EcoIsland Independent Study

As an Independent Study this quarter, Sinan and I are improving our EcoIsland project from last quarter.

Objectives:
1.    Animated Ocean and Environment
2.    “Learn More” panels that give more information / detail about the different power sources
3.    More detailed Splash Page / instructions
4.    HUD Enhancements – specifically adding more interactivity and animation to the more static panels
5.    Improved Simulation
6.    Opening Animation
7.    About / credits page
8.    New Name
9.    Different versions of city – showing population and power
10.    Improvements to the scores page

Summary of Proposal
We are modifying and improving a class project for Dynamic Persuasion Design.  There are a number of improvements we want to implement, and we want to implement at least 5 of the 10 objectives listed.  The end goal is to submit the project to various awards contests.

So far, I have updated the scores panel so that high scores and the score summary are shown at the same time, not in tabs.  I have also begun implementing “learn more” panels, which will give general information on the various types of power.  Also, I have discovered and fixed a number of fairly minor bugs, and started making some GUI enhancements.