Shooting game

Well I've finished my shooting game - pretty much. There's a lot of stuff I would have like to have added to it, but I didn't manage to get those done, which is a bit of a disappointment. That being said, I'm still quite pleased with it(and getting prepared to see people's ones far cooler than mine), and I think I learned quite a bit about the processing programme, although I'll probably forget it all soon. Oh well, we'll see I suppose.

Processing

Right, so now we've got two weeks of learning a new programme; 'Processing'. Well we've done one week so now (obviously) there's one to go.

I'm not really sure what I think of it. Although I don't seem to be great at using this I think with something like this it does just take practice. My main problem is not that I don't understand it(sort of), it's just that I forget what I've learned about it really quickly. I don't know why but it makes it incredibly frustrating. Also what I don't think helps very much is that I don't have much confidence(if any) in my abilities. That definitely doesn't make it easier to learn.

The programme is a sort of extension of Java and my brother is a computer programmer with knowledge and experience of Java. So it's great to have him around to help me : ).

With this, we have to do a presentation of our work every day!! If there's definitely one thing I hate, it's being up in front of and showing my work to an audience. The only upside is, that because of the number of people we only have to be up there for approx. a minute.
Right now I'm working on a game that has to be presented on Tuesday morning. I might be a bit late that morning(not deliberately), and to be truly honest I don't really mind, if it means that I miss the presentations. :P.

I'm not really sure how much we are going to be using this programme. It may be one of the ones that we learn and then stop using. But seeing at we've got two weeks dedicated to learning it, that implies that this one is more important.

Well I haven't said very much, it's mainly just an update.

Final update

Well in each post for this project I've been very secretive about what I've been doing, and I see mo reason for it to change with this last one : ).

I reckon this project has been reasonably successful. Somethings have gone well and some haven't. But I think overall I can be pleased with what I've done.

Another update

OK what I am doing has once again changed. Most things seem to be working pretty well, I think I'm finally starting to understand this a bit.
I still need to figure out what I'm wanting to do for some things before I can go onto actually making the garment. I wasn't sure how long the programming was going to take, but it's taken quite a long time. So hopefully I can get that finished soon in order to get this project finished on time.

:D

Ok I'm feeling slightly better. What I needed to work is now working, so now I can try to carry on with the rest of the project.

???

Alright there is something that I need to do with Max that is just not working!!!!! The exact same thing works for other people but when it comes to me, doing exactly the same thing, it decides not to work!!
It is soooooooo frustrating. I have absolutely no idea why it is not working and I need to get it done!!!
Anyway that's all for now.

Thoughts

Hmm, so this isn't going too well. The only thing that I've got pretty much sorted is my idea of what I'm wanting to do. I know what garment I'll use, I pretty much know how I want to get it soldered and where to put the wires etc, also what switches I will use. So that just leaves the very big problem of Max/Jitter. I am definitely started to get worried. Time goes quickly especially when you want it to slow down.

Should I be worried?

I've changed my idea a little bit but I'm still pretty much sorted on that front. I also now have a new keyboard to use, that means more soldering : (. Buuuuuuutttttt, there is still the very big problem of how to do the programming...
All in all I'm not really sure much progress I'm actually making. I'm hoping for a brainwave soon(to help me with Max/Jitter), but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not going to come)

Update - sort of

Yeh this assignment is not going to be particularly easy for me. With my idea mostly sorted out now I need to test it with Max/Jitter before I can properly get started. This is where I get stuck. I hardly know where to start with this.

We are allowed to email for help if we really need it, but that involves sending the patcher. And it's not really possible to do that if I haven't done anything.

I've got just under two weeks to get this done. At the moment it seems like a long time, but I guarantee you that it will go extremely quickly.

Well hopefully it will all work out. I'll find out in two weeks I suppose...

The beginning...

Ok the Easter break has now begun and straight into this next project.

Ideas... always start right at the beginning. In this case I need to have a good idea and then I can think of the meaning, method, purpose etc.

Right, well I've had a number of ideas and now I think I have finally decided on what I will do. Well what I want to do anyway. Achieving it is in a completely different category.

Well I'd better get back to work I suppose, that's my update for now. I'll come back when I have some more relevant information to share.

Happy Easter. :D

Easter

I'm thinking that this is not going to be much of a holiday, as a definition of holiday is:
'Leisure time away from work, devoted to rest or pleasure'
And that definitely doesn't sound like what I'll be doing over the next two weeks.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too much work to do!!!!!!!!!! I'm mentally preparing for the difficulty and exhaustion that will come with the project that has to be completed during the Easter 'holiday'. Although it is something that is hard to prepare for, I'm always way too worried about failing and that thought is already starting to creep into my mind.

Wow, I really need to start writing some more positive posts. But for now, wish me luck.