For this assignment, we had some practice with a coding program called Processing. It definitely felt like working in another language (I guess it is!). I ended up doing a pretty simple program in which a user can control whether there was a blank canvas or one of 2 shapes and backgrounds depending on if there was C, R or no key pressed
My code, click to enlarge
Some code that I had a hard time understanding is else. I suppose it didn't work here because it was unnecessary for it to work in order to have the 3 different screen states but I tried to implement it in lieu of the second if statement.
Another set of code that I wanted to use in the original program is the constrain feature, as I did not want the ellipse to grow past the canvas. There is only one example of constrain in the 7th chapter reading but I could not understand how to adapt it to my needs.
Otherwise, a simple but fun project that proves that I need more practice at coding.
This is my first time using Unity and it was an interesting experience! In this assignment, we had to use 3D objects to create a Rube Goldberg like event. At first, I wanted to create a swinging cup that held the starting ball, but I had major issues trying to get the hinge to work and even though I created an empty object in which to place the swing the objects inside did not act as one whole unit. As you can see from this blooper video.
So I scrapped that idea for the finished project!
For the final version, I used a sphere with a mass set to 3 that dropped down from the sky, which landed and rolled onto 2 ramps which I added a physics material of friction dynamic of .1 to really get the ball rolling ;) The subsequent platforms did not have this physics material added. That sphere would then collide with a grouping of cube shapes set into a row that would start the domino effect. With these cubes, I also increased the mass to 3 so when the final domino fell onto the next seesaw stage it would create a nice lift in the flying object.
The seesaw was created using a cylinder that I place with all the axis points frozen. For the long cube that I used as the seesaw itself, I froze it on the X-axis and gave it a mass of .75. For the pink cube that would be flung I altered both the mass and the angular drag to .05 as I wanted to see it get some nice height once triggered.
Originally I wanted to use 2 more cylinders one as the object that would be flung from the seesaw and as the final end platform. When I created the 2 objects as flat coin-like shapes I would see them collide together as if they were spherical objects with the sphere existing where the rotate tool area showed. So for both objects, I opted to use more cubes. With pink cube and the final platform, I created a friction physics material so they would collide together and the pink cube would immediately stop in place. For a bit of fun, I added a metallic asset with checkmarks to the final platform.
All 3D objects have ridgebodies attached except for the platform because when I originally did add them I found that when the scene was played the objects would all sink into each other.
