The first thing that I decided to try and make was a hyper cube. I wasn’t to familiar with how the language worked so I ended up just using a bunch of hardcoded moveto commands. I had some trouble figuring out if the push and pop command worked or if I was just using it incorrectly, so  I end up retracing a lot of lines that I would have rather popped back to .

to hyperCube =
nsides = 10
radius = 0.1
moveto 0,0,0
size = 5
for i in 0..4
move size
yaw 90
end
pitch 90
move size
pitch 90
for i in 0..4
move size
yaw 90
end
pitch -90
move size
yaw -90
move size
pitch -90
move size
yaw 90
move size
pitch 90
move size
pitch 90
move -size
outerCubeDiag = 3
moveto 0,0,0

moveto -3,-3,3
moveto 0,0,0
moveto 5,0,0
moveto 8,-3,3
moveto -3,-3,3
moveto 0, 0, 0
moveto 0,0,-5
moveto -3,-3,-8
moveto -3,-3,3
moveto 0,0,0
moveto 0,5,0
moveto -3,8,3
moveto -3,-3,3
moveto 8,-3,3
moveto 8,8,3
moveto 5,5,0
moveto 8,8,3
moveto -3, 8, 3
moveto -3,8,-8
moveto 0,5,-5
moveto -3,8,-8
moveto -3,-3,-8
moveto 8,-3,-8
moveto 5,0,-5
moveto 5,5,-5
moveto 8,8,-8
moveto 8,-3,-8
moveto 8, -3, 3
moveto 8,8,3
moveto 8,8,-8
moveto -3,8,-8

end
hyperCube
tube

Next I decided to mess around with the fibonacci numbers a bit. Some of the other representations of them that came up were cool ,but I thought the pyramid was the most interesting. You can find so many images and shapes in the pyramid as you move around and change the perspective. In a couple instances the pyramid sort of looks like it is coming out of the screen.

to fibPyramid =

nsides = 30

radius = 0.1

fib = 0
fibStart = 0
fibNext = 1

for t to 25

fib = fibStart + fibNext
fibStart = fibNext
fibNext = fib

moveto fib, 0 , 0
moveto 0, fib, 0
moveto 0, 0, fib
end
end
fibPyramid

 

After the I  messed around with the fibonacci numbers I decided to turn towards different math equations. I started simple with changing the coordinates by different sin value as it approaches a full circle.

to begin =
x = 0.1
y = 0.1
–moveto 0,0,0
nsides = 30
radius = 0.05
for t to 361
x = sin 2*t
y = sin 3*t
z = sin 7*t
moveto x,y,z
end
end
begin
tube

 

Once I had the hang of things a bit I decided to find some equations that I thought might look cool. This is utilizing the equation for a tear drop. I tried messing around with the area to create a 3D tear but it didn’t look as good to me.

to tearDrop =
x = 0.1
y = 0.1
–moveto 0,0,0
nsides = 30
radius = 0.05
for t to 361
x = cos t

for m to 7
y = (sin t) * (sin t//2) ^ m
a = (4*(3.14)^0.5) * (0.5*(3+m))//(3+0.5*m)

moveto x,y,0
end

end
end

tearDrop
–fracture = 1

–tube
–dots

surface 361, 7

 

This is another equation I found that looked cool. My attempt at a Chrysanthemum.

to chrysanthemum =

nsides = 30
radius = 0.05

for u to 361*2
r = 5 * (1 + sin(11* u // 5)) – 4 * (sin (17 *u // 3))^4 * sin (2 *(cos(3* u))^8 – 28 * u)
x = r * cos u
y = r * sin u

moveto x,y,r
end
end

chrysanthemum

–tube
–dots

surface 361,2

 

 

The last one I made isn’t anything specific I know the name of. I was messing around with a few spiral equations for a while and it eventually turned into this.

to spiralStrip =

nsides = 30
radius = 1
r = 5
step = 5
z = 3
a = 0
for a to 10
for t to 361

r = ((a^2) * 1.61)^0.5
x = r * cos t
y = r * sin t
moveto a*x, a*y, t
end
end
end

spiralStrip
–fracture = 1

tube
–surface 361, 10
–dots

–surface 361,2

–revolve 0,0,1,180

 

 

Had a lot of fun with this assignment!

p.s. I tried messing with some fractal equations and I don’t know if it is possible, but I think it would be cool if you could switch into a mode that dealt with more continuous functionality. Maybe another side window to script in that manipulates your geometry.

Here are some examples:

Overall creating the Image class went well. The only hang up I really had was trying to convince myself that the image that was being produced was reasonable. Other than that, trying to debug by looking at the ppm file was kind of troublesome.

This is one bump

This is 250 bumps

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-ex. talking to someone influences them to explode a building half way through the game

-In game puzzle ideas

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-Polarity puzzle

-change the color of the room to white and black, black objects can pass through white objects and sit on other black objects, while white objects can pass through black objects and sit on other white objects

-Possibly elaborate on our current time based game idea