Reflection from presentation

During the presentation my code did a wierd thing and didnt show my final step. So after the presentation i played around with it and turns out that because it hasnt been put in stages it only does what its meant to now and then . less than ideal. Although i have tried to avoid it, its become clear that the way i have done my code has just made it way harder for myself and im going to end up running into lots of dead ends if i carry on, so i might as well, during the holidays start over and organise my code better. Now that i have the knowledge on using transformation and have breifly touched base on incorporating sound i think this will be much easier for me, then it would have been at the beginning when i started creating my code. I also have the advantage of the two week holiday so i will have more time to learn what i need to, and request help on the things that are beyond me.

Because my code hadnt gotten as far as i would have liked it to by this presentation there wasnt much to see, therefore not much for the tutors to give feed back on. The general idea of the feedback was to make it more clear in my head (and others) what exactly my clip is trying to achieve/what experience should the person get out of my work. I also need to keep moving forward and experiment with different ways to make my simple idea more visually appealing and interactive.

After the presentation i was sort of at a mind blank at where to start and what to do next. But my first step would be to recreate what i have already achieved but include functions that will make my later code easier such as mouse count, "states", and variables for the circle sizes and placement, making my clip run more smoothly. After i have created the basic idea i hope to have more time to include more interesting code to make it more interactive.

The brief clearly states it has to include transformation, sound, and interaction in order to get good marks. I want to use sound effectively but i am unsure how to go about making it look good. Ben in our class was telling me about the soundcipher or something that he used in his which uses tone scales to create noises, and suggested i use the same with the circles going outwards and back in to make a cool sort of pianoy type effect. He has a lot of experience with coding and knows what hes talkiong about and i like the idea. I have asked him to help me out with the sounds after i have finished my work. So at least i have a rough idea on sound now.

I have to keep in mind that in the holidays i have other assigments work as well as my easter weekend in australia. So in order to stay on top of my work i will spend the first week working on my code fixing up my existing code and getting something basic to hand in (in case i run out of time) and then after that hopefully playing around with other features. I have kept my blog up to scratch on word as broadband is limited outside of uni. But will upload them all as soon as i can.