Below are the notes on the division of tasks and remaining features for the sake of Mark who was sick on that day. Below are the notes:
Features and tasks pending:
1. Tentative to Rotate Volume knob with fiducial angle or a increasing in length
2. List of pic animals on side bar right for the child to see what animal exists from picture and tries to join its name
2.1 Strike out on animals guessed
3. When wrong get X animated and wrong sound
4. Tentative or future enhancement that when joined word is wrong, give clue automatically eg child puts DUG and under it automatically it puts D_G to show which is wrong OR Do help only by showing a fiducial with help when child decides to
5. When all animals are joined and guessed fireworks are played and happy music is played
6. Background music
7. Creation Userguide
Division of tasks:
Mark:
Scanning of animals from Lorn's puzzles and saving as
Lorn:
Creating the tabletop from different matherials, as designed in the previous blog and discussed during the meeting.
Steve:
Coding, Purchasing of building blocks, List of swear words :)
Karl:
Coding, Editing the Volume Knob picture to insert EEE instead of volume, Creating a library of 12 animals within the application, pictures of with Mark will be scanning.
Here are also some pictures Steve took when the time arrived for trying out EEE and checking out different sources of light for the tabletop:
Trying out EEE and checking how far the webcam can recognize a fiducial:
Preparing to try what the longest joined word can fit EEEs window:
Testing out light sources:
Testing out light source at a very small angle:
Forgot what i was doing here :). Please enlighten me Steve and Lorn :P :
Karl,
ReplyDeleteI love the post layout - Nice image size too.
Guys,
I was thinking about backgrounds the other day, just before the power cut :-). Anyways, what do you think about this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/48933818@N05/?saved=1
We can also create another scene and loop randomly between them, but genreally I think that this should be our style. Also note the "welcome" - we can place our image in that spot.
What d'ya all think?
Karl,
ReplyDeleteP.S. In the last picture you was setting the brightness etc of your webcam, cause we were just underneath the light tube and the bright white light was effecting the device.
:-)
Guys,
ReplyDeletePlease allow me to draw your attention to the "List of things that the applicaton can have" post because I updated the post with a very important note regarding the table. Sorry for posting this note, but it is super important that all of us take a look.
Thanks and Good night.
Lorn.
Lorn,
ReplyDeleteI saw the picture. I think its good, however i have to see if its too bright for the eye. Ill try it out and let you know. Regarding randomly changing backrounds, it can be done i think. will have to try it out.
ill check out the other blog entry and will also comment there.
Lorn can you put the EEE logo in the middle of the background pic or we have to do it through editing the picture?
ReplyDeleteKarl,
ReplyDeleteAs discussed over the phone, we will have to edit the "Welcome" word with Photoshop to remove it and blend in the background. As regards to the EEE logo we also have to intervene with Photoshop, Something Steve is probably capable of doing in a short time frame.
We'll discuss this tomorrow.
hi guys,
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know that points 2,2.1 and 5 in Features and Pending tasks are completed and look bug free.
For point 5 i had to change something regarding to the fireworks gif cause i couldnt find one big enough. I put fireworks and applause as background sound and Congratulations as a gif.
Tomorrow ill bring lappy to show you everything
Thanks
Karl
Hi guys,
ReplyDeleteAn update from my side on my tasks:
1. Inserting the library of in an array inside the application is complete,
2. Creating a sidebar with all pictures of animals available in the library and when an animal is guessed(and it can be repeatedly guessed for the repetition part needed by children to learn) a strike through in red is shown within the picture
3. When all animals are guessed, a congratulation gif is displayed flashing and in the background as sounds of clapping and fireworks(gives a sens of great achievement for children) is played
4. Editing of the Volume Knob to have EEE. I will take the suggestion given to me to Change the background of the knob to something in blue fading to white
5. Playing some funny error sound as well as an X symbol when a non existing animal in the sidebar is joined(this will be done after pronounciation of the word joined is played to increase the fun factor of the game)
What is remaining from my side:
1. Tentative Rotation of volume knob picture as well as volume of the game itself
2. The Help part, which will be driven by a fiducial signalling that the child wants help on the some name of the animal he is spotting in the side list.
3. Playing childish background music through out the game.
Steve,
ReplyDeleteAs discussed Wednesday, can you take the background and remove the welcome by blending in the rays behind it with Photoshop please?
Thanks mate
Lorn.
Also, Mark,
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to search for the sounds please. Karl mentioned that they should be in 16bit and WAV format. I'd go with what he said cause he's got the exact information from the reactivision knowledge base. This is very important for the application prototype mate.
Thanks
Lorn.