14. Interactive Greeting Card
We've been using App Lab to create applications that have buttons and text fields. Today we will use Game Lab to make an interactive greeting card. Remember that after making such a card you can use the Share button to send it to someone!
You will be in a breakout group so you have other students to talk to and ask/answer questions, however your submission today will be individual. In preparation for today's lab you should have already gone through the following lessons:
Chapter 1: Images and Animations
Lesson 2: Plotting Shapes
Lesson 3: Drawing in Game Lab
Lesson 7: Sprites
Lesson 8: Sprite Properties
Lesson 11: The Draw Loop
Lesson 12: Sprite Movement
Lesson 15: Keyboard Input
Lesson 16: Mouse input
Rubric:
Points are given as follows:
- 1 point: Three different interactive sprites that respond to keyboard and/or mouse presses.
- 1 point: Design is coherent, with background and sprites belonging together.
- 1 point extra credit: Design and interaction help communicate in a compelling way.
Submitting your Work
Get the link to your solution using the Share button near the top-left of that page:
Submit the link to your solution as text using this google form, calling the essay topic Card 11 (for the 11 am lab) or Card 12 (for the 12 noon lab)