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S3234226 Processing sketch - PROJECT 3

From Physical Programming

Happy Santa

by Karl Moko

media:Karl_Moko_processing_sketch_S3234226.zip‎


Instructions

So Christmas is over and Santa is letting his hair down. He's had a few too many jager bombs so it's time for a boogie! The controls are as follows:

  • mouse - move St Nick around the dancefloor
  • ← left / right → - move Santa's legs independently
  • ↑ up / down ↓ - throw Santa's arms in the air like he just doesn't care

Screenshot

image:happysanta.jpg


Reflection

I had hoped to incorporate 'falling snow' coming down randomly from the top of the frame but it proved a bit too difficult for me. I feel that after becoming more familiar with the processing programming language I would be able to find more efficient methods to replace bulky lines of code. Having a plan down on paper is also useful for laying proper foundations when many things are happening at the same time.


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