Progress Report I
as of 4/6/04

Authoring program chosen: Macromedia Director MX

From our storyboard feedback, it was deemed necessary to increase the interactivity and simulation components of the program. The following changes were devised:

• buttons on the bottom of the screen should enable the user to change:
  LOAD, MATERIALS, SIZE
  
  • From these, the LOAD would include a person, a car, a tank or elephant
  • From these, the MATERIALS would include wood, chocolate, glass, steel
  • From these, the SIZE would include S, M, L
    
• a button would activate scenarios where the user would be forced to guess whether a certain LOAD + MATERIAL + SIZE for a bridge would be feasible (i.e. does the bridge support the load?)
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• the in-between screen questions would remain
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• the goal is to have 2 historically significant bridges from each of the 3 types (arch, beam, suspension).

What needs to be done:

• a mathematical model for each of the 3 bridge types as yet to be devised, the obstacle being that faculty help (from the Engineering Department) is needed.

Division of labor thus far:

• Jason: webpage, art, interface (including quizzing questions, title page, etc.)
• Erin: coding - animation
• Diana: coding - bridge modelling
  

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