squeakland July 2013

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detect key pressed?
by Nicco Kunzmann 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Dear All, when developing games with eToys it is important to know whether a key is pressed or released. This way multiple actions can be controlled at the same time. Something like: if (key pressed? <up>) if (key pressed? <w>) However I only found "last keystroke". Is there something built in? or: Do I need to develop this myself? or: Do sources exist that add this behaviour? I found this: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/488 and I downloaded eToys 5 from the website. But I can not get it to run. Greetings, Nicco

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[ANN] Curved Space Explorer for Squeak
by Nikolay Suslov 27 Jul '13

27 Jul '13

Hello, Let me introduce the Curved Space Explorer for Squeak project ( https://vimeo.com/71173349), known as CCSE by Krestianstvo SDK. It is a Smalltalk port version of Curved Spaces, originally developed by Jeff Weeks (geometrygames.org) in C language. This Squeak version is derived from Krestianstvo SDK project's version<http://nsuslovi.blogspot.ru/2009/12/collaborative-curved-space-explorer-v10…>, where Curved Space Explorer is collaborative in it's nature and available mainly for distributed computation. The aim of this project is to make Curved Space Explorer in Smalltalk being available for the large Smalltalk audience and mainstream Squeak distribution, so that anybody interested could work with it. The source code is available here: http://sdk.krestianstvo.org/sdk/ccse.html Preinstalled Squeak image is here: http://krestianstvo.org/sdk/Squeak4.4-12327-ccse.zip For manual install use following instructions: (is tested and working with Squeak 4.4 and Squeak 4.5 alpha) "1. Load FFI" (Installer repository: 'http://source.squeak.org/FFI') install: 'FFI-Pools'; install: 'FFI-Kernel'; install: 'FFI-Tests'. "2. Load 3DTransform " (Installer repository: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/CroquetGL') install: '3DTransform'. "3. Load OpentGL and CCSE" (Installer repository: 'http://sdk.krestianstvo.org/sdk/ccse') install: 'OpenGL-Pools'; install: 'OpenGL-Core'; install: 'OpenGL-NameManager'; install: 'CCSpaceExplorer'. "4. Run sample application" CCSEMorphRender runApp Thanks, Nikolay Suslov http://nsuslovi.blogspot.com/2013/07/curved-space-explorer-for-squeak.html<http://nsuslovi.blogspot.ru/2013/07/curved-space-explorer-for-squeak.html> http://krestianstvo.org

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Thymio
by Hilaire Fernandes 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

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Fwd: etoys bug?
by Bert Freudenberg 10 Jul '13

10 Jul '13

Begin forwarded message: > Hi, > > The Squeakland contact page was reluctant to let me message about this problem so I'm spamming you. Sorry. Seems the form is broken, sorry. I filed a bug report. However, the mailing list is a better place to ask anyway. > The visibility of a scriptor seems to affect how things work. Here's a link to a page with a more clear description of the problem and a simplified project which exhibits the bad behavior. (Apologies again...our email filters wouldn't let me send the project as an attachment...hopefully you can grab it from the webpage) > > http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~kelled/public/etoys/prob_info.html I am forwarding this mail of yours to our mailing list. Please subscribe here to receive the answers: http://squeakland.org/discuss/squeakland/ - Bert - > Regards, > dk > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dean Kelley, PhD > Associate Professor of Computer Science > Department of Integrated Engineering, MSU > Mankato, MN 56001

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Re: [squeakland] Change button state image
by Steve Thomas 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Mike, Good to hear from you. Still swamped, but never so much I can't find time to help you or one of your students. First you do not need the *mouseWatcher* script. mouseDown/mouseUp are event listeners that are always listening, no need to start those scripts or keep them running. Try deleting that script and your project will still work. Okay, a couple of other options depending on how David wants to use this. 1) You can use a holder to hold the two (or more) images you want to switch between, then iterate through the holder on each mouse down. See page 2 of attached project. This has the advantage of introducing David to collections and iterating through the collections (in a visual way where the holder can help visualize the concepts. See page 1 of attached project. 2) You can use show/hide with two objects where if you click on one object it hides itself and shows the other (an visa versa). See page 2 of attached project) 3) You can get really elaborate and create your own Memorize Game (which students can use to build their own (see page 3 of attached project, I may need to find a way to make the code simpler and more readable, but it works). 4) You could create your own scripting tile (well not a real scripting tile, which would be cool if you could do that) if I have time I might demonstrate that later. Also FYI, I am working on a project to allow disabled kids who can only say squeeze a stuffed animal an have some gross movement skills to communicate with others using Etoys. And also allow their teachers and parents to create their own pictographs the child can use to communicate. More on that later. Cheers, Stephen On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I hope this email finds you well and not too buried under work. > > My Zambian student David asked me today for a solution to changing a > button graphic to another on mouse down. He intends to use this to "flip" a > card (rectangle object) over to show answer. > > I'm proud to say that I came up with something that works, but there > probably is a better solution. > > If you have a minute to look and respond, that would be great. If not, no > worries. > > Mike > -- To some of us, writing computer programs is a fascinating game. A program is a building of thought. It is costless to build, weightless, growing easily under our typing hands. If we get carried away, its size and complexity will grow out of control, confusing even the one who created it. This is the main problem of programming. It is why so much of today's software tends to crash, fail, screw up. When a program works, it is beautiful. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity. The great program is subdued, made simple in its complexity. - Martin Harverbeke (from Eloquent JavaScript<http://eloquentjavascript.net/index.html> )

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