Goals

To build an interactive 2-dimensional graphics program.

To implement selection and 2-dimensional transformations (translation, scaling, rotation) of graphics objects.

Assignment

• Drawing Program: The user can create lines, rectangles, ovals, select objects already created, change their colors, move them around, scale and rotate them.
• Game: Objects should move around, rotate, grow or shrink, be selectable (or shootable).
• Pattern Manipulator: E.g. a Tangrams game, a jigsaw puzzle, a flow chart design tools. The objects may not change size but they should be able to rotate and move.

What to turn in

• Functional Specification
  A functional specification (functional spec) of your project is due on January 30, 2008. A functional spec should tell what your project will look like and how it will work. It should describe how a user will interact with it. It should be three to five pages long and look like a user manual for you project. Include some drawings of what the screen will look like.
  • bring hard copy to class
  • send soft copy as an attachment to fell@ccs.neu.edu with subject "csu540-2Dspec".

• The Project
  Please turn in a
  • user manual
  • source code
  • a readme file explaining how to compile and run your code.

  FOLLOW THESE SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS:
  Create a folder with the name
  

  <your last name><your first initial>2Dproject
  Put your user manual, source code, and a readme in the folder. Zip the folder.
  Mail it to fell@ccs.neu.edu with the subject "csu540-2Dproject".

Grading

• 25 points are for the functional specification.
  This is a serious part of the project. This course counts toward your in-major writing requirement. You are expected to write what your project will do. Though a few screen shots or other images may accompany your explanation, they should not be overly large just to fill pages. I expect to see text.
• 75 points are for the working project.
  I will consider the features, the code, and general niftyness when grading the project.