Folio Challenge 1

Folio Challenge 1

1. Ideation

   • The Australian Stem Video Game Challenge is an annual competition for aspiring game designers. This years Theme was SCALE.
     • “We’re looking for creative, engaging and fun responses to the theme – they can be very literal and direct, or highly conceptual. Let your imagination run wild!”
       • Example : A scale in the grocery store or the deliberate distortion of size
     • Direct
       • Comparison of size
         • One object is larger than the other
       • A weight scale
         • Doctor
         • Cooking
     • Conceptual
       • Distortion of size
         • Making some things abnormally larger/taller/thinner/smaller than natural
           • Example : A beetle eating a skyscraper
       • Something that increases in size
         • Example : Showing the growth of a plant
       • The butterfly effect
         • A small decision with a large effect. The action increases in scale
           • Example : A butterfly flying through a cyclone
       • Scales of justice
         • Example : A hand holding balanced/unbalanced scales
   • Image
     • Landscape
       • Snow and ice
       • Desert
       • Mountain
       • Ocean
       • River
       • Forest
       • Flower field
       • Autumn trees
     • Modern Scene
       • Cityscape
       • Subway
       • Building
       • House
       • Concrete jungle
     • Day/Night
       • Dark or light, stars or sky
   • Colour
     • Schemes
       • Natural
       • Abstract
       • Shades
       • Warm
       • Cool
       • Bright
       • Dark
   • Animation
     • Moving image
       • Natural Phenomemon
         • Rain
         • Snow
         • Comet
         • Sun/Moon movement
         • Cloud movement
       • Central focus
         • Movement of the main object
           • Bouncing
           • Moving back and forth
       • Background movement
         • Cars moving in and out of screen
         • A train moving about
         • Lights tuning on and off

2. Available Resources

   • Software
     • Python Thonny
       • Arcade package/library
         • Allows a programmer to use compact and simplifyed predetermined code to creata an output and receive input
           • Shapes and outlines
           • Functions
             • A function must be defined and then called
             • x, y variables in the defined function must be filled when called
           • Start and End requirements
             • Import Library/ies
             • Rendering for images
             • Running
             • Creating a drawing window
           • Looping
           • Random
             • Import library
             • Choosing randomly from a range of integers
           • Animation
             • Define animation function
             • Specify the starting point, teh direction of movement and how much the subject will move
             • State how many times per second the image will be redrawn
           • Main Function
             • Define
             • Call secondary functions
             • Run
           • Other
             • Example image
             • Thonny work screen
             • Stating variables
             • Text
         • To transfer to Thonny: import arcade
   • Hardware
     • Laptop
       • School provided laptop with limitations on speed, data, hard drive space and charging capacities.
   • Information/Research
     • Internet Arcade Library
       • Provides lessons for using the Arcade package
       • Provides snippets of code
       • Provides lists of colours/commands
       • https://arcade.academy/
     • Kenney Assets
       • Provides pre-coded sprites and kits
       • https://www.kenney.nl/assets
   • School
     • The teacher
       • For questions and certain issues
     • BlackBoard Lessons
       • For guidance and knowledge

3. Functional Requirements

   • Use Python Thonny
     • Use the Arcade library
       • Example : import arcade
   • Adhere to the topic of SCALE
     • Can be literal/direct or metaphorical/conceptual representation
       • For example: A cooking scale or a size comparison

4. Non functional Requirements

   • The solution must be legible and logical
     • Both the code and the documentation must be concise and structureed
       • Spacing, format, hashtags, images, bullet points
   • The asthetics must be pleasing and sensical
     • The image must be be recognisable as a concept
       • No fabricated nonsense
     • The colours must be used in the correct sense
       • No green skies and orange oceans

5. Prescribed Criteria

   • Use multiple colours
     • https://arcade.academy/arcade.color.html?highlight=colors
     • Example: arcade.color.BLACK
     • Use from the existing Arcade library colours or produce new ones
   • Create a coherant picture
     • Use multiple types of graphic functions
       • Circles
       • Rectangles
       • Polygons
     • Create three functions that draw something
     • Combine a series of shapes and colours to create an image with a recognisable human concept
       • For example : A landscape, an object, a scene
   • Animate at least one aspect of the drawing
     • Use on_draw commands
       • Example : def on_draw(delta_time):
     • Use positioning commands with unknown variables
       • Example : on_draw.snowflake6_y -= 3
   • Correct and neat appearance of code
     • Use blank lines to break up sections of code for improved readability
       • Separate functions/classes and loops/others
     • Use comments effectively
       • Use a # to ensure that the comments are inactive
       • Label functions and the purpose of loops/others

6. Self-prescribed Criteria

   • The image must appear appealing
     • As well as being a coherant picture, it must also have good, cohesive placement of shapes and a pleasing colour scheme
   • The code must be simple
     • The use of functions and loops to shorten the amount of code and avoid repetition
   • The animation must appear smooth
     • When there is too much to process, the animation is clunky and jerky

7. Constraints/Limitations

   • Time
     • 6 weeks
       • Documentation also must be completed and there is a second challenge to complete. Time must be used wisely to ensure all aspects are completed.
       • The final product must not be too complex or time consuming
   • Skill/Knowledge
     • Limited to what has been learnt in teh weeks before the task assignment
       • Also limited to what can be learnt in the 6 weeks given to complete the task
     • Limited by the extent of knowledge available on the internet
   • Software
     • Python Thonny
       • Arcade library
         • The Arcade library must have limitations, but it is likely very flexible and has many wys to perform one activity. It is not likely to come across an issue.
   • The prescribed criteria
     • Must use multiple colours, create a coherant image, use comments and spacing, animate, use function and graphics
       • A single moving dot would not suffice. The prescribed criteria ensure that a certain amount of effort must be applied.
   • The task
     • The result must follow the theme of SCALE and must therefore have an aspect representative of it
       • May not be able to create any image desired

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