Assignment 4

[ChrisDavidson]

After a sub par assignment 3, I did assignment 4 tonight. In the previous assignment I read the chapter over and over and it wasn't helping. This time I took a fellow classmates advice and tinkered with Alice most of the day. My first goal was getting the random distance to work correctly. After extensive trial and error I got it to work. Not the best work, but it was a step in the right direction. I also know how to perform a jump correctly, which about drove me to madness I might add.

[chickentree]

Originally Posted by ChrisDavidson

After a sub par assignment 3, I did assignment 4 tonight. In the previous assignment I read the chapter over and over and it wasn't helping. This time I took a fellow classmates advice and tinkered with Alice most of the day. My first goal was getting the random distance to work correctly. After extensive trial and error I got it to work. Not the best work, but it was a step in the right direction. I also know how to perform a jump correctly, which about drove me to madness I might add.

Above is the best advice for getting started with Alice and programming in general. i.e. Play with it until you understand how what you are doing causes the changes you see in the movie.
Other general hints:

1. You can use the print statement (just below the method window) to look at variables, calculations, when a method starts, stops, or gets to a certain point.
2. For all programming applications: "The damn thing does exactly what you tell it to!"
3. You were very close to being a programmer, once the process drives you all the way to madness your on the path

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