Moving Buttons in MAUI

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Folks, I got the idea today that it would be cool if we could move MAUI buttons around within their view panels with the mouse, so I gave it a try. It seems to work pretty well except it makes some little ghosts of the button. I did it by simply updating the button position and re-calling the view's .addElement () method. This could be a useful addition to our user interface options with MAUI. Anyway, it was an interesting little experiment. Code attached.

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Mouse_MAUI1.ck
Description:	Test experiment of moving a MAUI button around within it's view panel using the mouse.	Download (listen)
Filename:	Mouse_MAUI1.ck
Filesize:	2.23 KB
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[Inventor]

This version works a little bit better, so try this one instead of the previous one.

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Mouse_MAUI2.ck
Description:	Slightly improved version of experiment moving MAUI buttons with the mouse.	Download (listen)
Filename:	Mouse_MAUI2.ck
Filesize:	2.42 KB
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[Inventor]

I added sound to it; the amplitude and freqency of a sinusoid are now controlled by the moving mouse button. You hear ghostly woo-woo sounds as you move the mouse.

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Mouse_MAUI3.ck
Description:	Mouse MAUI: now with sound!	Download (listen)
Filename:	Mouse_MAUI3.ck
Filesize:	2.66 KB
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[Inventor]

I took the hint from Kassen on the ChucK-Users mailing list, and expanded the program to be a Pong game. Actually it's more like Breakout because the paddle is at the bottom of the window.

If you hit the moving button with the paddle, you get a point when it reaches the top. If you miss the moving button, the ball travels off the window and ChucK gets a point.

It still has the ghostly sound that is a function of ball position, plus I added a click for each bounce and a whoop-whoop-whoop when ChucK scores.

Ah, Pong, what a trip down memory lane!

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Pong1_Image.jpg
Description:	MAUI Pong screenshot, how cool is that?
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Pong1.ck
Description:	MAUI Pong source code, it's ChucK gone mad!	Download (listen)
Filename:	Pong1.ck
Filesize:	5.45 KB
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[Inventor]

I've improved the Pong game a bit. The ball is now an LED that changes color each time it bounces. The screen is taller and narrower for that multi-bounce effect. And most notably the game gets more difficult as time goes on. The paddle gets smaller and the ball gets faster. Fun, fun, fun!

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Pong2.ck
Description:	New better MAUI Pong - get it now!	Download (listen)
Filename:	Pong2.ck
Filesize:	6.4 KB
Downloaded:	342 Time(s)

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