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Interactive
Multimedia Programming
School
of Art (cross
listed in Human Computer Interaction Institute, Entertainment Technology
Center and School of Design)
Carnegie Mellon University
Students in the Interactive Multimedia Programming course will learn computer programming and aesthetic technique for developing interactive multimedia and interaction design projects using two popular computer applications, Macromedia Director and Cycling74 MAX, An introduction to techniques for creating alternative input devices for controlling screen-based applications will also be covered. Students will gain an overview of the programming environments through assignments and individual projects.
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| Students learn the principles of programing by creating
well known and original games including the Matching games, Sliding
Tile games, Hangman, Tetris and Pong. The games are used to teach
beginning to intermediate programming skills from simple iteration
to object oriented programming techniques. The students' final projects
are of their original conception using the skills learned in earlier
assignments. |
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| Interactive
Multimedia Programming Student Work Examples |
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| These screen shots are from representative student projects from 2005, 2002 and 2001. They can be viewed from the DVD ROM placed inside my promotion case folder. The projects can be accessed by opening the CMU Interactive Programming project for PC or Mac. Click on the thumbnail images below to see the larger screen shot. The
following three examples of student written code illustrate the
range of skills and abilities of the students enrolled in my class
at any given semester from absolute beginners to School of Computer
Science trained hackers. |
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| Beginner
intermediate |
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| Eye
World Game Chris Moore Art |
Pittsburgh
Sound Scape Joe Illoreta Psychology, HCI and architecture |
Messy
Web Dan Hill Computer Science and Art |
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| Slider
Art Game Yanka Li Computer Science and Robotics |
Monkey
Rex Eddie Canaan Art and Entertainment Technology Center |
September
Puzzle Sarah Elze Foreign Exchange Student |
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| DOTS Sterling Ely Art |
Self-Portrait
Many Faces Lara Hoke Art |
Philosophical
Brain Matt Hockenberry Pyschology and HCI |
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| Artificial
Intelligence Puzzle Charlie Huckle Computer Science and Art |
Gulliver's
Travels Charlie Huckle Computer Science and Art |
Nature's
Hike Kelly Hughes HCI |
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| Cacophonous
Tetris Kathering Lau Art and HCI |
G
& S Patience Costumes Kailee Lee Art |
Cliff
House Mouse Mahler Art |
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| CMU
Stress Test Sarah McNeer Art |
Braille
in Focus Sarah McNeer Art |
The
Masque of the Red Death |
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| Labyrinth
Personality Test Courtney Moskowitz HCI |
Assemble Andrew Pavelchek Art |
Measure
of a Man Sean Ritzie HCI |
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| Memory
Game Alison Styer BSA and Entertainment Technology Center |
A
Modern Critique of Art Shanna Tellerman Art and Entertainment Technology Center |
Essay
on South Africa Jean (Pouchon) Venerin Drama |
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