CS 145 Lecture 21 – Working with Images
I’m at conference in Atlanta this week, so we will not have our regular lecture on Wednesday and Friday. However, to help you complete homework 4 and see for loops in action, I’ve recorded a few videos that manipulate images in various ways. Flipping Swapping Colors Gradient Splitting
CS 145 Lecture 20 – For Loops
Agenda what ?s the anatomy of while the disfigured for TODO Lab is on for tomorrow, but there’s no lecture Wednesday or Friday. Watch lecture 21. No 1/4 sheet. Start homework 4, which is due before November 2. Sync on Bitbucket and pull to get the latest SpecChecker. Mercy Bounty If you did not get […]
CS 145 Homework 4 – due before November 2
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CS 491 Lab 5 – Game Jam
Today we’re going to have a little game jam. A game jam is an event where people rapidly develop a game in a short amount of time. These game jams often have a theme, since creativity loves nothing better than constraint. Ours too will have a theme. So here’s your task: Make a game in […]
CS 145 Lab 4 – Conditionals and Loops
First, if you have checkpoints left over from last lab, get them inspected during the first 15 minutes of this lab. No credit will be awarded past these 15 minutes. Don’t forget to work in pairs! Please work with someone that you did not work with last lab. Objective In this lab, we use logical […]
CS 145 Lecture 19 – While
Agenda what ?s don’t repeat yourself while TODO Finish homework 3. Verify that your code lands on Bitbucket. Recall that resolving Bitbucket issues is part of completing a homework. I grade Monday morning. Note Pilots don’t just swerve around mountains, falling meteors, and enemy fire. They also do tricks. They loop de loop. They spiral […]
CS 491 Lecture 14 – Camera Tricks, Physics Layers, and Level Switching
Agenda what ?s wrapping around the screen preventing self-collision fire throttling switching levels TODO Go see Blake Harris, author of Console Wars, on Saturday. Write a 1/4 sheet response for an extra credit participation point. Code … Haiku
CS 145 Lecture 18 – Bifurcations and N-way Choices
Agenda what ?s more bifurcations n-way choices restaurand TODO Complete some problems from the Logic-1 section of Coding Bat. Write down the names of the problems you solve (and any other interesting tidbits of your thought) on a 1/4 sheet for Friday. Note Last time we introduced the bifurcation pattern, where we choose between two […]
Illusions are “Madeup”
Life can be tricky. Sometimes we only see what others want us to see. For example, take a look at the object below: Try picking any step along this staircase and begin climbing. Did you run into any problems along the way? Hopefully you found that you arrived right back where you started. So where’s the discontinuity? […]