Recent Projects in Dice

01-single-dice-simulation

Before anything else - I know a single dice is properly called a 'die' but I just prefer to use dice as it seems better. I know - patheticreason really. I saw an article about a site that runs "play-by-email" games and built its own dice throwing machine - quite literally. Decided to create a simple Scratch version. See theirs at this site : http://gamesbyemail.com/News/DiceOMatic ============================ For this Scratch version I used Google SketchUp and downloaded a simple dice model, used it to create 4 views of each face, so 24 pictures in all. Paintshop removed the background and cropped the images. Code intended to be simple and obvious.

02-double-dice-simulation

03-double-dice-simulation-rounded-green-and-orange-dice

See the other 'dice sims' for reason behind this. ============================ For this Scratch version I downloaded a nice looking orange-green and rounded dice model by a SketchUp user called 'Terminator'. Plopped costumes in place of simpler dice ones and adjusted sprite sizes. Nicer to look at now.

04-double-dice-simulation-clickable-to-switch-dice

See the other 'dice sims' in the dice gallery at the CCS-PK Scratch site for introductory information about this "simulation". ========================= I took the basic code from earlier versions to try to bind it into a project where more than one pair of dice could be selected. (This version has only 2 sets.) Actions are as follows : - Green flag ... sets things up - Grey button ... rolls the dice - Dell laptop ... selects the next set Adding extra dice sets will require small changes in various scripts, these have been commented to point them out. ========================= Had to remove the on-screen "side" variables as these would not work properly with 2 sets. No matter how carefully I set things up, tested out and then saved, after re-opening the file the variables for the 2nd set went to default display and position. ========================= Possible improvement - Disable set changing while dice are rolling as results are currently unpredictable. ========================= I can't be bothered right now and will possibly only try adding some extra sets to verify that things work as they are intended ..... that means I've not tested that bit yet ..... but logically it ought to be okay. . . . . famous last words . . . . .

05-double-dice-sim-and-multiple-sets - final

06-double-dice-sim-multiple-and-random-sets

See the other 'dice sims' in the dice gallery at the CCS-PK Scratch site for introductory information about this "simulation". ========================= Actions are as follows : - Green flag ... sets things up - Grey button ... rolls the dice - Dell laptop ... selects the next set ========================= Extra sets of dice added beyond just 2 and decided - when I added the last set of dice here - to show the "which-dice" variable on-screen. Change the set selection to a random choice when 'laptop' button clicked or 'C' key pressed. ========================= REMEMBER : If adding/removing dice pairs from this project you need to alter the total in the Stage script AND change the actual number of backgrounds. Also adjust the actual number within the script of each dice to make things match up.

07-double-dice-sim-multiple-random-and-selectable-sets

See the other 'dice sims' in the dice gallery at the CCS-PK Scratch site for introductory information about this "simulation". ========================= Actions are as follows : - Green flag ... sets things up - Grey button ... rolls the dice - Dell laptop ... selects the next set - number keys - select set directly ========================= Added option to select a set using the number keys (ie. 1-9 plus 0). Scripts in place for all even though this example has only 6 sets (so only 1-6 work here). Thus up to 10 sets are selectable from the number keys. ========================= Extra sets of dice added beyond just 2 and decided - when I added the last set of dice here - to show the "which-dice" variable on-screen. Change the set selection to a random choice when 'laptop' button clicked or 'C' key pressed. ========================= REMEMBER : If adding/removing dice pairs from this project you need to alter the total in the Stage script AND change the actual number of backgrounds. Also adjust the actual number within the script of each dice to make things match up.