Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Suggestions for tux anim. in game

[Samuel H. <cri...@ge...>]

On Tuesday 28 August 2001  3:01pm, William Kendrick wrote:
> Sam - I've got	some suggestions for what I think would be cute for the
> Tux animation in the middle of the game screen.
>
>   * When the level starts, he'll be happily looking at the players for a
>     second.  Then an alarm will sound (and perhaps a flashing light on
>     his console) and he'll look surprised and turn around (to face away
>     from you)
>
>   * Whenever you press a key, we can animate him shifting back and forth
>     and/or tapping on buttons on his console.
>
>   * If you shoot down a comet, he can do a little "woo-hoo!" stance.
>     (ie, arms up in the air in a "V" shape)
>
>   * If you loose a city, he can do something like cover his eyes.
>
>
> If you'd like some cruddy mock-ups of what I mean, I can whip some up.

I think I know what you're talking about. (You are meaning as he is sitting 
in a control room in the foreground, right? ;-)

I'll draw up something today (I ran out of time yesterday). The one problem I 
was facing was trying to make it clear he is in the foreground (instead of 
simply looking like this massive grotesque pengiun next to these tiny cities 
;-)

> In the meantime, I'll try and add a 'laser' effect that explains why the
> comets are exploding in the first place. ;)

Yeah, see that was something the old Atari BASICs (my favorite was SuperBasic 
;-) could do easily. Just do a PLOT(x,y) followed by a DRAWTO(x,y)

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