Folio Challenge 2

Folio Challenge 2

1. Available Resources

   • Hardware
     • Laptop
       • Provided by the school with limited charge, data storage capacities, speed and processing capabilities
   • Software
     • Python
       • Thonny
         • Arcade library
           • A simplified series of commands that allows a programmer to code sophisticated programs easily.
             • Functions
             • Classes
             • Animation
             • User control
               • Keyboard
               • Mouse
             • Collision Detection
             • Sprites (Personal or Public)
           • Transfer to Thonny : import arcade
   • Research/Information
     • The internet
       • The Arcade Library
         • Provides snippets of code, examples, explanations, etc
         • https://arcade.academy/
       • Kenney Assets
         • Provides sprite kits for ease of coding
         • https://www.kenney.nl/assets
   • School
     • The teacher
       • For questions, guidance and feedback
     • BlackBoard Elearn
       • For lessons and information

2. Prescribed Criteria

   • Use 'for' loops to create and position multiple items
     • Loops simplify the code, removing repetition.
   • Allow user to control a player sprite using a mouse or keyboard
     • Control a sprite
       • Construct a sprite with a class of properties
       • Use a sprite from Kenney Assets
       • The UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT arrow keys
         • Easier to control, less freedom of direction
       • A mouse
         • Harder to control, more fluidity and manoeuvre capabilities
   • Do not allow the player sprite to go off screen or through walls
     • Use collision and wall detection
   • Add something for the user to collect
     • Keep score of how many items were collected and display on screen
       • Add 1 to a variable everything there is a collision
     • Collect with sprite
       • Coins, gems, flowers, etc
         • Use sprite collision detection

3. Self-prescribed Critera

   • There must be a background
     • Folio Challenge 1 could be used to shorten time and add depth and detail
     • Must be recognisable as an image
       • Landscape/maze
   • The code must be clean
     • The code must be as simple as possible
       • All of the steps must be orders and spaced correctly. It must not be messy .
     • Use comments/hashtags to define parts
     • Use functions to shorten necessary lines
     • Use classes to group properties

4. Constraints/Limitations

   • Time
     • 6 weeks
       • The given time must be split between two tasks
         • The result must not be too complicated or detailed to complete within the time limit
       • There must also be time for documentation
   • Hardware
     • Laptop
       • Limited charging, data processing, storage and software capabilities
         • If the animation is too large or complex, the actions will be slow and jerky
   • Software
     • The Arcade library
       • It is likely very extensive and flexible and there will be no issue
   • Knowledge/skill
     • Limited to what has been learnt in the weeks before the task
       • Also limited to what can be learnt during the task
         • Search capabilities on the internet
   • The theme
     • There must be elements of SCALE in the result
       • Cannot simply do anything
   • The prescribed criteria
     • Must complete the prescribed criteria
       • Use loops, add a collectable, keep a score, collision detecting, add user control

5. Non Functional Requirements

   • The result must have depth
     • Must be multilayered and without large blank spaces
       • For example : A starry sky instead of solid midnight blue
   • The result must be aesthetically pleasing
     • The background must be attractive
       • Must have more complexity than one solid colour
     • All of the elements of the result must be connected and complement each other
       • No terribly clashing bright colours
       • No wildly different concepts
         • For example : A hippo eating curtains

6. Functional Requirements

   • Use Python Thonny
     • Use Arcade library
       • Transfer into program : import arcade
   • Implement elements of the theme SCALE
     • May be direct or conceptual
       • For example : A cooking scale or a comparison of size
   • The result must be sensical and recognisable
     • Must be a completed concept
       • Cannot be a mix of random shapes and colours

7. Ideation

   • Background
     • Use Folio Challenge 1
       • Modify Folio Challenge 1
         • Remove the animation so that there is not too much to process
         • Add a sprite with user control
     • Form a new one
       • Maze
         • For the sprite to navigate through
       • Landscape
         • Seasons : Summer, winter, spring, autumn
         • Forest, mountain, jungle
         • City : Buildings, subway, skyscraper, house
       • Obstacle course
         • For the sprite to navigate around/through
       • SIlhouette
       • Colour
         • https://arcade.academy/arcade.color.html?highlight=color
   • Sprite
     • Take from Kenney Assets library
       • https://www.kenney.nl/asset
     • Make an original
       • Use a Class to define a series of properties
       • An animal
         • Cat, dog, insect, rodent, elephant, reptile, marine, giraffe
       • An object
         • Plane, flower, ball, robot
       • Make a function with shapes
         • Circles, rectangles, polygons
   • User control
     • Method
       • Mouse
         • Less control, more movement
       • Keyboard
         • More control, less movement
     • Walls and borders
       • Collision detection
     • Collectables
       • Gems, coins, other small objects
         • Upon collision, they disappear
           • 1 is added to the counter
   • Theme
     • SCALE
       • Can be direct or conceptual
         • Ideas
           • A background with the image of a scale
           • A game about balancing scales
           • A game where the sprite increases in size with every collectable
           • A game where the sprite must navigate through an enormous world
             • As if the sprite had shrunk
           • A game with obstacles with distorted size
             • A tiny skyscraper and a giant flower

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