Johnny.Rodgers

Assignments

Assignment 1

A1_01, A1_02, A1_03, A1_04, A1_05, A1_06, A1_07, A1_08, A1_09, A1_10, A1_11, A1_12, A1_13, A1_14, A1_15, A1_16

Assignment 2

A2_01, A2_02, A2_03, A2_04, A2_05, A2_06, A2_07, A2_08, A2_09, A2_10, A2_11, A2_12, A2_13, A2_14

Assignment 3

A3_01, A3_02

Assignment 4

SPIROGRAPHICDESIGN v2

Since a set of UI widgets was initially integrated with my Project 2 submission, I've taken this assignment to expand the feature set of the Spirographicdesign tool:

  * Export features added: user can now export their spirograph to JPG (courtesy of Yonas Sandbaek - http://seltar.wliia.org)
  * Cleaned up HTML page for display of tool, including a small gallery of recent spirographs
  * Set background colour (grayscale, only editable on start or after reset)
  * Set stroke alpha
  * Inner and outer radius values now take effect immediately (during drawing, rather than after reset) - previously only the increments were updated dynamically
  * "Show Dots" relabeled "Show Guides", and now includes a guide circle that indicates the current size of the inner and outer radii of the drawing circle, as well as its motion path
  * Canvas is now much bigger, and in a landscape format (1200 x 700 - this is potentially problematic for small displays.  A multi-format option would be helpful in that regard (ie. launch at 800x600, launch at 1200x700, launch at 1900x1200, etc)
  * Fixed some minor bugs
 

* I've put together a quick ControlP5 Widgets tutorial for anyone who's interested, or having trouble with Assignment 4: ControlP5 Demo

Projects

Project 1: Aclockalypse Now!

Display the progress of time in a non-traditional way.

ACLOCKALYPSE NOW! (Rollover predictions on left to see more information on right)

After reading an article outlining fears about the possible havoc the Large Hadron Collider may have wreaked on the universe when it came online a couple of weeks ago, I got thinking about doomsday scenarios and predictions (and how each one of them to this point has been wrong). So, I decided to visualize some of these predictions (past and present) in a playful 'apocalyptic clock.' The design of the clock is intended to loosely mimic the USA's Department of Homeland Security Threat Level graphics, which I find equally as ill-intentioned as perennial predictions of doom from various interest groups (religious cults chief among them). However, as the LHC fears provided the impetus for the project, I've also tried to include some science-based predictions.

http://www.creativecreature.ca/IAT800/Project1/dhs-threat.jpg   http://www.creativecreature.ca/IAT800/Project1/homer_end.jpg

Project 2: Spirographicdesign

Create your own drawing tool, emphasizing algorithmic generation/modification/manipulation.

Experimental Spirograph Drawing Tool

I chose to develop a Spirograph generator. Users can control the variables of the spirograph during generation, including the radii, offset, increments, and stroke weight and colour. Additionally, the drawing can be played and paused, and can be switched between line and dot mode. When in dot mode, a heavier stroke weight makes the dots easier to see. I'd like to add a feature to export the completed image to PNG, but didn't have time to look into that.

Screenshots

http://www.creativecreature.ca/IAT800/Project2/spiro_screenshot.jpg

http://www.creativecreature.ca/IAT800/Project2/spiro_screenshot2.jpg

http://www.creativecreature.ca/IAT800/Project2/spiro_screenshot3.jpg

Final Project: Hockey Interview Generator

Build Something Cool!

Today's scores would be pulled in from an RSS feed of NHL results (http://www.totallyscored.com/, as XML or JSON), and a player interview generated for each from a set of stock hockey phrases I've been collecting over the years ("We're firing on all cylinders", "We gotta make sure we get to the loose pucks", "We've gotta win the little battles in the corners"). The questions asked and phrases used would depend on the scores (win/loss, close/blowout, etc).

• Web Services integration
• Display of team graphics and interview text
• Natural language mimicking
• Fun, playful