Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Objective:
- Produce a complete Flash animation using all the techniques studied over the past two weeks.
Student-Friendly Objective:
- I can produce a complete Flash animation using all the techniques we studied in class.
Video Link:
None. See video links attached to Flash Days 1-8 for review.
Topics Discussed:
- For a complete list of Topics Discussed, please see the previous lessons, Flash Days 1-8.
Assignment:
- Open the “Pac-Man” animation produced in Lesson 43 – “Working With Sound”. Your Pac-Man symbol should now cross the Stage once, “eating” all six dots along the way, while the “Chomp” sound effect and the background music plays. If you still need to complete this animation, review the previous lessons (Flash Days 1-8) for instructions on how to do this.
- Today, your objective is to complete this animation by adding a Red Ghost chasing Pac-Man across the stage to the right, then having Pac-Man chase a Blue Ghost to the left. You will need to utilize Symbols, Layers, Keyframes and Motion Tweens to achieve this. You may use any resources you have available to you to determine the best way to do this. Examples of resources include: This website and the previous lessons, The Learn Flash Professional video series linked from the previous lesson pages, Google Search, and your neighbors.
- The animation should extend the entire length of the background music, but should not be more than 127 frames of animation.
- Press Command + Return (Ctrl + Enter on the PC) to test your movie.
- Pac-Man should move across the stage (with the embedded mouth “chomping” animation)
- Pac-Man should “eat” all six of the dots
- Pac-Man should be chased by a Red Ghost monster to the right side of the stage. Both Pac-Man and the Red Ghost should exit the stage on the right hand side.
- Pac-Man should chase a Blue Ghost monster onto the stage, cross the stage, and exit the stage on the left hand side.
- The entire animation should be completed in no more than 127 frames.
- Save your work. Turn in the completed “Pac Man Quiz.fla” file to folder “44 – Pac Man Quiz” in your period’s subfolder by Monday.
Extension Activity
- If you complete the quiz objectives early, then you are issued the following challenge:
- Can you make Pac-Man eat a flashing Power Pellet and turn the Red Ghost into a Blue Ghost before chasing him off the stage?
- Hint: The flashing Power Pellet can be achieved with keyframes or Motion Presets.
- Can you make Pac-Man eat a flashing Power Pellet and turn the Red Ghost into a Blue Ghost before chasing him off the stage?
Good Luck!
Assigned: April 17th, 2014
Due Date: April 21st, 2014
Due Date: April 21st, 2014