week 09C (Friday)

Even though I thought I had taken the script under a microscope, Mr. C. found the problem, quickly. I had a typo under the file name(s). That is why the script couldn't find it. Now, I can iron out all the little kinks. Joy!

week 09B (Thursday)

I was able to get a good 6 hours, on and off, into the project, today.
I'm still getting stuck on the loader. I know it's something stupid. I have asked Mr. Castaldi to look at it with a different set of eyes, tomorrow.
I'm thinking of tossing all or most of the sounds I worked so hard on.
They sound pretty awful, now.

week 09A

There are problems getting the 'Loader' to load. I don't understand the problem. It looks like it is coded the same as my website, which works fine.
I was able to get the countdown to register for the surgery preparation. The counter just needed decremented. The new problem is that the textbox text won't refocus to itself after typing the correct countdown number. Also, I cannot shrink the font size, like I wanted. I created a 'FontFormat' variable to handle the size, but it doesn't seem to update.
I still can't apply the red or brown tint to the vomit particles, even though the code works fine in our Cut'nPaste game.
Finally: 'though I have been waffling around on my target audience, I think I finally decided where I am going to take it. The idea came to me while looking around at cancer scholarships. I think I can hold this position more solidly and stand by it.

week 08 B

On Thursday, I believe I discovered the solution to the loading problem. I need to use a 'Loader' to load the .swf s instead of trying to load them directly into the generic MovieClip. I already have an example of this in my website code from last year. So, hopefully, it won't be a problem.