Team Flowerworks Progress 11/19

Cobblestone path: Modeled and textured.  We're adding the water pouring in in After Effects.

Second leaf: Modeled, textured, and bend distorted.  Working with blowing the leaves around the scene.

Team Flowerworks Story Treatment

Scene 1: Summer.

Lightning flashes in the background, out of focus, but steadily comes into focus, after which the flash covers the whole scene, shifting* to the moon as it dims.  The moon unfolds into the sun, shimmering with light rays, then melts** into the horizon as the scene lowers, revealing a forested campground and stars that appear one by one, in the shape of a constellation.  Fade to black.

*Exact transition is under debate.  We've suggested a couple of ideas, like a fade or vortex.

**popsicle and/or sunset striations

Scene 2: Autumn.

The implied blinds' slats open, revealing leaves falling.  A gust blows one of the leaves up into the camera, revealing the cobblestone path with a puddle.  A drop falls and hits the puddle, splashing out.

Scene 3: Winter.

The splash freezes and an ice sheet covers the pane.  Small orange colored lights drift past it  The lower part of a person's face moves in, exhaling a small cloud of breath, spreading to the whole space and condensing.



Scene 4: Spring.

The cloud condenses into little puffs, spreading into lily pads and flowers.  They drift around for a bit, then bloom in a burst of petals, reminiscent of fireworks.  The petals warp into bubbly orbs and float upward into the sky.

And that's the end.

Projection concept

We wanted have to have elements and reflections of the seasons, rendered in low poly designs.
One idea we've been working with is having windows that show the seasons outside, then twist into the outdoor scenes.

Our current thoughts on color schemes:

Summer: Primary hues, with more emphasis on yellow, less on red.

Autumn: Secondary tones, with purple shades as the darkest colors.

Winter: Mostly monochromatic, possibly some purple shades or tints, with whites and greys.

Spring: Bright hues and pastel tints; mostly violet, pink, yellow, and green.

Projection Map Inspirations

It's really cool how the screen becomes or adapts a storybook.  I think if we were to do something like this, it'd have to be a more vertical record, but there's still a lot of possibilities.

I like how the car model is seamlessly blended into the background, and the fluid effects mold over the surface.  I think I can see some application with water and ice.










I love the style for surfacing and creating the illusion of different objects.  That's something I'd like to look into.

Progress reports

We finally finished!  There were some sleepless nights, a lot of reorganizing, and rearrangement of assigned tasks, but we did it.  I haven't posted much on here in the meantime.

Here's our video.  I was dead tired, so I put the device on the wrong foot--that's why some of my movements are little awkward.

Materials for Skip

Here's a link to our full concept!

CONTROLLER MATERIALS RESEARCH

-Connector materials
--Stretchy materials
--Sensors

Any kind of yarn will work, especially something with at least 2-4% Lycra/Elastane/Spandex.
--http://www.imrsheep.com/stretch.html
--https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120501065322AAEeZqc
Avoid boa yarns--harder to see the stitch while knitting or crocheting.
Stretch fabrics might work (sewing conductive thread), but I'm not certain.

Spring scales are too long for our purposes.
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_scale

Same for push pull gauges, and they're expensive.

--http://www.forcegauge.net/en/category/mechanical-forcegauge-en

--https://www.google.com/search?q=force+gauge&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=force+gauge&safe=active&tbm=shop

But we don't need either-just stretching the conductive cord will work.

--http://www.instructables.com/id/Circular-Knit-Stretch-Sensor/

Some handcrafted sensors

--http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/HandcraftingSensors.pdf

Not useful, but cool

--http://honigmann.com/i437&lang=2

-Ankle band materials
--Construction materials
--Lily pad Arduino
--Sensors

Fabric can be anything, but best if they're the same color and fabric type.  (knits, that sort of thing)

Velcro is a good option for securing the bands to our ankles.  There's also buttons and snaps, if we need them for the aesthetic.

Nope, the plain Arduino board isn't gonna slice it.  We need something thin and decorative.

The only time we'd be looking at our feet is when we move close together for rotation, so that's the only time a light would be helpful.

A proximity sensor could work, size wise--and there's the light sensor we used in class.

--Feedback-sound? over background noises; touch? brief tension on ankle

Article summaries

There is more movement based games in a underdeveloped field--mostly theoretical and health concepts.
Get feedback from users--simple device feedback is better, safety is important, and measure fun.

Look to body motions for ideas--like switches and levers.
Novelty does not equate to sustainability and fun.