So for our assignment in our groups we have to make a flash website for a department on the college in my group are:
Dan Boneham
Tom Millen
Dan Stevens
And me Dan Sherman
At first for the course we wanted to do stone masonry, but after we found out that it was based in Poundbury we decided to go for a course inside the college so we decided on catering.
On the first day of our assignment we made a plan using excel, deciding on what part each person should work on and this included start dates and planned finishing dates.
What people had to do:
Dan Sherman:
-Flash website
-Filming
-Planning
Dan Boneham:
-Camera man
-Filming
-Editing
Tom Millen:
-Filming
-Flash website
-Planning
We also had to book a camera and a tripod from the media center, to rent the equipment out we had to fill out a risk assessment and make sure we had the minimum of two hours before we could take the equipment out. we also filmed some footage in the catering area as well as in the cygnets restaurant which is part of catering.
The flash site:
With the website the designs of the pages are using the mx.transition code to swap between the pages and there are 4 different pages on the site all linked with different coloured buttons to match the pages so when you are on a page with the same coloured button it looks like the button has disappeared.
(plan)pages on the flash site:
Weymouth college catering:
This is the main page It will have information about catering and a brief intro to catering on
Catering video:
this page will just have a video on which is edited through adobe premiere cs6
About catering and career aspects:
This will be more detailed than the main page for catering and it will also have career aspects on e.g. what jobs you can go into
Contact us:
This page will just have information on how to contact catering in Weymouth college and a number for the Weymouth college also the address for the college and e-mail addresses for people to send emails
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Friday, 5 October 2012
flash background page scroll button thing
So Julian shown me how to make a button scroll to a different page without tweens but instead with code.
And instead of me pasting lines of code I'm just going to put the link for you to download the .fla and the .swf file, it's only just the pages and three buttons nothing fancy as I was just taught it at the time text and fancy titles weren't on my mind:
.fla:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7447hcx08c6khja/web%20skele.fla
.swf:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6u08db2kr4ijrs/web%20skele.swf
And instead of me pasting lines of code I'm just going to put the link for you to download the .fla and the .swf file, it's only just the pages and three buttons nothing fancy as I was just taught it at the time text and fancy titles weren't on my mind:
.fla:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7447hcx08c6khja/web%20skele.fla
.swf:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6u08db2kr4ijrs/web%20skele.swf
Prezi/re-skinning update
So our group has finished re-skinning the game a second time, after we looked through our results we found that people liked the concept but wanted more colour, so we re-skinned the game and the re-skinned game is our final game, after this was re-skinned we had to make a presentation to show on friday the 27th of September, using Prezi we made a presentation for our game reskinned and not reskinned, the presentation compared the two, the differences and why we made the changes and how we did them, the presentation also shown our research and results.
If you want to see what our final presentation looked like then you can look here:
http://prezi.com/xbtopt6zx7wf/our-reskinned-game/
If you want to see what our final presentation looked like then you can look here:
http://prezi.com/xbtopt6zx7wf/our-reskinned-game/
research for our first assignment!
So as our first assignment we are working in groups of three to make a flash website for a course at Weymouth college, our chosen course is catering, we were going to do stone masonry however we found out that it was based away from the college.
we have been looking at flash websites for catering and seeing what kinds of designs we could use, this also helped with what code could be used and also how the flash websites we researched worked
we have been looking at flash websites for catering and seeing what kinds of designs we could use, this also helped with what code could be used and also how the flash websites we researched worked
Friday, 28 September 2012
More flash code!: mx transitions
Learning more about flash actionscript 2:
today we used some code that given a movieclip some transition tween, with easein and easeout
Please ignore some of the code as it will not all apply to the project actually working or not.
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
function easein1()
{
new Tween(button1, "_xscale", Elastic.easeOut, 100, 200, 2, true);
new Tween(button1, "_yscale", Elastic.easeOut, 100, 200, 2, true);
}
function easeout1()
{
new Tween(button1, "_xscale", Elastic.easeOut, 200, 100, 2, true);
new Tween(button1, "_yscale", Elastic.easeOut, 200, 100, 2, true);
}
button1.onRollOver = easein1;
button1.onRollOut = easeout1;
function easein2()
{
new Tween(button2, "_xscale", Bounce.easeOut, 100, 200, 1, true);
new Tween(button2, "_yscale", Bounce.easeOut, 100, 200, 1, true);
}
function easeout2()
{
new Tween(button2, "_xscale", Bounce.easeOut, 200, 100, 1, true);
new Tween(button2, "_yscale", Bounce.easeOut, 200, 100, 1, true);
}
//this bit below is the
//thing you roll over or off of to make something else move!
box.onRollOver = easein2;
box.onRollOut = easeout2;
The "//" was just used to describe what happens when the code is used the "//" won't affect the code in anyway and is not needed.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
market/primary/secondary and audience research and our research
In a group of three we had to re-skin a game and make a questionnaire to find out what our target audience think of the game.
why the media industries do research:
industries do this research because it helps them make a game that people want to play and buy, because if they didn't do any research then they wouldn't know what there target audience want in a game to make them want to play it more than once and to even buy the game, they also look at secondary research to also help them find out what there target audience like and what kinds of things they are into to help improve and shape there game
Market research:
this is looking at games that are already out there so you can see why they are successful and also so you can make sure you aren't copying another game but this can also be good to get ideas for your own game, market research is also looking at competitors such as game brands or different games.
Primary research:
This kind of research is something that you do yourself e.g. by making and conducting a questionnaire, this is important because if you are making a video game then you need to know what your target audience want to make sure that your idea is a good idea and you won't waste time making it, this kind of research also helps with your audience as when you show them the idea for the game you will be able to find out if they would pay for it, if they would play it more than once etc.
types of primary research:
-survey
-questionnaire
-phone survey
-internet survey
-interviews
Secondary research:
Secondary research is research that has been done by other people and that you could find on:
-the internet
-newspaper
-books
How primary and secondary research compare:
primary research is for finding something specific out whereas secondary research is just research you can find that's already been done so you won't have to ask the same question when you can already find out the answer to it, also primary research could be finding something out about your game in specific or a question about something for your game that hasn't already been asked before.
this type of research can help to find out what kinds of things are popular at the moment for a video game it could be the favorite genre of video game and this could help you decide on what kind of video game you are going to make
Questionnaires:
In a questionnaire there can be different types of questions:
-qualitative questions
-quantitative questions
Quantitative questions are types of questions where you would get a yes or no answer, a type of closed question could be "do you like our game?" and that would be a yes or no answer, a qualitative question is a question where you ask for an opinion on something again an example for a question could be "what improvements would you make to the game?"
quantitative questions:
usually these come in numbers or statistics to the question you have asked, it could also mean getting a yes or a no from a question this type of question is called a closed question.
How qualitative and quantitative compare:
you would be able to find out more information from qualitative questions because these types of questions ask for an opinion or a longer answer whereas quantitative questions ask for a yes no answer or a number/statistic, also you can put quantitative answers in a graph or chart because your only going to get a short answer that other people would answer the same to.
Open and closed questions:
-An open question is where you would ask for an opinion on something in a questionnaire.
-A closed question is just where you would ask a yes/no question and not going into detail.
Audience research:
If you are going to make something like a video game you need to know what your target audience want, and by using primary research you are able to find out what your target audience are interested in and this will help improve your game and will also help make it more successful.
Our research:
for reskinning the flash game we made and conducted a questionnaire to find out whether they liked the game, we found out how old they were just to show if our target audience liked the idea for our game or not and also about prices and what they would pay to play the game or even if they would play the game at all, we also asked if they owned smart phones e.g. IOS device, android and also if they would download the app of our game, so our research helped us find out if our video game was successful or not, for secondary research it was just looking at what device was used the most to find out what device it would be best to use it on and also what games where most popular on mobile devices such as IOS or android
secondary research:
For secondary research I used the internet to find out things like:
Top free apps (2012):
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/60-best-free-iphone-apps-2012-663484
Top paid apps(2012):
http://www.148apps.com/top-apps/top-paid-iphone-apps/
Top mobile platforms(2012):
http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2012/07/mobile-platform-tussles-winners-and-losers-in-2012/
why the media industries do research:
industries do this research because it helps them make a game that people want to play and buy, because if they didn't do any research then they wouldn't know what there target audience want in a game to make them want to play it more than once and to even buy the game, they also look at secondary research to also help them find out what there target audience like and what kinds of things they are into to help improve and shape there game
Market research:
this is looking at games that are already out there so you can see why they are successful and also so you can make sure you aren't copying another game but this can also be good to get ideas for your own game, market research is also looking at competitors such as game brands or different games.
Primary research:
This kind of research is something that you do yourself e.g. by making and conducting a questionnaire, this is important because if you are making a video game then you need to know what your target audience want to make sure that your idea is a good idea and you won't waste time making it, this kind of research also helps with your audience as when you show them the idea for the game you will be able to find out if they would pay for it, if they would play it more than once etc.
types of primary research:
-survey
-questionnaire
-phone survey
-internet survey
-interviews
Secondary research:
Secondary research is research that has been done by other people and that you could find on:
-the internet
-newspaper
-books
How primary and secondary research compare:
primary research is for finding something specific out whereas secondary research is just research you can find that's already been done so you won't have to ask the same question when you can already find out the answer to it, also primary research could be finding something out about your game in specific or a question about something for your game that hasn't already been asked before.
this type of research can help to find out what kinds of things are popular at the moment for a video game it could be the favorite genre of video game and this could help you decide on what kind of video game you are going to make
Questionnaires:
In a questionnaire there can be different types of questions:
-qualitative questions
-quantitative questions
Quantitative questions are types of questions where you would get a yes or no answer, a type of closed question could be "do you like our game?" and that would be a yes or no answer, a qualitative question is a question where you ask for an opinion on something again an example for a question could be "what improvements would you make to the game?"
quantitative questions:
usually these come in numbers or statistics to the question you have asked, it could also mean getting a yes or a no from a question this type of question is called a closed question.
How qualitative and quantitative compare:
you would be able to find out more information from qualitative questions because these types of questions ask for an opinion or a longer answer whereas quantitative questions ask for a yes no answer or a number/statistic, also you can put quantitative answers in a graph or chart because your only going to get a short answer that other people would answer the same to.
Open and closed questions:
-An open question is where you would ask for an opinion on something in a questionnaire.
-A closed question is just where you would ask a yes/no question and not going into detail.
Audience research:
If you are going to make something like a video game you need to know what your target audience want, and by using primary research you are able to find out what your target audience are interested in and this will help improve your game and will also help make it more successful.
Our research:
for reskinning the flash game we made and conducted a questionnaire to find out whether they liked the game, we found out how old they were just to show if our target audience liked the idea for our game or not and also about prices and what they would pay to play the game or even if they would play the game at all, we also asked if they owned smart phones e.g. IOS device, android and also if they would download the app of our game, so our research helped us find out if our video game was successful or not, for secondary research it was just looking at what device was used the most to find out what device it would be best to use it on and also what games where most popular on mobile devices such as IOS or android
secondary research:
For secondary research I used the internet to find out things like:
Top free apps (2012):
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/60-best-free-iphone-apps-2012-663484
Top paid apps(2012):
http://www.148apps.com/top-apps/top-paid-iphone-apps/
Top mobile platforms(2012):
http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2012/07/mobile-platform-tussles-winners-and-losers-in-2012/
Friday, 21 September 2012
Mouse hide and dot followers
The code below makes your cursor on the screen disappear and also makes little dots follow your cursor around hidden or not:
Mouse.hide();
onEnterFrame = function()
{
gary_mc._x -= (gary_mc._x - _xmouse)/20
gary_mc._y -= (gary_mc._y - _ymouse)/20
gary2_mc._x -= (gary2_mc._x - _xmouse)/10
gary2_mc._y -= (gary2_mc._y - _ymouse)/10
gary3_mc._x -= (gary3_mc._x - _xmouse)/5
gary3_mc._y -= (gary3_mc._y - _ymouse)/5
};
The reason for gary,garry2 and garry3 is beacuse of the names I given to the instances, don't think that they have to be called garry it was just a name for it.
And the only part for hiding the mouse is "Mouse.hide();"
Mouse.hide();
onEnterFrame = function()
{
gary_mc._x -= (gary_mc._x - _xmouse)/20
gary_mc._y -= (gary_mc._y - _ymouse)/20
gary2_mc._x -= (gary2_mc._x - _xmouse)/10
gary2_mc._y -= (gary2_mc._y - _ymouse)/10
gary3_mc._x -= (gary3_mc._x - _xmouse)/5
gary3_mc._y -= (gary3_mc._y - _ymouse)/5
};
The reason for gary,garry2 and garry3 is beacuse of the names I given to the instances, don't think that they have to be called garry it was just a name for it.
And the only part for hiding the mouse is "Mouse.hide();"
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