Interaction Development
Interactive Noodles
Instructions:
Click on the window to start
Control the ellipse movement using the mouse
Right click to stop and fade the image
This application is based primarily on my initial idea of interactive "conversation" coming from every user action having a lasting effect. Although simple, the act of interacting with the balls who's trails create interesting 3d-looking forms is an effective one and one that I spent more time than I should have playing with whilst I was trying to improve my code.
Lines Trail
Instructions:
Left click on the window to start
Move the mouse to control the lines
Left click to change colour
Right click to fade out
I really liked this application and was considering it for my final piece, in the end I decided there wasn't quite enough to it. However it's still a great interactive piece in my mind and I really enjoy playing with and creating amazing looking shapes. Unlike in other experiments I found the act of right-clicking to delay and fade out whatever is on screen to be a crucial part of the interaction as a kind of game comes out of trying to get it to pause on the most interesting shape.
Interactive Balls With Trail
Instructions:
Click on the window to start
Control the position of the balls by moving the mouse
Click to change colour
Right click to reset
In this application I experimented with extra mouse-functions which can control other elements such as colour. I gave the act of clicking the mouse to change colour an extra visual "bump" to give a more tactile feel to the interaction which I think was really effective. The 3d effect created by having more balls was also a lot more interesting to manipulate.
Trail
Instructions:
Click on the window to start
Control the position of the ball by moving the mouse
Based on my idea of trails and interactive "conversation" coming from the lasting effects of user-input I spent time figuring out how to create a trail that acted similarly to what I'd expect the rocket trail in my precedent image to. The faster the mouse is moved, the longer the balls trail, if the ball is motionless there is no trail. Because of this indirect control of the trail is given to the user.
Initial Sketches
Interactive Ball
The interactive "conversation" with this ball comes from the fact that although you are controlling the position of the ball on screen using the mouse, the ball has it's own set of rules in which it moves more slowly and at it's own speed, taking away your full control.
Experiment 3
Instructions
Move mouse to draw squares
Move mouse up/down to increase/decrease square size
Left click to reset square size
Right click to pause
Experiment 2
Instructions
Move mouse to draw ellipses
Left click to increase ellipse size
Right click to decrease ellipse size
Experiment 1
Instructions:
Draw circles using mouse movement
Moving mouse up/down changes ellipse size
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