Pictures !

Hi !
I've just finished fixing the blog so it has pictures/icons.
'cause I thought it was useless and then I realized it would make it way less confusing.
So from now on every time I put a new app online it'll have a pic AS WELL as a link.

There ain't pix for EVERY SINGLE app I've put online up to date, just the major stuff (for when I posted several at once).
And yeah ... I hope it helps !
Ciao !

week 3, Work 3 (10)

And yeah.

I hope U figure it out.

There it is :

Chat Window

Enjoy !!!

P.S.: "CIIID" was an attempt at a smiley ... I know !

Shit's getting confusing ...

I'm a bit concerned that applications might be a bit hard to find as my blog is such a mess.

So here's a list of all the applications that I've put online so far (more or less chonological order) :

Apps that interact w/ the mouse :

Space Invader Basic Tracer

Space Invader + Refresh

Space Invader Clicker

Space Invader + Background - Nature

Space Invader + Background - Green~Pink

Space Invader + Background - Autumn

Space Invader - Funky

Databases (still) :

Refer v.6 Database

Grid 01

Tick-Tack-Toe

Grid 02

Font

PrettySquares Database

Still Chat Window

Variables & Objects :

SuperFont

SuperFont ABC

SuperFont Timer

SuperFont Random

Random Aliens

Alien Stock

Alien Stock + Random Colours

ZOMG I've actually been uploading EXACTLY 7 apps/week so far ! 'cause I hadn't counted them ... funny ...

Anyways that's all the apps that are online up to this date.

I'll try to post something like that every 3 weeks. Or 4. IDK.

Anyways I hope U enjoy :-D !

week 3, Work 2 (09)

Yow !

Here's tuesday's work.

I know, I know, but I also needed to scan my notes in, which took me a while to do (the only scanners that work correctly are in the PC room on the 2nd floor ... ) so as I thought I'd put everything online at once, these applets have been completed for a while (since tuesday) but only get put online now ...

They're updates of the Random Alien application.

So now these aliens are animated BUT they don't get picked randomly anymore.

I'll have to work on that ... Arrays are ASSHOLES :-S !

Anyways here are 2 apps, 1 w/ animated aliens & 1 w/ animated aliens that also change colours, enjoy :-) !

Animated Aliens

Animated Aliens + random colours

Also, there's 2 new scanned logs : Log 3 & Log 3.5

Andrew wrote the page on the write on Log 3.5, in case you're wondering.

Also here's a video that kinda freaked me out (althou not that much 'cause my PC @ home bugs all the time so I get that all the time ... ) that was programmed on Processing, U should check it out :-D !

And yeah.

Might post again today.

Or tomorrow.

Or on monday.

If I don't, HAVE A GOOD WEEK-END :-D !

Week 3, Work 1 (08)

Hello hello hello !

Today : SUCCESS !

I got 4 uploads :-D

All of them more or less updates of one another.

SuperFont ABC is the same as SuperFont except it uses chars insteadda ints. What that means is to call "a" you enter "A" instead of, previously, "1".

SuperFont Timer is my 1st successful animation :-D !!! I'm so proud !

SuperFont Random types 6 randoms characters. Click it and it refreshes :-D

And last but not least, Random Aliens (by far my favourite so far :-D) displays 16 random characters from the good old Pretty Squares database.

SuperFont ABC

SuperFont Timer

SuperFont Random

Random Aliens

Easy process to follow really, I updated SuperFont (which was actually useless 'cause the rest of them use the old variable-based database for the random function ... but anyway !), then I got back to my animated applet and completed it using a different process (a sort of timer rather than delay), then Andrew pointed out I should use the random function so I did it, and then I introduced my characters.

LOOOTS of fun, really :-D !

Next step : animate the little aliens :-) ...

Week 2, Work 4 (07)

Sooo yeah I wanted 2 do a chat window thingy, like I said yesterday.

But ... it don't work !

After a couple hours of investigation (read : "4 hours for total failure") I realized that I can really only do 1- STATIC images and 2- INTERACTIVE thingies on Processing for the moment.

I still ain't figured out how to work with a timeline like on Flash (i.e. how to make an ANIMATED program) and it bugs me ...

On the cool side I found a link to a French Processing tutorial website (yay, more reading ! ... ).

2day I also tried to toggle objects by pressing keys.

... I ain't quite there yet ...

Either way, lots of questions for Andrew on monday (objects confuse the crap outta me, I had a go at that stuff, too) :-D !

So I just typed a little text sample to test the font.

It works well (given that you take the time to imput all the data ...).

And then I got carried away and came up with ... THE SUPERFONT !

Which is 1 single object containing the data for the 26 letters of my alphabet.

I'm very proud of it !

It just spells my name in the example but U can make it spell anything really ... SKY'S THE LIMIT BABY !

OK I'm calm now, I'm calm ...

Here's the apps :

Unwiggly text

Super Font

Just to prove that I'm well on my way into make my fonts, well, proper fonts.

I've changed them into objects too, and guess what ?

It didn't make my life easier.

AT ALL !

Sooo I'm gonna go ahead and try to enjoy my week-end now.

If anybody needs me I'll be on Diablo II bashing stuff XD !

See yu on monday !

Week 2, Work 3 (06)

Yo !

Here's 2day's work !

It's only 1 sketch and it's just over 100*100 pixels (yeah, tiny, but it's not the size ... seriously dude) BUT there's like 1000 lines of code in there *brag brag* sooo yeah, it DID take me the whole day to code (finish, actually) !

It's an update of the thingy w/ the alphabet from last post.

Only this time I filled the whole entire block ...

So what it is basically is 81 separate 10*10 characters using variables.

U can copy separate blocks of the code and re-use them in some other appilcation ... separately (do gimme credits thou, or I WILL get pissed).

U just need 2 figure out how 2 use variables (hintedy hint-hint : Processing , The Details, Steps 1 & 2 ... I'm being nice 2day but don't get used 2 it lol !).

K so here's the baby :

My Baby

I came up w/ everything myself EXCEPT for the original Space Invaders, the System Icons & the 3 1st Misc. The stuff I got inspired by is hyperlinked.

Another goodie, my 2nd Log !

Not much in there but just in case it could B useful 2 sum1 ...

Well I'm really happy w/ the stuff I did today !

Next step will B 2 use all these symbols (especially the font !) pracically, I'll try 2 animate all that in a chat window-fashion. That's the plan. I'll C if I make it. We'll C 2moro.

And then get back 2 interactive stuff.

I've realized I ACTUALLY prefer simply drawing stuff now. Frustrating.

But I still enjoy using Processing (It's a damn stupid name thou ... it's like I'm gonna create a program and name it "Food" or "Eating", WTF !?) :-)

That's all 4 2day, ciao :-D !

Week 2, Work 2 (05)

Here's the work I did yesterday (so like in my free time ... kinda).
I stayed 'till the building closed so I didn't have time 2 put all that stuff online.
The 1st & 2nd one were done yesterday evening, the 3rd 1 not quite (the last character I finished was "2"), I finished it just now.
Interesting about that 3rd 1 is that it's using variables.
And U should 2 ! 'cause it will make Ur life easier !
Really will.
I'll complete the whole thing and put it online once I got the 81 spaces filled.
In the meantimes here are those 3 sketches (thus completing the work for week 1) :

Sketch for week 1 #2
Sketch for week 1 #3
Sketch for week 1 #4

Bai nao !

Week 2, Work 1 (04)

Back to Processing (after an especially unproductive week-end) !
I didn't get that much done today ...
Just fixed the aforementioned problem w/that application update, here it is :

Funky

And then I got started on more basic stuff.
'cause ... the stuff I've done so far ('xcept 4 "Refer") is animated.
And the animated stuff is for week 2.
So now that I'm done w/ the work 4 week 2, I got to catch up on the work for week 1 (stupid, I know ... ).
So here's the 1st 1 :

Sketch for week 1 #1

It's just a basic checkboard.
I shall draw stuff in there soon.
Very soon.
And yeah.

Peace out !

Week 1, Work 3 (03)

And here's some new stuff from today !
I didn't do THAT much practical work actually.
I mostly read stuff from the website & took notes.

1st I tweaked the SI app (the 1 you can refresh) so the background changes colour depending on the position of your mouse when you click it.
U got 3 choices/colour variations :

Autumn
Green~Pink
& Nature

I also had an even cooler 1 that had the little alien change colour too but 4 some reason the fucker won't work. I'll fix that ASAP (so you can tell me how cool it is indeed) ...

I also put online the last version of my Refer app.
It doesn't do anything & it's ugly.
What's interesting about it is its code.
Basically it's a database of more or less all the code I learned for Processing so far.
So you might wanna check it out.
I'll put an update of it every once in a while.

Refer v.6

Lastly, here's a screenshot of the notes I've been taking so far.
I know, unreadable, right ?
It's mainly for the SI alien drawing 'cause I'll be doing more of that stuff next week on mm paper.

Well, that's enough coding for me this week, see you on monday !

Week 1, Work 2 (02)

There's the 2nd wave of stuff.
Well actually it's an extension of my Space Invader thingy.
I completed them all yesterday but only thought of putting them online today.

This 1st 1 here refreshes when U click it.
This 2nd 1 here only prints an invader when you click it.

So that's that ...

New layout

I personalized the layout a little.
Just to make it more comfortable 2 work with.
The Space Invader theme came from my 1st success on Processing (C.F.: previous post) which was suggested by our tutor.
I ain't a big fan of the game itself.
Althou I do like the good old Tetris ...

Anyways, here's a screenshot for reference in the future (it's 2 big to be insered as an image) :
Layout 1

Week 1, Work 1 (01)

Yesterday's session, the 1st 1, wasn't so fruitful.
But today's was.
So I came up w/ that stuff :

Space Invader Tracer

I based it on that pic.
I'm messing around w/ functions I don't quite fully understand yet (it's call copy & paste) so I can't alter all the settings but I'm getting there :-)
Lucky I got a little BG on Flash's AS3, it help.

Introduction & Uni work

I created this blog a while ago, just to reserve the address.

I wasn't planning on uploading anything before a long while (I need 2 get my hardware up 2 date).

And then in our 2nd term's Principles of Interaction module we were required 2 upload all our work onto a blog.

So I thought I might as well use this already existing blog.

So the following posts will B Uni work ...

We're using Processing which is a cool but complicated program.

Check it out : http://www.processing.org

I wish to remain anonymous. Judge me by the quality of my work, not my background.

Just call me "Strange".

And yeah. That's it for now.