CS 103 Interactive Storytelling

Schedule (MW 9:25AM-10:40AM)

Assignments must be submitted to Canvas.
Canvas is not used as a gradesheet for this course. It is solely used as a repository for assignments.
Assignments must not be emailed.
Due dates are shown on Canvas.

	Topics	Class Notes
WEEK 1: Aug 31, Sept 3 Assignment 0 Part A: Introduction to Krita Assignment 0 Part B: Bitmap Drawings in Krita	Download Krita Graphics & Terms Bitmap Drawing with Krita	Krita Tutorials and How-tos Beginners Guide To Bitmaps.pdf
WEEK 2: September 7, 9 Assignment 1: Create an Art Poster in Krita	LABOR DAY Monday, Sept 7 - no class More with Krita BitMap Artwork Color and Binary Numbers	Krita Tutorials and How-tos UnderstandingColor.pdf BinaryNumbers.pdf
WEEK 3: September 14, 16 Assignment 2: Exploration of Wick Editor Assignment 3 : Frame-by-Frame Animations	Setting up with Wick Editor Exploring Vector Drawing Basic Theory of Animation Frame-by-Frame Animation	Wick Editor (www.wickeditor.com/editor/) YouTube Getting Started with Animations
WEEK 4: September 21, 23 Assignment 4 Part A: Tween Animations Assignment JS1 JavaScript Expressions	Introduction to Movie Clips Tween Techniques for Animation Introduction to Programmiing	YouTube What's a Tween JavaScriptBasics_Part1.pdf
WEEK 5: September 28, 30 Assignment JS2 JavaScript Assignments and Coding an App	This week is devoted to coding. JavaScript variables JavaScript Operators JavaScript Statements JavaScript console log	JavaScript online sandbox: https://playcode.io/javascript
WEEK 6: October 5, 7 Assignment 4 Part B: Advanced Animations	Nesting animated elements into Clips. Creating Cyclical and advanced animations Some class time will be devoted to working on Assignment 4b.	Video: Nested Animated Clips
WEEK 7: October 14 Assignment 5: Create a Cyclical Animated Story	FALL BREAK October 12, 13 - no Monday class TAKE HOME EXAM Oct 14	YouTube Using Images in Wick Editor
WEEK 8: October 19, 21 Assignment 6: Storyboarding Basics Assignment 7: Storyboard Practice	Storyboarding with Camera Techniques for Animation Adding Sound Discussion of Final Animation Project Narrative Strategies NOTE: Choose a story for your final project.	StoryboardingNotes.pdf AddingSounds.pdf Final Project:Animated Narrative
WEEK 9: October 26, 28 Assignment JS3 Part A: Basic Interaction TAP Game Assignment JS3 Part B: Interactive Game	Game Design Introduction to Attributes of Objects (Clips) Creating a simple button Introduction to JavaScript Event Handlers NOTES: Begin the storyboard for your final project. Class time will be devoted to final project.	YouTube Making Interactive Buttons JavaScriptBasics_Part1.pdf Video: JavaScript in Wick Editor Final Project:Animated Narrative
WEEK 10: November 2, 4 Assignment JS4: Buttons and Object Attributes Assignment JS5: Boolean Expressions	Creating Interactive Buttons Boolean Logic	InteractiveButtons.pdf JavaScriptNotes.pdf
WEEK 11: November 9, 11 Assignment JS6: The Game of Pong	Introduction to if-else statements JavaScript Events Object Attributes Programatic Movement - Constraints using JavaScript	CreatingPong.pdf TimelineControl_Experiment.pdf
WEEK 12: November 16, 18 Assignment JS7 Bee Chases the Flower Assignment JS8 Child Crosses the Highway Use the following template for this game: ChildCrossesRoad_StudentVersion.wick	Programatic Movement with Easing Keyboard interactions	EasingMovement_BeeFlower.pdf RoadCrossingGame_Analysis.pdf ChildCrossesRoad_StudentVersion.wick
WEEK 13: November 23 No Class	THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK 14: Nov 30, Dec 9	Review for Exam 2 Exam 2: December 9th
WEEK 15: December 7	Last Day of Class Project Presentations (Not Required)