Feb 2, 2024: Tension, Compression, Tensegrity 1

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Table Of Contents
  1. Today's Videos
  2. Design Time
  3. BREAK
  4. Game Dev
  5. Notes & Artifacts

Today’s Videos

If I Grow Up…

Discussion

  • What were three common causes of childhood fatalities?
  • Are they still problems?

Josephine Baker

Discussion

  • What was her name?
  • What kind of music was she famous for?
  • Where was she famous?
  • Which war did she participate in?
  • How did she help in that war?
  • What did she do after that war in America?

Design Time

Internal & External Forces

Check Your Understanding

Interesting Application: Tensegrity Structures

Where compression and tension are used in balance to make structures that can look like they should be impossible!

Tip on how to build stable tensegrity structures. Watch from 5:10 -> 6:00 for the key details. Absorb the whole video if you want to understand more about the why.

Note

See how the “V” shapes are arranged around the table top so that there is support in all directions!

Build

Choose one of the following to build!

Extra Info

BREAK

Game Dev

Ren’Py Wrap Up

Test your game one more time.

Export it to p:\ren'py\<yournames>\.

Try other peoples games!

Notes & Artifacts

Details

Ren’Py Visual Novels

We completed the Ren’Py novels!

Note: all of these are on the public internet, hosted at MakeItZone.

Mock Monster Ad Video

email julian@makeit.zone for the link.