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Ben: /* Project 2: Mandala Drawing Tool */

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 The assignment: "Do whatever you want."  All right.  I can do that.
-For this assignment, I am going to create a toy for very young users.  Specifically, I am going to create a present for Louis's 5th birthday, which happens to be conveniently timed to be two days before the project is due in class.
+For this assignment, I created a toy for very young users.  Specifically, I made a computer-based building toy for my son Louis's 5th birthday, conveniently timed to be two days before the project is due in class.
-I don't know what it's going to look like yet, but there are several challenges when working with a young audience.  First, interface elements have to be very simple and very forgiving - while they can point the mouse at things and click, it takes a long time.  Second, they can't read (mostly), so instructions need to be given visually.  And there needs to be something to keep their interest pretty much constantly.
+The project was tested by Louis on his birthday, and met with his approval, with the exception of him wanting to be able to pick up the blocks once they had been placed (a feature I attempted, but wasn't able to implement).
-The emphasis will be a toy on exploration, discovery and experimentation, rather than it being a competitive game.
+The interface is meant to be easy to operate for a young user, and none of the controls require a significant amount of precision on the part of the user.
-Libraries to be used:
+I used the BoxWrap3D library extensively (it replaced an overly complex arraylist of classes and subclasses in my initial version with a few lines of code).  A lot of elements were also derived from the applet "sketching boxes - avalanche" by antiplastik [http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=769#].
-* Minim
+The four icons in the control interface are royalty free icons from : http://icons.mysitemyway.com/
-There may be more later, but those seem like the most likely candidates for this project.
+The background images are all original paintings by Louis.
-====The story so far====
+Other than the frustrations of having to restart the project several times after having headed off in the wrong direction, everything seems to be working all right.
-I've used the BoxWrap2D object to do the physics, which isn't that difficult in and of itself.  I'm having some problems implementing one of the features of the java library that underlies the processing version.  I need to figure out how MouseJoints work and how to implement those.  Haven't a clue.
+Here is [[http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Final/Building_v10/applet/ a link to the final project online]].  Executable versions for Windows, Mac & Linux are available [[http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Final/Building_v10/ here]].

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 There may be more later, but those seem like the most likely candidates for this project.
-If this ends up being too ambitious, I'm not sure what I'll do - probably some kind of drawing / sound creation program.
+====The story so far====
-The other option for this project:  Create a lighting board program to sit on top of the existing Max patch for the black box space.  No idea yet how to implement that.
+I've used the BoxWrap2D object to do the physics, which isn't that difficult in and of itself.  I'm having some problems implementing one of the features of the java library that underlies the processing version.  I need to figure out how MouseJoints work and how to implement those.  Haven't a clue.

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	=== Assignment 4 ===		=== Assignment 4 ===
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		+	Here is [http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Assignment%204/A4v04/applet/ Assignment 4].

	This is a graphics assignment that will ask you to use a "widget set" of sliders, menus, and buttons to control the display. Widget Sets are a collection of classes that provide many of the standard Graphical User Interface tools in a convenient package. The Widget Set gives you a simple programming system, and lets you put together the GUI without having to worry about the details of how to manage the contents of menus and sliders.		This is a graphics assignment that will ask you to use a "widget set" of sliders, menus, and buttons to control the display. Widget Sets are a collection of classes that provide many of the standard Graphical User Interface tools in a convenient package. The Widget Set gives you a simple programming system, and lets you put together the GUI without having to worry about the details of how to manage the contents of menus and sliders.

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 The assignment: "Do whatever you want."  All right.  I can do that.
-For this assignment, I am going to create a game / toy for very young users.  Specifically, I am going to create a present for Louis's 5th birthday.
+For this assignment, I am going to create a toy for very young users.  Specifically, I am going to create a present for Louis's 5th birthday, which happens to be conveniently timed to be two days before the project is due in class.
 I don't know what it's going to look like yet, but there are several challenges when working with a young audience.  First, interface elements have to be very simple and very forgiving - while they can point the mouse at things and click, it takes a long time.  Second, they can't read (mostly), so instructions need to be given visually.  And there needs to be something to keep their interest pretty much constantly.
-The emphasis will be on exploration, discovery and experimentation, rather than it being a competitive game.
+The emphasis will be a toy on exploration, discovery and experimentation, rather than it being a competitive game.
 Libraries to be used:

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 === Assignment 4 ===
 ==Projects ==
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 [http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Project2/Project2/applet/ Mandala Drawing Tool]
-=== Project 3 ===
+=== Final Project ===
-=== Project 4 ===
-=== Project 5 ===
+The assignment: "Do whatever you want."  All right.  I can do that.
-=== Project 6 ===

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 === Assignment 3 ===
-A3-01:
+* [http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Assignment%203/A3_01/applet/ A3-01]:
 Create a subclass of PImage that implements a
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 The blockSize parameter specifies how big the mosaic block is (e.g. blockSize = 4 would mean the mosaic block size is 4 pixels by 4 pixels). The mosaic method should replace each block of pixels in the image (e.g. if blockSize = 4, each block of 4 by 4 pixels) with the average color value of the pixels in that block. Look at the Pixelate->Mosaic filter in photoshop for an example of what this image operation does. Demonstrate your new class by drawing an image with several different block sizes.
-A3-02:
+* [http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Assignment%203/A3_02/applet/ A3-02]:
 Write a small app that demonstrates kinetic text. Your app should allow the user to type something and move the text around in some way while they type. For example, the user might type text on a line, but slowly the words or letters start drifting apart, or perhaps the line starts bending, or the words and letters flutter to the bottom of the screen, etc. Of course you shouldn't exactly copy any of the typographic in Processing or that you find on the web (though using such examples for inspiration, as a place to start modifying code, etc. is fine).

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 For the drawing tool assignment, I am creating a drawing tool which allows the user to create mandalas (a mandala is a circular, rotationally symmetrical meditation tool) based on lines that they draw within the interface. A line drawn by the user (while dragging the mouse) will be copied and rotated around a pre-determined centre point to create the pattern for the mandala.
-[http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Project2/P2_v02/applet/ Proof of concept]
+[http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Project2/Project2/applet/ Mandala Drawing Tool]
 === Project 3 ===

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 ::'''A2-01 thru A2-13 Due: Tuesday October 6'''
-*A2-14 - Create a subclass of one of the asteroids classes that adds a new capability. Some examples of what you could do: create a subclass of Rocket (or ArmedRocket) that shoots flame when the thrusters are fired and/or plays a sound when thrusters are fired, create a subclass of Asteroid that know when it's been hit (instead of doing this test in loop()), create a subclass of Asteroid that splits into two smaller Asteroids when it's hit.
+*[http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Assignment%202/A2_14/applet/ A2-14] - Create a subclass of one of the asteroids classes that adds a new capability. Some examples of what you could do: create a subclass of Rocket (or ArmedRocket) that shoots flame when the thrusters are fired and/or plays a sound when thrusters are fired, create a subclass of Asteroid that know when it's been hit (instead of doing this test in loop()), create a subclass of Asteroid that splits into two smaller Asteroids when it's hit.
 ::'''A2-14 Due: Thursday October 8'''

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 === Project 2: Mandala Drawing Tool===
-This tool allows the user to create a mandala.
+For the drawing tool assignment, I am creating a drawing tool which allows the user to create mandalas (a mandala is a circular, rotationally symmetrical meditation tool) based on lines that they draw within the interface. A line drawn by the user (while dragging the mouse) will be copied and rotated around a pre-determined centre point to create the pattern for the mandala.
 [http://www.sfu.ca/~bunterma/IAT800/Project2/P2_v02/applet/ Proof of concept]