TODO – Cameron Bjorklund
I read the syllabus!
1. I would really like to know how to create some kind of game that 2 (or more?) players can share some sort of “game board” and alter it in real time and the other player would be able to see the updates. The specific one I have in mind is some sort of tower defense, where you battle another player and both players send attackers to the other and you must also defend against the attackers sent. Both players must play offense and defense, and both work on the same “game board” at the same time as they are attacking and defending in real time.
2. I would like to see a GPS tracker that you can have a “group” and be able to see the locations of people in your “group” based off the GPS of their phone. There wold have to be crazy security measures to make sure nobody else had access to somebodies groups.
3. Learning how to do any programming with accelerometers would be awesome. It could be a game or just flipping the screen, or controlling a robot (Sphero)!
4. This probably exists, but learning how to create some “shared” calendar that you could share with a loved one so you always know their schedule and they always know yours.
5. Finally working with graphics in an application. I do not have a ton of experience with any graphics in any programming but the ones on mobile devices intrigue me. Creating something like a bird that you fling across the screen, and than smashes into a bunch of blocks that collapse and move I think is really cool. The part that confuses me the most is the movement of the graphics on the screen. How do they get drawn in the first place, where are they stored, etc.