UdK - Principles of computational design

Final assignment

Okay, this is the final assignment for the Computational design course. To complete the course you must complete this assignment. We will be working on the assignment in class for the next two weeks so that you have a chance to try out new ideas and ask questions while developing your piece.

You must be able to present a basic outline of your idea in class Monday 30 June.

The assignment is to be critiqued Monday 14 July. Please email the file (in ZIP format, use DropZip or similar and include the full folder) to amoeba@evolutionzone.com before 12:00 noon.

Choose one of the following options:

Create a virtual animal or organism. Think about what kind of animal it is, what its essential characteristics are, and what kind of space it lives in. How does it move? Does it move constantly or in spurts, or does it only move in response to the user's interaction? Maybe the animal leaves an aesthetic trail on the screen?

Create a drawing software that is more than a passive tool. The user should interact with it in a dynamic way so that she is influencing the output in a predictable way, but there should be an element of randomness and built-in intelligence that causes the final result to be more interesting than a linear "click-and-draw" process.

One reference for such a tool is C_Drawer. See Auto-illustrator or Fugpaint for tools that seems deceptively "normal" but which misbehave when used. The experiments on Dextro and Re-move are interactive toys that draw. Other Processing references are in the learning section of the Processing site, under "Drawing".

Name your file as follows: "udk_final"+your family name. Assignment results will be put online, so include a comment in the file with your name. Since this is the final assignment this is especially relevant.

Remember that you can use the online Processing reference and learning sections for reminders of how to use certain commands or to learn new ones. For inspiration, try the Software section.

Universität der Künste, Berlin 2003 - Marius Watz

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