Designing Sims 1

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Contents 1 Topic Assignments 1.1 Reading: Best Practices in Sim Design 1.2 Interface Controls Tutorials 1.3 Update the Wiki: 1.4 Update the Blog: 2 Related Links and Tutorials 3 Search the Web for more information 4 Students Contributions

Topic Summary: In this topic you will look at some best practices when building and prgramming you game or sim.

Topic Assignments

Reading: Best Practices in Sim Design

Review "More best practices" boxes.

Review page 19 "Case study: Environmental simulation".

Select at least 4 or more best practices you will be using in your final sim game and list them on your wiki project page.

Interface Controls Tutorials

Complete the tutorials Creating a Toggle Button with ActionScript and Create Animated Buttons with Movie Clips and ActionScript Tutorial.
Suggestion: Create several versions with different behaviors.

Update the Wiki:

• Upload the assets (.SWF and .FLA) you create to your Wiki project page.

Update the Blog:

• Write a Blog post about this topic, share your learning experience!

Related Links and Tutorials

• Browse the Flash Tutorials list for more tutorials, information and links!

Search the Web for more information

Here are some search results on Flash ActionScript programming:

• Google results for "flash & interface & design & tutorials".
• TeacherTube results for "flash"
• Ask.com results for "flash & interface & design & tutorials".

Students Contributions