DIG 2500C - Milestone 3

Here is my third Milestone in my Interactive Design class--a game! The point of this assignment is a brief introduction to ActionScript 3.0 in Flash. The object of the game, as outlined by the project requirements, is:

The success scenario of the game is for the player to navigate the "rooms" to reach the "treasure room", gain the "treasure", and return to the entrance to exit the space.

Also, the losing scenario is for the player to enter the "monster room". One requirement of the game is that the "paths" to the "treasure" and the "monster" are already predetermined. That is, the professor told us exactly which path should go to the "treasure room", and which should go to the "monster room". I won't reveal that, however, because I would like people to play it for themselves! To try out my game, go here:

The Fab Temple Adventure

Oh, this wasn't a requirement, but I decided to have my game match the theme of my website, because I want to try to add the game as a feature of my final product.

The assignment isn't due until Friday, so I'd love some feedback! Thanks!

Jeff Dunham's "Design Your Own Achmed Poster" Fan Contest

The name says it all--I submitted a poster design for this contest Jeff Dunham is hosting. Here are the images we were given to work with:

                     

And below is what I designed:

DIG 2500C - Milestone 2

I'm turning in my second Interactive Design Milestone tomorrow and I think it's finally done! The basic assignment was to get the layout done for the entire website, but nothing is active yet (no buttons, no links, etc.), so right now it's basically and animated slide show. Also none of the items are up long enough to read all of the text, because the focus of this stage is the buttons and actually having different sections, not the rest of the content. NOTE: Part of the assignment was to show the buttons in all of their states (i.e. the different ways they look when you mouse-over, click, etc.). The result is a bunch of images all flashing at once and it looks crazy and seizure-inducing! If you get dizzy or sick easily, you may not want to watch this for too long...

DIG 2500C - Milestone 2 (3/3/11)

Click here to see the full .swf file.

DIG 2500C - Interaction Design Document and Milestone 2 Preview

This past Friday I turned in my second Interactive Design assignment -- the Interaction Design Document (IDD). This is essentially my blueprint for what I hope to accomplish for this website project. There are already a few things I thought to add to it since turning it in, so we'll see if I can learn enough about Flash in time to achieve everything I want.

Here is the link to see the IDD: my IDD.


Also, for my next Milestone, I have to start designing the actual interface of the website. I've started the Home Page in an attempt to establish an overall "look" for the website -- nothing is active yet, it's still just a "shell". Here is a screen shot from Flash showing what it looks like so far (click the image for a full-size view):

DIG 2500C - Milestone 2 in progress (2/20/11)

DIG 2500C - Milestone 1

It's project time again!

For my Interactive Design class we are required to design a website in Flash over the course of the semester. The project is divided into milestones that we must complete roughly every two weeks. The theme of the website must be a movie (either real or of our own creation). To ensure that I would give this project the interest and care it deserves, I chose as my movie the Beatles' "Help!"

Milestone 1, due this Friday, Feb. 4th, is a "splash page", the introductory video clip that appears when you first enter the website. For those of you familiar with Flash CS4 or CS5, the technical requirements of this project are:

• the stage must be  960 x 589  pixels
• the animation must be at least 15 seconds at 30fps
• the majority of the graphics used must be vector graphics
• the following are the minimum animation requirements:
• two shape tweens
• one motion tween
• one path animation
• two classic tweens

In the first part of my clip, the text that appears was inspired by the 1965 and 2007 trailers which used the tagline: "Stop worrying! 'Help!' is on the way". The second part is an animation in which I try to emphasize the main conflict of the movie by showing cartoony silhouettes of the Beatles fleeing from the villain, Clang. I included Ringo's sacrificial ring--the item which makes him Clang's central target. At the very end I display my replication of the Beatles logo and the "Help!" logo, and beneath I created an "Enter" button for the website. But I'm not certain if I want to keep the button, since I can't yet make it "active". Any thoughts or advice on this would be greatly appreciated!

Anyway, here is a Quicktime video of my project as it currently stands. Enjoy!

DIG 2500C - Milestone 1 (2/1/11)

DIG 2030c - MeStory Project

Here is the project I submitted today for my Digital Video class. It might undergo some tweaks before the final submission, but it's basically done. (I compressed this version for an easier upload. I hope to get the higher-quality version up too.)

MeStory

11/9/10

NOTE: Sorry it took me so long to post this. I had some issues compressing and uploading the video...

Band on the Run Covers Competition Winners

http://www.paulmccartney.com/news.php#/2054/2010-11

"We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Band on the Run Covers competition are:

Double Decker Band AND Sweet Banana.

The Double Decker Band managed to get a huge amount of votes on the group competition page, and Sweet Banana had 108 likes on their own video page. Well done to both!

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who entered this competition and also to the people who voted for a winner."

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me!!!