New Grad/Computer Scientist
Toronto, ON
November 10th, 2001
[Wexler, Louis, Peter, Ray, and Egon all watch the prosecuting attorney being carried by one of the Scoleri brothers outside the courtroom] Judge Wexler: [wailing] Ohhh. . . Dr. Peter Venkman: You're next, bubbles. Judge Wexler: [screams] ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! I rescind the order! Case dismissed! Louis Tully: Hooray, we won the case! Judge Wexler: Now do something!
— Ghostbusters II, 1989My first major creation after I started learning Python was an interactive robot I named GreenBot.
Using Processing's Python mode, I was able to make him move around the screen at speeds controlled by the user, have him warp to the other side of the play area (à la Pac-Man), and have customization.
As well, I experimented with adding sound, resulting in the speed changes playing a higher/lower pitch sound when pressed based on the speed as well as a sound for when the style is changed.
This project helped me see the potential in Proccessing.py, prompting my future projects.
Here is the instruction manual I wrote at the time:
Check out GitHub to see the code and download the program if you want to try it for yourself!
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