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FINAL PROJECT LINKS (Fall 2010)

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Flash Filters: BLUR, EMBOSS, DROP SHADOW, etc

Here is a useful and simple starting point in getting Flash Movie Clip filters to work:

http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3filters/

Here is a sample file:
http://pages.uoregon.edu/park/378/BLUR.fla

Final Project - Game and Data Collection Tropes

Consider, tweak, bend, break and/or show awareness of these ideas in thinking of your final project:

GAME OBJECTIVES

-       timing

-       speed vs accuracy

-       collision detection/avoidance

-       resource collection

-       rts (tower defense)

-       avoidance/timing (space invaders)

-       physics – causality, distance

-       puzzle – spatial or logic

-       eye candy

-       accumulation / reward system

-       diversity of options

-       reverse engineering / mystery

-       music / sounds / creating content

DATA COLLECTION

-       images

-       news / RSS

-       text language

-       diversity of options

-       music / sound / assets

-       youtube rss

-       judge importance / hits

-       statistics (death/birth, stocks, government resources)

-       Historical Data

-       Open data

WATCH THESE

Some top notch work to to explore, filter through and learn from.

Interactive Projections: (Anthony Broom)
http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/15-amazing-interactive-installations.html

Robert Dubois' links:

#1. http://www.made-in-space.com

#2. http://www.new.gabrieleperici.com/#/gallery/

#3. http://www.gunsnicolas.be/#/Photos/

#4. http://silver-badge.com/#/home/

#5. http://pixelperfect-photo.com/#/home/

Cheat Sheet - EVENTS

Here are some common EVENTs to use in AS3:


MouseEvents:

CLICK :Used to detect mouse clicks.

DOUBLE_CLICK: Used to detect double clicks.

MOUSE_DOWN :Checks when mouse is pressed down.

MOUSE_LEAVE : Monitors when the mouse leaves the stage.

MOUSE_MOVE :Monitors when the mouse moves.

MOUSE_OUT : Monitors when the mouse moves out of the attached to object of the event.

MOUSE_OVER : Monitors when the mouse moves over the attached to object of the event.

MOUSE_UP :Monitors when the mouse moves up the attached to object of the event from a click.

MOUSE_WHEEL : Monitors when the mouse wheel moves, detect the positive or negative delta property for distance and direction moved.

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Example Usage:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

example_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, yourFunction);

function yourFunction(evt:MouseEvent){
    // Things Happen Here
   }

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Events:

ENTER_FRAME :Executes a function on EVERY FRAME at framerate.

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Example Usage:

import flash.events.Event;

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, yourFunction);

function yourFunction(evt:Event){
    // Things Happen Here
   }

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KeyboardEvents:

KEY_DOWN :Executes a function when ANY keyboard key goes down.
KEY_UP :Executes a function when ANY keyboard comes up after being hit.

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Example Usage:

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPressed);
 

function onKeyPressed(evt:KeyboardEvent):void {
    switch (evt.keyCode)  // The "SWITCH CASE" statements 

                          //are a form of "If Then"
    {
        case Keyboard.ENTER :
            trace("Enter Key Hit!");
            break;
        case Keyboard.LEFT :
            trace("Left Key Hit!");
            break;
        case Keyboard.RIGHT :
            trace("Right Key Hit!");
            break;
        case Keyboard.UP :
            trace("UP Key Hit!");
            break;
        case Keyboard.DOWN :
            trace("DOWN Key Hit!");
            break;
        case 65:
            trace("A has been hit!");
            break;
        default :
            trace("keyCode:", evt.keyCode);
    }
}

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In Class: split() and some very dynamic text

Class: November 4th, 2010
We will be exploring a couple more ideas before forging ahead into projects:
• using split() to put text into arrays quickly
• Exporting custom classes
• MOUSE_MOVE tied into rotation and rotationX
• getChildAt and addChild (finding children you added)
• numChildren to see how many kids an MC has

And surely we will reiterate and reinforce some ideas earlier discussed in class.