we were given at the beginning of the project...
Why is it fun?
You are able to interact with the Snowflakes motion, size colour etc + when you don't interact they still do stuff on their own accord (they have a life of their own).
What does the person learn over time?
They learn that the Snowflakes spin and explode of they are not interacted with, and that they can transform if intreated with.
How long does it take to learn?
A little while, the person has to have a turn at interacting and not interacting to see exactly what the application does.
Is it still fun once you've learnt?
Yes, once you have learnt the interaction becomes more interesting as you can see the effect it has on the Snowflakes which is the fun part.
How is it similar/dissimilar to a game?
It's dissimilar from a game in the fact that you don't really achieve something from playing with it, their is no goal to reach, in a way you could try turn it into a game by trying to keep the Snowflakes from exploding, but there is no real consequence is you don't, you can't win or lose. Instead you simply interact with overheating Snowflakes.
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