Emily Marsh IDIA 619 Interactive Multimedia: Final Project Summary of Overall Project - "The Advice Engine" And Four Project Spinoffs - "The Mom Engine" "The Psychiatrist Engine" "The Oracle Engine" "The Fortune Teller Engine" This is a variation of the "Planet Multimedia" Demo. There are nine 500 square pixel swf files loaded into a 3 X 3 grid. Navigation is controlled by mouse movement. There are four different swf file types; each is made of an image and a sound which can be activated by a mouse click. The sound for each image plays just once, so listen carefully. The image types are: psychiatrists (represented by chairs sitting in neutral clinical settings), mothers, female oracles, and male fortune tellers.When the mouse is clicked, each image "speaks" a line of dialogue. (Just for fun, I made individual advice "engines" for all of the types, so I could see an array for each.) By relying upon a stock set of characters and dialogue that is combined randomly, the project took on a definite procedural rhetoric. Even though the images represent people who ostensibly address different aspects of the self (psyche; child; soul), what they actually say taps into similar sets of stock phrases. By generating combinations of aphorisms and images randomly, the project tries to illustrate the commonality of advice types across different sources. So, if a given image or sound repeats within the project, it should not be seen as an anomaly, but as a demonstration of how similar advice can be given by different sources (or how different advice can be given by the same source). The dialogue is original and was converted into mp3 audio files using the AT&T Labs Text-To-Speech (TTS) Tool. Images were culled from the web and were used in accordance with the educational "fair use" provision of copyright law. A commercial application of this project would need to use different images. Each of the swf files can access one of ten possible images and one of ten possible sounds. Both the choice of image and choice of sound are chosen randomly for each swf. The swf files were loaded using the same document class files as those for the "Infinite Map" given in class: the Cell & cellClass = Female Oracle the Cell2 & cellClass2 = Male Fortune Teller the Cell3 & cellClass3 = Mother the Cell4 & cellClass4 = Psychiatrists Here are the phrases available to each image (along with a link to their individual swf file): Psychiatrists - "shrinkEngine" 1. Just let your mind wander 2. That's very interesting, please go on 3. Have you ever been in therapy before? 4. How long have you felt this way? 5. I think we've made a lot of progress today 6. I'm so sorry, but our time is up for today 7. What is the first thing that comes to mind about your Mother? 8. Why don't we spend a little more time exploring that idea? 9. We can certainly pick up on that idea next time 10. What can I do to help you feel more comfortable? Mothers - "momEngine" 1. You're not wearing that, are you dear? 2. You know, breakfast is the most important meal of the day 3. Don't make me come down there 4. What time do you think you'll be home? 5. I only want you to be happy 6. I don't care who started it 7. If all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump too? 8. It's chilly outside, please put on a sweater 9. Eat your vegetables 10. Did you finish all of your homework? Female Oracles - "oracleEngine" 1. None of the secrets of success will work unless you do 2. The first step to better times is to imagine them 3. Trust your intuition -- the universe is guiding your life 4. Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life 5. The secret of getting ahead is getting started 6. Decide what you want and go for it 7. Your past success will be overshadowed by your future success 8. Grand adventures await those who are willing to turn the corner 9. None of the secrets of success will work unless you do 10. There is yet time enough for you to take a different path Male Oracles - "fortuneEngine" 1. Good things are coming to you 2. Don't resist change -- embrace it 3. Complete those tasks that you've been avoiding for some time 4. Opportunity is knocking at your front door 5. By helping someone else today, you may also be helping yourself 6. Don't do something that you may soon regret 7. Be more serious and re-evaluate your motives 8. Your greatest fortune is the friends and family you have 9. Use proven methods and avoid shortcuts 10. No one who rushes can walk with dignity Final Project SWF File adviceEngine.swf Final Project Flash Files adviceEngine.fla oracleEngine.fla fortuneEngine.fla momEngine.fla shrinkEngine.fla Final Project Action Script Files adviceEngineDocClass.as cellClass.as cellClass2.as cellClass3.as cellClass4.as JScript Script File AC_RunActiveContent.js