Problems at the 10th Hour
April 20th, 2008
At least it’s not the eleventh hour.
I just uploaded a new version of Rigatoni, with animations. Not because the animations are done, but because I wanted to see how a final version would look. I ran into a couple of problems:
- I couldn’t figure out how to make pages that combine animations and text. For now, those pages just have text.
- Mouseover animations work, but clicks don’t: FlashPageFlip treats on-page clicks as attempts to turn the page. I’ll have to either get into the guts of FlashPageFlip, or make all my animations mouseovers.
- On the two-page illustrations, no single animation can span the centerfold. I’ll have to rework at least one animation from each of those instances.
- All the animations are sped up: FlashPageFlip must control the framerate.
In the next week, and quite possibly down to the deadline, I’ll be working on these issues and also adding sound.