October 30, 2005

What’s new this week

This week we decided on what to do next for our project.

Larry K will make notes specific notes about the game play and send them along with is art to me.

I will take Larry K’s art and use his notes to make the game interactive in Flash.

Amy will look into how to make this game prototype into a EyeToy game.

Amy I just found something that may make your job a lot easier. Apparently, you can make an EyeToy games in Flash 8 (I don’t have it yet. I might try to pick up a copy on Saturday at the school book store). Examples are at http://www.playdocam.com/ (a webcam is required). You can read how they created the games here.

UPDATE: I just ordered the upgrade (there was a $60 difference between the academic and upgrade). I’ll see if I can make any EyeToy effects with at after it arrives.

* Filed by Larry W at 4:02 pm under Blog Post

2 Responses to “What’s new this week”

  1. Administrator
    October 31st, 2005 | 7:20 am

    Wow, that is very cool that Flash 8 is supporting an Eye Toy type video interface.
    We should be careful not to over extend ourselves. It will be very cool if we can use this new Flash feature to eliminate the need for using two projectors. It would be even cooler if we can implement some of the functionality. BUT, we shouldn’t focus on making this game functional if we cannot make it work our current timeline of production.

  2. Administrator
    November 2nd, 2005 | 8:55 am

    Thanks Mr. W, for posting the info on the webcam possibilities. I’ll take a closer look at the webcam docs along with the camera manual to get a handle on the video options.

    I think we should come to an agreement as a group on whether we go with a webcam and working prototype or cameras and a designer-activated prototype.

    What do you guys think about planning to meet Saturday (before or after class)?

    A

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