Comments for usc interactive media division http://interactive.usc.edu Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on IMD Forum for 1/18/12: Jeff Watson by Jeff Watson http://interactive.usc.edu/2012/01/17/imd-forum-for-11812-jeff-watson/#comment-6061 Jeff Watson Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:37:04 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12733#comment-6061 It took forever for the doctor to remove that card from my nose. It took forever for the doctor to remove that card from my nose.

]]> Comment on Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook by Michael Annetta http://interactive.usc.edu/2012/01/14/cocos2d-for-iphone-1-game-development-cookbook/#comment-6060 Michael Annetta Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:32:35 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12722#comment-6060 Congratulations on the release of the book, Nate! Congratulations on the release of the book, Nate!

]]> Comment on Child’s Eye Atlas by Scott Fisher http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/12/08/childs-eye-atlas/#comment-4320 Scott Fisher Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:23:16 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12538#comment-4320 Can't get this link to work Can’t get this link to work

]]> Comment on Editing Time in Games by Greg Nishikawa http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/12/01/editing-time-in-games/#comment-4012 Greg Nishikawa Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:24:58 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12485#comment-4012 What you're talking about is the relative perception of time, due to the player's attention. If for some reason a player was actively engaged in walking straight along a long bridge, and didn't care for doors and staircases, your Minecraft examples would swap. I really like how you see a direct mapping from the control of space and action to the control of time; that feels right to me. I imagine you might achieve similar effects through music (intense vs calm) or color (warm vs cool). What's our purpose in controlling the flow of time, though? Is it only for pacing, and cinematic effect? What you’re talking about is the relative perception of time, due to the player’s attention. If for some reason a player was actively engaged in walking straight along a long bridge, and didn’t care for doors and staircases, your Minecraft examples would swap.

I really like how you see a direct mapping from the control of space and action to the control of time; that feels right to me. I imagine you might achieve similar effects through music (intense vs calm) or color (warm vs cool).

What’s our purpose in controlling the flow of time, though? Is it only for pacing, and cinematic effect?

]]> Comment on Sixty Frames Per Minute by Greg Nishikawa http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/11/21/sixty-frames-per-minute/#comment-3996 Greg Nishikawa Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:43:48 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12409#comment-3996 Hm, the game is supposed to prompt you to press the space bar at key points. Do you have the latest version of Flash installed? Hm, the game is supposed to prompt you to press the space bar at key points. Do you have the latest version of Flash installed?

]]> Comment on Sixty Frames Per Minute by Tracy Fullerton http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/11/21/sixty-frames-per-minute/#comment-3990 Tracy Fullerton Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:28:43 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12409#comment-3990 I found the slow motion very frustrating as a player, especially since the controls were pretty much limited to walking very slowly. Even though other actions were promised by the instructions for the space bar, ultimately there didn't seem to be any objects to interact with. If you're going to slow down the world of the player, it seems like you need to provide a level of minute interactions that is at least as interesting as the world at "60 fps." I found the slow motion very frustrating as a player, especially since the controls were pretty much limited to walking very slowly. Even though other actions were promised by the instructions for the space bar, ultimately there didn’t seem to be any objects to interact with.

If you’re going to slow down the world of the player, it seems like you need to provide a level of minute interactions that is at least as interesting as the world at “60 fps.”

]]> Comment on Early Reaction/Diffusion Code by Loan Verneau http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/11/07/early-reactiondiffusion-code/#comment-3780 Loan Verneau Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:39:13 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12290#comment-3780 Thanks a lot for posting this, but unfortunately we cannot copy the code for some reason. Thanks a lot for posting this, but unfortunately we cannot copy the code for some reason.

]]> Comment on Mobile and Environmental Media Lab by usc interactive media division | Blog | IMD Forum for 11/9/11: http://interactive.usc.edu/mobilemedia/#comment-3566 usc interactive media division | Blog | IMD Forum for 11/9/11: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:26:41 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?page_id=9431#comment-3566 [...] Mobile Media Lab  [...] [...] Mobile Media Lab  [...]

]]> Comment on #OccupyData Tweet World: First Glimpse by Jeff Watson http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/10/31/tweet-world-first-glimpse/#comment-3565 Jeff Watson Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:24:05 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12131#comment-3565 Whoa, just checking this out now. Amazing work, Laila! Whoa, just checking this out now. Amazing work, Laila!

]]> Comment on Scryptyria First Glimpse by VJ Um Amel http://interactive.usc.edu/2011/10/31/scryptyria-first-glimpse/#comment-3558 VJ Um Amel Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:13:42 +0000 http://interactive.usc.edu/?p=12120#comment-3558 That's really pretty! That’s really pretty!

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