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Innovate & Create! – WEEK 1

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Day 1

6/13/16

My first day of camp as well as some of the Girls Scouts was overwhelming as well as extremely fun. In the end I am just happy that I survived but also learned the girls names and a little bit about them. I was pleasantly surprised with how well many of the activities went – especially the Stream of Consciousness exercise.

Originally we decided to have them continually write for 3 minutes however we tried 10 minutes and all most all of the girls diligently wrote the entire time and complained that it was not enough time after words. I was thrilled to see so many budding writers in class. We even allowed them to continue writing and they did so without any push or help. This was shocking to me because I have always imagined being met with resistance for writing. Many of the girls, even the ones that refused to write came up with unique ideas during the 10 minutes. I would like to have the girls do a 5 minute stream of consciousness everyday to get the creativity flowing. I am very excited to see what they create tomorrow when we discuss poetry more in depth.

One thing that I felt could have been better was the use and creation of emails so that the girls could have websites. The girls could get it, however it was a lengthy process as well as frustrating. Another thing I noticed was that once we changed the lesson plan, it was impossible to get back on track. It was very well organized in the morning and then the afternoon we were trying to figure out where to pick up ect…

We had planned to give them a writing prompt: “And suddenly the 30 strangers in the room felt like the closest of friends.” Instead we went to Start – Up exhibit which was fun but then we were unable to follow our curriculum afterwards. In the end this did not matter as all the girls wrote stories without the prompt or worked on their website. The problem was that it created a time crunch and we ended up not doing the last activity either which was to learn photoshop. We instead created pixel art logos that we will digitize tomorrow. In the end we did not lose anything important and in fact covered well with the pixel activity.

Day 2

6/14/16

Today was extremely successful and fun for me, although I know that Victoria had a rough time at one point. We started the day off with designing a personalized Luchador mask, which started with a name, then draw your mask and thus extended into creating the mask physically. We then split into two groups and one group focused on doing Haiku while the other did erasure poetry. After that we finished up the day with sharing our poetry to the entire group and then cleaning the classroom.

For our icebreaker we decided to talk about Luchador masks. We found a fun website that would generate a Luchador name. This was extremely hilarious and fun. The girls all picked out a name and wrote it on their Kleenslate board. Then they drew what they would want their masks to look like. They were having so much fun we decided to extend the activity and brought out Art supplies so that they could create physical representations of their masks.

After this, we split the girls into two groups and I took half and Victoria took the other half. We needed to do this because the Erasure Poetry required photoshop and we did not have enough computers with that application. In my group, we talked about Haiku and how to create it. Then we played with Haikucubes to help us create them. I came up with multiple challenges for them using the cubes. They had so much fun. Some of the challenges:

Create a group Haiku
Make a Haiku with only the words on the blocks
Choose one word and that is your Title
Choose three words and each word starts each line of the Haiku
Each girl takes turns and chooses one word until we make a Haiku

The first group excelled with this activity and Anthony did interpretive readings of their haikus. I did have one girl who told me she will not participate and as hard as I tried I could not get her to join the activity.

Unfortunately, while this activity was going on, Victoria had a very frustrating time with her group during the Erasure poetry because MOST of the girls refused to participate in the activity. They just flat out said “We refuse to participate.” They acted silly and played games behind Victoria’s back. After lunch we switched groups and I also had a very hard time with the group. They participated but refused to follow directions and just screamed and acted wild. We still accomplished haikus however which I was happy for. They also performed interpretive readings at least. We decided to be more careful with which girls get grouped together.

Day 3

6/15/16

Today was Bandojo day. We started the day off with updating their blogs from poetry day. Then our guest speaker taught them how to use Bandojo until lunch time. After that we introduced podcasting to the girls and then split them into 3 groups and had them facilitate a podcast. After this we had them make and record their own music in Bandojo in groups of two.

Day 4

6/16/16

We went to Meow Wolf today!

Day 5

6/17/16

The Element Factory

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History has a very beautiful entrance that consists of a large periodic table with each element created out of marble. The tiles are large enough for a few people to stand on them comfortably which caused them to create a “Periodic Twister” game that helped kids learn about how elements are used together to create everyday household compounds. They also have a very large touch screen table that currently had one very bland timeline application for the Pioneers of Nuclear science exhibit.

Highlands was asked to come up with a way to combine the periodic Twister game with the touch screen table without losing the previous timeline application. We discussed several ideas until we came up with “The Element Factory.” This game would consist of a periodic table that provided a timed game in which a user would be asked to complete a compound by dragging elements into a bin. This would be a multiplayer game so it must allow for many touches at once.

We were also given special permission from Theodore Gray to purge his website for anything that we would find useful for our game. We created a touch table version of a periodic table using C# and Blend in Visual Studios and then plundered his website and created the content so that a user may learn about the elements without playing the game. They can then click to play the game and race against the clock. We created the table to pull all of the elemental data from 2 files stored in google drive excel sheet.

The final step was creating an attract screen that would also handled opening and closing the older application as well as our new game. Here is what I created with Blend and C#:

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Thanks to these two software designers from New Mexico Highlands University we now have an educational video game in Periodic Hall (in front of Pioneers of the Atom).

Bresdin O’malley (on left) and Simone Seagle (on right) created an interactive periodic table that teaches you about the elements, and museum visitors can play a game that challenges their knowledge on chemical compounds. What a creative solution to make the visitors experience fun, interactive and unforgettable!

Concept for game

Name: The Element Factory

Objective: Create the compounds that are shuffled each game

Game Play: Everyone will be able to click on an element in the periodic table and that element will stick to their finger. They will then drag that element to the factory bin. They must collect all needed elements to advance to the next compound. Players race against a clock to get as high of a score as possible.

If the wrong element is put into the factory it will cause an unpleasant noise and be removed.

Detroit VR

I spoke to my friend Rachel about my project and she mentioned that her company makes 3D models of cities all over the world. She asked her boss if it would be possible to let me use some of the models for a VR research class and her boss was enthusiastic about it and said it shouldn’t be a problem.

I set up a deal to get downtown Detroit from his company PLW . This made it it possible to use all of my time for research into the use of dual systems with the Oculus Rift DK2.

Sadly the end of this project turned into a Fly through of downtown Detroit with Leap Motion hands. The Oculus support was dropped during my semester of research. This project had to be put on hold. The following is an example of the research data.

Documentation Blog

DEVELOPMENT –>

For my independent research study wanted to develop a project using Unity software with the Oculus DK2 and the Emotive headgear. After this proved to be too difficult to develop with I decided to use the Leap Motion (I also looking into a device called the MYO armband) as the secondary device instead of the Emotive. It has recently been developed to attach to the front of the Oculus DK2 and be used in conjunction with it. In the middle of the development progress I spoke with PLW Model Works in Florida who develop 3D models of cities using realistic imaging. I was offered a section of any city I wanted to add to my program. I chose downtown Detroit and after working out an agreement I was given 7 GBs worth of models. After weeks of development I ran into a very large snag with the Oculus DK2 SDK and utilities package for Unity. The census becomes apparent that the Oculus released a broken set of utilities for the most recent Unity 2.3 as well as a runtime that no longer supports Unity. They also dropped support for any Unity version before 2.3 so using older versions did not fix the issue. After also experiencing issues with the Leap SDK I started to suspect that it is actually my OS system. I am running a 64-bit Windows OS system and the Oculus SDK has a hard time running on windows 7. I had to do a lot of work and download another program to run just the demos for the Oculus.

They report to be working on this problem, however not in time for this project to be completed. Instead I was able to integrate the Leap Motion Controller without the Oculus and use my Mac OS X system for development. To expand on this project I will hopefully be able to use the Oculus and Leap together once they update the support for Unity. This project can be used to “visit” Detroit without actually going there. I also want to use the project to build community awareness of Detroit. With more time and supported SDKs this project has large potential. I am hoping to continue development and make something to show the value of using a VR device. I am also wondering about using different VR systems instead of the Oculus because of so many companies running into the same problems I have and deciding to stop building with it.

This brings up a very important aspect to building with devices such as the Oculus as there is not a lot of documentation or help. This causes so much frustration to developers that they stop using the devices and the technology dies without every reaching the full potential. This goes for other devices such as the Kinect or the MYO armband as well.

Emotiv EPOC Headset

The Emotiv EPOC headset(1) is designed with several capacitors that act as an EEG and output several numbers that can be used to control different aspects of a game or program. While there is a few examples of this being used with the Oculus online there is a lot of consensus that it is not worth the effort and trouble(2). One reason being that the Emotive headset has connectivity problems and getting it to work is a shot in the dark(3). I myself experienced this problem while trying to get the headset to connect to my own brainwaves. I believe I have to much hair for a solid connection to be made between the set and my head. Another interesting reason why the Emotive can offer frustration with games is how tiring it can be(4). “Thinking” about walking is very tiring because our body does that subconsciously, causing the “VR” experience to be distorted. After this research I decided to halt development for this project using the Emotive headset.

MYO Armband

The MYO armband(1) is an arm band that reads the muscles in your arm to perform actions on the computer. I used the armband for several days and actually quite enjoyed the experience. When it is synced correctly it works very well as a device to do small tasks on the computer. One of the drawbacks was how tired my arm muscles would get and the soreness I experienced after using it. Another drawback was that there are not many gestures that it can read causing the usefulness to be low for a video game. This reason proved to be a good reason not to use it for this project because expansion with the project would be hindered.

https://www.myo.com/

Leap Motion Controller

The Leap Motion Controller(1) is a device that uses cameras to detect hand movement to control objects on the computer. This device offers a very large community and many documentation sites to help developers. The developers of the Leap are also very present on the forum boards and seem to work very hard to help developers with their issues. This proved to be a very important detail for why I wanted to use the Leap for this project. Another great aspect was that they have developed integration with the Oculus DK2 rift to make development easier. The Leap can connect to the front of the Oculus with the only drawback being an added wire connected to the device(2).

Development

I downloaded the Leap SDK 2.3.1+31549 and could not get it to run on my 64-Bit Windows 7 machine. Even with similar issues that were solved on the community forums(3) I was unable to fix the issue on my OS. The Leap Controller remained OFF even with calibration working. This also may be an issue with windows 7. When I downloaded the same SDK on my Mac OS Yosemite machine it worked perfectly. I downloaded the Leap Core Assets that work on Unity 5.2+(4). These work perfectly when the prefab HandController is dragged into the scene and the camera is placed directly behind the hands. They are very small and need to be scaled up. As long as an object has a RigidBody applied to it, the hands can interact with the object(5). Once the game was built however the FPS had a very hard time drawing the hands fast enough to give it a smooth appearance.

Oculus DK2 Virtual Reality Headset

The Oculus DK2 VR headset(1) proved to be such a large hassle to deal with that my project can not use the headset at this moment in time. However, it should be able to be integrated into the Unity 5 software as well as the Unreal Engine(2). It explains that Unity 4 is supported but not well and users need to update to Unity 5 soon. The Oculus Utilities to integrate into Unity also come with the Leap Motion Controller Assets. You can also attach the Leap Controller to the front of the Oculus and be able to use both together to give a better controller option for the Oculus than using the keyboard.

Development:

In order for the Oculus to be developed with one must download the current SDK (0.8.0 as of now), the current Unity Utilities and the most current Unity software. It is supposed to be easily integrated into Unity 5+. However, the Oculus Developers recently dropped the support for all Unity build under 5.2 and produced an SDK that is full of bugs when dealing with Unity 5.2. This has been such an awful step for them that many companies have stopped developing with Oculus entirely(2). I have even posted a question myself on the Unity forum without any response so far(3). I also found a forum where the Oculus Developers admit to not supporting Unity at this time(4). In fact, I was so confused because the Oculus and Unity Requirement page explains that it should work with Unity 5.2 but after several days of research the page now appears to be 404(5). When I started testing with the Oculus earlier in the semester it worked just fine with Unity 5.1. After I opened my project after the newest Oculus SDK was released it no longer worked without upgrading Unity to 5.2. This fixed the errors I was getting but The headset stopped turing on and being available through Unity even when I built the program. I tried all the different SDKs, Unity Versions and the Utilities with zero success. I did the following table for Oculus SDK 0.6 and Oculus SDK 0.7 with different errors being produced for each SDK.

Oculus Utilities ->	0.1.0	0.1.2.0	0.1.2.3.0
Unity Builds
5.0.0	X	X	X
5.1.1	X	X	X
5.2.1	X	X	X

As of May 2015, Oculus dropped all support for OS Mac X and the last known SDK to work is 5.1 with no Unity Utilities to develop while using a Mac (7 & 8).

Scratch Programming Intro – Maze Game

Objective:

Introduce, demonstrate and facilitate using Scratch Programming and a makey makey controller.

Goals:

Create a video game

Create an animation scene

Merge video game and animation

Use makey makey to control game

Introduce Scratch
1. www.scratch.com
2. Offer to create an account for saving purposes
3. Click “Create”
Background
1. Show off images
2. Find the X/Y coordinate image
3. Demonstrate making a personalized backdrop
Sprites
1. Show off sprite images
2. Demonstrate how to make your own sprite
3. Grow / Shrink buttons
4. Open X / Y Coord and show how to place sprite and where it is on the grid
Scripts
1. Make sure X/Y coord backdrop is open
2. Event
  1. When Flag clicked to start program
3. Control
  1. Forever loop
  2. If else loops
4. Sensing
  1. (Sensing)Left, right buttons are clicked something will happen
  2. (Add to control loops)
  3. (Sensing) Show video ** ONLY IF TIME
5. Looks
  1. (Looks)Change the costume
  2. (Looks)Say something
6. Motion
  1. (Motion)Change by x
  2. (Motion)Change by y
  3. Positive and negative values
7. Hitting a wall
  1. (Sensing)If hitting a certain color then reset sprite
8. Reset Sprite
  1. (Motion)Reset sprite on start as well
9. Point in direction
  1. (Motion)Point in direction left or right
10. Backdrop
  1. (Looks) Change to next background
  2. (Sound) Add Sound
  3. (Scripts on BG) Add a sound script

Scratch Tutorial Game – Brick Breaker / Pong Game

This tutorial was written by Allie Burnquist for Start-Up Studio at the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It describes a Brick Breaker / Pong Paddle Type game.

Create New Project

File: New
Rename Project
Right-Click Cat Sprite and select Delete

Create Paddle

Option 1 – Choose new Sprite from Library
Option 2 – Paint new Sprite and name it Paddle

Give your Paddle Sprite Motion

Events: Add when flag clicked
Motion: Add go to X: 0 Y: -150
1. Test: Move your Paddle Sprite anywhere on the Stage and then press the flag on the upper right hand of the Stage. Does your Paddle move back to the starting position?
Control: Add a forever loop under the Motion command
Control: Add an if/then statement inside of the forever loop
Sensing: Add key space pressed? block into the if/then statement. Select the drop down menu on the key space pressed and select right arrow
Motion: Add change x by 10 inside the if/then statement under the key right arrow pressed then and change 10 to 15
1. Test: Press the flag again to reset the Paddle and press the right arrow key. Does your paddle move right?
Select if/then statement and drag out of the forever loop. Select the duplicate stamp and stamp the if/then statement to create a duplicate. Drag one under the other until they attach. Drag both back into the forever loop.
Select the drop down menu on key right arrow pressed in the second if/then statement, then select left arrow. Change move 15 steps to -15 steps inside of the second if/then statement.
1. Test: Press the flag again to reset the Paddle and press the left arrow key. Does your paddle move left? Now try the right arrow key. Does that still work?
2. Note: At any time you can use the duplicate, delete, shrink or grow an item. You can also copy Script from one Sprite to another by grabbing the Script and dragging it over the Sprite you wish to copy to.

File: Save Now

Now we have a Paddle that moves both left and right. Time to work on our Ball.

Create Ball

Option 1 – Choose new Sprite from Library
Option 2 – Draw new Sprite and Name it Ball

Give your Ball Sprite Motion

Events: When flag clicked
Motion: Go to X: 0 Y: 190
1. Test: Move your Ball Sprite anywhere on the Stage and then press the flag on the upper right hand of the Stage. Does your Ball move back to the starting position?
Motion: Point in direction 90 under Motion command
Operators: Add pick random 1 to 10 into the point in direction, replacing the 90. Change the 1 to 10 and the 90 to 225
Control: Add a forever loop under the Motion command
Motion: Add move 10 steps into the forever loop and change 10 to 15
1. Test: Press the flag again to reset the Paddle and activate the Ball. What happened to the ball? Try pushing the flag a few more times. Does the ball come down too fast? Try adding a wait 1 second Control before the forever loop. Play with the time. I like .5 seconds. How do we get the ball to bounce back?
Motion: Add if on edge bounce into the forever loop under move 15 steps.

File: Save Now

Now we have a moving Paddle and bouncing Ball, but we need to stop the ball from going through the Paddle.

Control: Add an if/then statement inside of the forever loop under the if on edge, bounce Motion
Sensing: Add touching? block Select the drop down menu and select Paddle.
Motion: Add point in direction 90 under touching Paddle
Operators: Add pick random 1 to 10 into the point in direction, replacing the 90. Change the 1 to 90 and the 30 to -30
1. Test: Press the flag again to reset the Paddle and activate the Ball. Use your right and left arrows to move the Paddle and stop the ball from hitting the bottom of the Stage

File: Save Now

Prepare the Backdrop and Add Sound

Stage: Backdrops
Add a rectangle along the bottom of the Stage
Select Ball Sprite: Scripts

Controls: Add if/then statement inside the forever loop under the first if/then statement

Sensing: Add touching color? into the if/then statement. Click the square of color in the touching color? block then select the rectangle on the bottom of the Stage

Sound: Add play sound pop into the if/then statement under touching color? block

Controls: Add stop all into the if/then statement under play sound pop Sound

Test: Press the flag again to reset the game and try to play. Where did the sound go? Stop all ends up stopping the sound before it starts. Try placing a wait 1 second block between the play sound pop and stop all. Try playing with the time until you find one that works. I like .05. Once you find the right time, try to play the game again. Does everything work now? How could the game be better?

File: Save Now

If everything is working right there are a few more things we can add to make our video game more dynamic.

Adding a Game Over Screen

Option 1 – Choose new Backdrop from Library
Option 2 – Paint new Backdrop
Add text and decorate the page however you would like and move back to the Script for Ball Sprite by clicking on the Ball Sprite
Looks: Add switch backdrop to block in the second if/then statement in the forever loop between the play sound pop and wait .05 seconds. Select the drop down menu on the switch backdrop to block to backdrop 2
Select backdrop 1 in backdrops and press the flag to see if it works. Want to hide the Ball and Paddle Sprites when the Game Over Screen comes up?
Looks: Add hide block into the second if/then statement in the forever loop between switch backdrop to block and wait .05 seconds block and try again.
Events: Add broadcast block into the second if/then statement in the forever loop between hide block and wait .05 seconds block. Select the drop down menu and choose new message and name the message Game Over.

Select the Paddle Sprite
Events: Add when I receive to the Script. Select the drop down menu and choose Game Over message
Looks: Add hide block to the when I receive Game Over event

Right now the Ball and Paddle are hidden so we need to add a show command.

Events: Add when space key pressed. Select the drop down menu and select space
Looks: Add show block to when space key pressed
Select go to X: 0 Y: -150 and drag script away from when flag clicked block and move to the when space key pressed block under show block
Looks: Add hide block to when flag clicked

File: Save

This is the final Script for the Paddle! We want to match the start commands with the Ball, so select the Ball Sprite to change the Script and repeat the previous steps.

Events: Add when space key pressed. Select the drop down menu and select space
Looks: Add show block to when space key pressed
Select go to X: 0 Y: 190 and drag script away from when flag clicked block and move to the when space key pressed block under show block
Looks: Add hide block to when flag clicked

File: Save

This is the final Script for the Ball Sprite. Next we will create a title screen

Adding a Title Page

Option 1 – Choose new Backdrop from Library
Option 2 – Paint new Backdrop
Add text and decorate the page however you would like. Press Script at the top of your work area next to Backdrops.
Events: Add when flag clicked
Looks: Add switch backdrop to block. Select the drop down menu and select the background you created for a Title screen. Mine is called Backdrop 3
Controls: Add forever loop under the Looks command
Controls: Add if/then statement into the forever loop
Sensing: Add key pressed? block into the if/then statement
Looks: Add switch backdrop to block to the if/then statement under the key pressed block. Select the drop down menu and select the game play backdrop with your rectangle at the bottom of the screen. Mine is called Backdrop 2.
1. Test: Click the flag in the upper right hand corner of the Stage area and play your game. Does everything work? What else could we add?

File: Save

This is the final Script for the Backdrops. Now we can either add a score counter.

Adding a Score Counter

Select Ball Sprite to enter Ball Sprit Script
Events: Add when flag clicked
Data: Select make a variable and name variable Score (make sure for all Sprites is selected) and check mark Score variable
Data: Add hide variable to when flag clicked block. Select drop down menu and select Score
Events: Add when key pressed block. Select drop down menu and select space.
Data: Add show variable to when space key pressed. Select drop down menu and select Score
Data: Add set to under set variable Score. Select drop down menu and select Score set blank number to 0
Control: Add forever loop under set score to 0 block
Control: Add if/then statement inside forever loop
Sensing: Add touching? block to if/then statement. Select drop down menu and select Paddle
Data: Add change by block to if/then statement under touching paddle? block. Select drop down menu and select Score and set blank number to 1

Summer 2016 Innovate and Create Camp Week by Week Lesson Plan

Camp Website

Podcasts!

Camp will be 4 weeks long starting between June 1st and July 31st. We will have a week off in between each class to prepare for the next week.

Each day will be split into two blocks, one being taught by Victoria and one being taught by Bresdin. The girls will spend half of their day in one block and the second half in the other. This will also provide a way for new girls to be caught up on past objectives they missed in previous weeks with the other girls can advance.

Each girl will create a website / blog on the first day that will continue to be updated by them as the weeks go on. They will be virtual scrapbooks. During this time we will teach them internet safety and guidelines. Will need email signature forms for this

Objective:

To teach the girls how to work together as a team to complete a complex large goal such a creating a video game.

Storyboarding
Audio Mixing
Graphic Design
Website / Blogging
Internet Safety
Creating a board game
3D printing
3D modeling
Story Writing / Character creation
Scratch Programming
Processing (Java Programming)
Teamwork
Communication
Unity Development
(App Development?)
Game Jam

Week 1:

Objectives:

Learning various computer skills and art techniques that will help them in the coming weeks.

(Graphic Design) Learning to clean up their drawings and photos on the computer.
- Photoshop and Illustrator
  - This will be used later on when creating a board game and video game.
  - Using photoshop and illustrator to learn how to storyboard a story or scene.
  - Use to enhance their website
- Drawing or painting
  - Learn how to storyboard a story or scene.
- Typography and Color choices?
Internet Safety and Culture
- Safe Passwords
- Malicious downloads
- Internet predators and how to avoid this
- Using search engines
- ECT….
Audio Mixing
- Very important skill to use when creating a video game
- Garageband
- Little Bits
- Sound recording
- Will use in the following weeks many times
Website building
- Wix or wordpress
- Blog format created by them personally
- Will use skills each day to update and enhance website
- Will be used to take notes and or publish the video game to later

Possible Guest Speakers:

Analisa or Jenna (Need to talk to Mariam)

Week 2:

Objectives:

Learning the elements to a game – Creating a board game individually and as a team.

Playing and learning about different board games

This will help them learn the elements to games to create a video game on week 4

Defining what is a rule
creating characters
using cards
using pieces
Types of games – strategy, cards, chance ect
Themes

Writing and Storytelling
- How to create characters / Creating heroes and heroines
- Writing a plot line
- Creating a theme
- creating an experience
3D Modeling
- Will design 3D pieces for the board game
- Tinkercad
- Blender
3D Printing
- Will print pieces for the board game

Possible Guests

Jared Tarbel could lazer cut their board game design?

Chris McKillip sp-ent.com Makes and published aboard game. Local Video media company

Week 3:

Objective:

Teach programming and game development

Scratch
- Teach low level game design
Processing
- Teach low level programming
Unity
- Combine Scratch and processing
3D modeling and using in unity
- Using their skills from previous weeks
Turn board game into a video game
- Turn previous weeks board game into video game to show how it is the same process
Storyboarding
- Continue to write and storyboard their games
Testing and bug fixing
- Learning how to make the game fun and get rid of pesky bugs in the game

Possible Guests:

Sean McCracken (If available – or might have him there next week)

Week 4:

Objective: Girl Scout Game Jam in Unity

Have the girls create a video game in one week as a team using communication and all previous skills picked up.

All girls will work together to get different elements finished
1. 3D modelers, writers, storyboarding, programming
Come up with theme
Create environments
Create Characters

Unity 3D Level Design Tutorial for Innovate and Create

The following is the list I move through to introduce a workshop to Unity 3D:

Create a New Scene

>New Project

Give Name

Choose Desktop

3D is chosen

>Create Project

Objects

Hierarchy > Look at Main Camera, Directional Light

GameObject > 3 > Cube

Delete the light!!!

CTL + Z to get it back

GameObject > Light > Directional Light

Controls

Scroll Wheel – zoom in and out

Click and hold the scroll wheel – Grab scene left to right

Hold Right btn – Look Left to right

click CUBE to focus on cube

Click four directions btn > move cube

Click Turn button > rotate cube

Click Size btn > Change size

Click Morph btn > Change obj

click Hand to not do anything

Delete the cube

Add Terrain

GameObject > 3D Object > Terrain

Mesh to sculpt for terrain

Look in Assets

Moving about the scene

Scroll Wheel – zoom in and out

Click and hold the scroll wheel – Grab scene left to right

> Play

Move Camera

Create Controller

Look on desktop

Drag folder that says standard assets into unity

Wait

Window > Asset Store > Unity Essentials > Asset Packs > Standard Assets > Download > Import(after download)

In unity:

Click Standard Assets > Characters > FirstPersoncontroller>Prefab

(a prefabricated Object.)

Drag onto scene

Unclick Main Camera

Play

Assets> standard assets > characters > ThirdPersoncontroller > Prefabs

Take main camera and drag until you make it a part of the person.

Move the camera so that it looks at the person

Inspector

This will provide the tools to sculpt the terrain

Click on Terrain

Raise Terrain

choose brush and size and go

Lower Terrain

Hold shift and click

Smooth Height

smooth the terrain

Paint Textures

Edit Textures > add Texture > Paint

Keep adding textures

Detail Tree

AddTree > gameobject > choose tree > paint

Keep adding!

Paint details

Edit details

play with settings

Creating an application

Code for Exit button :

void Update() { if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Escape)) { Application.Quit(); } }

drag that script onto the camera

File > build settings > PC or Mac > Build.

this can be uploaded onto the drive and played at home.

Innovate and Create Camp – Girl Scouts

My Americorp Summer 2016 Internship is working for the Girl Scouts and helping to create and run the camp called Innovate and Create.

The following are links if you are interested in the lessons used during the camp:

Click here to view the Week by Week Lesson Plan –>

Click here to view a tutorial I created for Unity 3D level design –>

Click here to view a tutorial I created for Scratch Maze Video Game –>

Click here to view a tutorial for a Scratch Paddle Game created by Allie Burnquist –>

OpenGL

I took an OpenGL class at Central New Mexico while getting my Associates in programming. The class was offered after multiple sessions of begging the professor for it. This class was not only challenging but the most fun I have ever had in the programming world at the time.

This pictures above are from a program I created called “Watcher & Creature” and was designed to build two characters out of shapes and have one object (Creature) run around the scene while the other’s eyes followed (Watcher) the Creature.

My partner was in charge of the Watcher and I was in charge of the Creature. We decided to have Odysseus fight Medusa for our scene.

Here is my code to create the Creature Object:


/*************************
* odysseus.h
*************************/

#ifndef ODYSSEUS_H
#define ODYSSEUS_H

//#include <windows.h>
//#include <gl/freeglut.h>
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
#include <OpenGL/glu.h>
#include <math.h>
//#include <gl/glut.h>

class Odysseus
{
private:
  GLfloat x, y, z, size, X, Z, Yaw;
  GLUquadricObj *qobj1;
  GLfloat legSwing, legBend, RLegSwing, RLegBend;
  GLboolean LegForward, LegBendForward;
  GLuint index;

public:
  Odysseus();
  Odysseus(GLfloat x, GLfloat z, GLfloat yaw=0.0);
  void Render();
  void RenderFrozen();
  void DrawMe();
  void Bottom(bool stone);
  void Torso(bool stone);
  void HeadNeck(bool stone);
  void RightArm(bool stone);
  void LeftArm(bool stone);
  void LegUpper(bool stone);
  void LegLower(bool stone);
  void RotateLocalY(GLfloat angle);
  void FowardMove(GLfloat unit);
  void BackMove(GLfloat unit) {FowardMove(-unit);}
  void ObjectSize(GLfloat s){size = s;}
  void GetMyPos(GLfloat &rX, GLfloat &rY, GLfloat &rZ);
};

#endif

/*************************
* odysseus.cpp
*************************/
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
#include <OpenGL/glu.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "bomOdysseus.h"

#define PI 3.14159265
#define ToRad(x) PI * x / 180.0f
#define ToDeg(x) 180.0f * x / PI

Odysseus::Odysseus()
{
  X = Z = 0.0f;

  Yaw = 0.0f;
  size = 5.0f;
}

Odysseus::Odysseus(GLfloat x, GLfloat z, GLfloat yaw)
{

  this->x = x;
  this->y = y;

  X = x;
  Z = z;

  Yaw = yaw;
  size = 5.0f;
  LegForward = true;
  LegBendForward = true;

}

void Odysseus::Render()
{
  glPushMatrix();

    glTranslatef(X, size, Z);
    glRotatef(Yaw, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    glTranslatef(-50, 0, 0);
//--------------------------------------------- Drawing the head  
    
    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Arms L&R

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 1);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 2);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Torso

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 3);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Bottom

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 4);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Legs
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(55, 23, 0);
      glRotatef(legSwing, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 5);
      glRotatef(legBend, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 6);
    glPopMatrix();
    //------------- RIGHT LEG
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(47, 23, 0);
      glRotatef(RLegSwing, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 7);
      glRotatef(-RLegBend, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 8);
    glPopMatrix();

  glPopMatrix();
}

void Odysseus::RenderFrozen()
{
  glPushMatrix();

    glTranslatef(X, size, Z);
    glRotatef(Yaw, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    glTranslatef(-50, 0, 0);
//--------------------------------------------- Drawing the head  
    
    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 9);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Arms L&R

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 10);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 11);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Torso

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 12);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Bottom

    glPushMatrix();
      glCallList(index + 13);
    glPopMatrix();

//--------------------------------------------- Legs
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(55, 23, 0);
      glRotatef(legSwing, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 14);
      glRotatef(legBend, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 15);
    glPopMatrix();
    //------------- RIGHT LEG
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(47, 23, 0);
      glRotatef(RLegSwing, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 16);
      glRotatef(-RLegBend, 1, 0, 0);
      glCallList(index + 17);
    glPopMatrix();

  glPopMatrix();
}

void Odysseus::DrawMe()
{
  qobj1 = gluNewQuadric();
  index = glGenLists(18);
  
  //Regular Odysseus
  //--------------------------------------------- Drawing the head  
    
  glNewList(index, GL_COMPILE);
    HeadNeck(false);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Arms L&R

  glNewList(index + 1, GL_COMPILE);
    RightArm(false);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 2, GL_COMPILE);
    LeftArm(false);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Torso

  glNewList(index + 3, GL_COMPILE);
    Torso(false);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Bottom

  glNewList(index + 4, GL_COMPILE);
    Bottom(false);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Legs
  glNewList(index + 5, GL_COMPILE);
    LegUpper(false);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 6, GL_COMPILE);
    LegLower(false);
  glEndList();

  //------------- RIGHT LEG
  glNewList(index + 7, GL_COMPILE);
    LegUpper(false);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 8, GL_COMPILE);
    LegLower(false);
  glEndList();

  //Stone Odysseus
  //--------------------------------------------- Drawing the head  
    
  glNewList(index + 9, GL_COMPILE);
    HeadNeck(true);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Arms L&R

  glNewList(index + 10, GL_COMPILE);
    RightArm(true);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 11, GL_COMPILE);
    LeftArm(true);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Torso

  glNewList(index + 12, GL_COMPILE);
    Torso(true);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Bottom

  glNewList(index + 13, GL_COMPILE);
    Bottom(true);
  glEndList();

  //--------------------------------------------- Legs
  glNewList(index + 14, GL_COMPILE);
    LegUpper(true);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 15, GL_COMPILE);
    LegLower(true);
  glEndList();

  //------------- RIGHT LEG
  glNewList(index + 16, GL_COMPILE);
    LegUpper(true);
  glEndList();

  glNewList(index + 17, GL_COMPILE);
    LegLower(true);
  glEndList();

  gluDeleteQuadric( qobj1);
}

void Odysseus::HeadNeck(bool stone)
{  
//-------------------------------------- Neck  
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 196, 147);
      glTranslatef(50, 48, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(90.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 3.0, 3.0, 5.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();
  
    // --- GOLD -->
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
    else
      glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);

  //------------------ helmet 
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 54, 0);
      glutSolidSphere(7, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 54, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      glRotatef(80.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 7.1, 7.1, 7, 20, 5);
    glPopMatrix();

    //---------------------- front mask

    //------ BLACK -->
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
    else
      glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 53, 7.2);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL);
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluPartialDisk(qobj1, 0.0, 4.0, 20, 4, -90.0, 180.0);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 51.5, 7.3);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL);
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      glScalef(2, 4, 1);
      glutSolidCube(2);
    glPopMatrix();

    //--------------------------- Head deco
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(176, 93, 30);
      glTranslatef(50, 60, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL);
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      glScalef(2, 3, 2);
      glutSolidCube(2);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(176, 93, 30);
      glTranslatef(50, 59, -3);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL);
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      glScalef(2, 3, 2);
      glutSolidCube(2);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(176, 93, 30);
      glTranslatef(50, 57, -5);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL);
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      glScalef(2, 3, 2);
      glutSolidCube(2);
    glPopMatrix();

    //-------- red
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
    else
      glColor3ub(255, 0, 0);

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 65, 2);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 65, 0);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 65, -2);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 64, -4);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 62, -6);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 60, -8);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 58, -9);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 20);
    glPopMatrix();

}
void Odysseus::RightArm(bool stone)
{
//------------- Right 
  //--------- Quad
  glPushMatrix();
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
    else
      glColor3ub(255, 196, 147);
    glTranslatef(62, 39, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(80.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 8.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();

  //-------------- Right joint
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(62, 30, 1.5);
    glutSolidSphere(2.5, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();

  //------------- lower
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(62, 30, 2);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 8.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();

  //-------------- Right hand
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(62, 30, 10);
    glutSolidSphere(2.5, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();

  //-------------------------------------- Shield
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 12.5);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 10, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();
    
    //--------------- decorations
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
      else
        glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 12.6);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_LINE); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_NONE);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 10, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
      else
        glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 12.7);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 8, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 12.8);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 6, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

      glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
      else
        glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 12.9);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 4, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 13);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_SMOOTH);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 2, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();
    //---------- end wire circle
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
      else
        glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
      glTranslatef(61, 30, 13.1);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_LINE); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_NONE);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0, 2, 5, 4);
    glPopMatrix();
    
}

void Odysseus::LeftArm(bool stone)
{
  if(stone)
    glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
  else
    glColor3ub(255, 196, 147); //skin color
//--------------------- LEft arm if looking directly at him
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(39, 40, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(-90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    glRotatef(-30.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 8.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();

  //-------------- Left joint
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(32, 44, 0);
    glutSolidSphere(2.5, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();

  //---------------- Lower joint
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(32, 44, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(-90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    glRotatef(-110.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 8.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();

  //-------------- Left Hand
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(35, 52, 0);
    glutSolidSphere(2.5, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();

  //--------------- Sword
  if(stone)
    glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
  else
    glColor3ub(176, 93, 30);
  //-------- HILT
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(36, 54, 0);
    glRotatef(-23.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
    glScalef(3, 0, 3);
    glutSolidSphere(1.5, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();

  glPushMatrix();  
    glTranslatef(35, 52, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(-90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    glRotatef(-110.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 1.2, 1.2, 3.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();

  //------------- blade
  glPushMatrix();
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
    else
      glColor3ub(176, 175, 173);
    glTranslatef(36, 54.5, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(-90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
    glRotatef(-110.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 1, 0, 20.0, 20, 5);
  glPopMatrix();
  
}
void Odysseus::Torso(bool stone)
{
//--------------------------------------------- Drawing the Torso  
    if(stone)
      glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
    else
      glColor3ub(255, 196, 147);
    //-------------- Right Shoulder when looking at him
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(61, 40, 0);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 15);
    glPopMatrix();

    //---------------- Left SHoulder
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(39, 40, 0);
      glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 15);
    glPopMatrix();

    
//--------------------------------------------- chest 
    //------- right 
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 255, 255);
      glTranslatef(50, 40, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 6.0, 3.0, 10.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();
    //----------------- left
    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 40, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(-90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 6.0, 3.0, 10.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      glTranslatef(50, 40, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(90.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 6.0, 7.0, 15.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();

    //-------------------------------------- Belt
    
}

void Odysseus::Bottom(bool stone)
{
//--------------------------------------------- Drawing the bottom
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 255, 255);
      glTranslatef(50, 25, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(90.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 7.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();

    //-------------------------------------- Belt
    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(50, 26, 0);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      glRotatef(90.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
      gluCylinder(qobj1, 7.2, 7.2, 3.0, 10, 5);
    glPopMatrix();

    //-------------------------------------- Flat disk

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(50, 25, 8);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0.0, 3.0, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(120, 120, 120);
      else
        glColor3ub(0, 0, 0);
      glTranslatef(50, 25, 8.1);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0.0, 2.0, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();

    glPushMatrix();
      if(stone)
        glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
      else
        glColor3ub(255, 194, 52);
      glTranslatef(50, 25, 8.2);
      gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
      gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
      gluDisk(qobj1, 0.0, 1.0, 20, 4);
    glPopMatrix();
}

void Odysseus::LegUpper(bool stone)
{
  if(stone)
    glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
  else
    glColor3ub(255, 196, 147);
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(0, 0, 0);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    glRotatef(80.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 15.0, 20, 5);

  glPushMatrix();
  glTranslatef(0, 0, 15);
    glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 15);

}

void Odysseus::LegLower(bool stone)
{
  if(stone)
    glColor3ub(200, 200, 200);
  else
    glColor3ub(176, 93, 30);
//------------- lower
  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(0, 0, 2);
    gluQuadricDrawStyle(qobj1, GLU_FILL); /* flat shaded */
    gluQuadricNormals(qobj1, GLU_FLAT);
    gluCylinder(qobj1, 2, 2, 10.0, 20, 5);

  glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(0, 2, 10);
    glScalef(1, 2, 1);
    glutSolidSphere(3, 15, 15);
  glPopMatrix();
  glPopMatrix();
  glPopMatrix();
  glPopMatrix();
}

void Odysseus::RotateLocalY(GLfloat angle)
{
  Yaw += angle;

  if(Yaw > 360.0f)
    Yaw -= 360.0f;
  else if(Yaw < 0.0f)
    Yaw += 360.0f;
}

void Odysseus::FowardMove(GLfloat unit)
{
  X += sin(ToRad(Yaw)) * unit;
  Z += cos(ToRad(Yaw)) * unit;

  if(unit > 0)
  {
    //-------------------------------------
    //If LegBendFOrward is true then the right leg is "false"
    if(legSwing >= 20)
    {
      LegBendForward = true;
    }
    else if(legBend >= 60)
    {
      LegBendForward = false;  
    }

    if(legSwing >= 30)
    {
      LegForward = false;
    }
    else if(legSwing <= -30)
    {
      LegForward = true;
    }

  }
  else if(unit < 0)
  {
    if(legSwing >= 20)
    {
      LegBendForward = false;
    }
    else if(legBend >= 60)
    {
      LegBendForward = true;
    }

    if(legSwing >= 30)
    {
      LegForward = true;
    }
    else if(legSwing <= -30)
    {
      LegForward = false;
    }
  }

  //------------------- Left Leg move
  switch(LegForward)
  {
    case true:
      legSwing += unit * 5;
      RLegSwing -= unit * 5;
      break;
    case false:
      legSwing -= unit * 5;
      RLegSwing += unit * 5;
      break;
  }
  switch(LegBendForward)
  {
    case true: 
      legBend += unit * 4;
      RLegBend -= unit * 4;
      break;
    case false:
      legBend -= unit * 4;
      RLegBend += unit * 4;
      break;
  }
  
  if(sqrt(pow(X, 2) + pow(Z,2)) < 50)
  {
    X -= sin(ToRad(Yaw)) * unit;
    Z -= cos(ToRad(Yaw)) * unit;
  }
}

void Odysseus::GetMyPos(GLfloat &rX, GLfloat &rY, GLfloat &rZ)
{
  rX = X;
  rY = size;
  rZ = Z;
}

Coronado Historic Site

As an Americorp recruit in 2015, I worked for the Coronado Historic Site to create a flyover site map / archaeological dig interactive on a touchscreen surface detailing the pueblo as it once was found before the site was covered in dirt for preservation.

This is being used as a learning tool for the docents as well as a wonderful way to detail the many artifacts found on site that are too delicate or precious to be put on display.

This project became very close to my heart as I learned in depth Unity development as well as Blender Modeling to fulfill the requirements. I learned how important it is to have a team to design a game at this magnitude as I was alone for all aspects of this.

This game is on exhibit at the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo, New Mexico along with many other student designed exhibits.

grandopening — Opening Day of the Exhibit

How could a historic site benefit from technology?

Kuaua has decided to take the leap and merge video games into the exhibit. The hope is to enhance the exhibit while providing a new educational tool for historic sites throughout New Mexico and bring a new perspective to the term “video game.”

My name is Bresdin O’Malley and I am an undergraduate student at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU). My goal is to graduate with a Bachelors in System Driven Software Design. I enjoy programming and modeling and hope to enhance my skills in this area while studying at NMHU. I believe strongly in the educational benefit of video games and hope to spend my young adult life help change the social perspective of video games while providing a service to historic sites in New Mexico.

The Coronado Historic Site has recruited the students from NMHU to help bring technology and enhancement to their exhibits. They have transformed the exhibits and helped remodel the glory of this incredible historic site with everything from new graphic posters to updated videography.

As a recruit myself, my summer Americorp internship in 2015, will be working for the Coronado Historic Site to create a flyover site map / archaeological dig detailing the pueblo as it once was found before the site was covered in dirt for preservation. This will be a learning tool for the rangers as well as a wonderful way to detail the many artifacts found on site that are too delicate or precious to be put on display.

I will use the following to complete my project:

C# using Unity 5.0 design software
Blender 2.7 + for modeling
A touch screen monitor
Coronado Artifact Pictures and Data
CAD drawings of the pueblo
Photos of the pueblo when discovered
Tumblr for documentation
Trello for iteration organization
Google Drive for storage and sharing

The overall design of the site will give users and visitors to the site an idea of what it was like to be an archaeologist and discover different artifacts within the site. After the artifacts were extracted from the site, the walls were filled in with dirt to preserve them because an alternative method did not exist. A visit to this site will show a dirt path and the visitor must speak with a docent to learn the fascinating history. My project will provide a visual to go along with the stories. Another goal for the site will be to provide visitors who are disabled and can not traverse the site to be able to experience it without leaving the visitors center.

May 30th marked the 75th anniversary of the Coronado Historic Site and the grand opening of the students work including an Alpha (very early stage of development) version of the game. This was a very successful event with over 850 visitors to the site. I took the opportunity to observe the public interact with the game to help give me a clear understanding to reaching all generations of visitors with this project.

One young girl played the game for over an hour even though there were no objectives and the environment very limited. Her face beamed pure joy when her grandparents finally made her leave the game behind. I was so surprised to see someone enjoy my game so much, especially after I was so nervous to show off such an early version on the site.

This was incredibly inspiring to me and a great learning tool to see how children interact with a simulated world. My next goal is to create an interface that will entice all generations to be unafraid to explore and use this learning tool.

As this project progresses through the summer, I will be giving public presentations on its development and progress. Please feel free to attend and test the newest version between the months of June and July. Just ask a Coronado ranger for the details and I look forward to your curiosity and engagement into this project!