jsimone's Recent Projects

random-band

Clicking on the button with a red X will turn on the instrument. A green check indicates instrument is on. Clicking on the button with a green check-mark will turn the instrument off. A red X inicates the instrument is off. Click on the abstract graphic to randomly change the musc pattern played. Instruments are : Acoustic Piano Electric Piano Acoustic String Bass Bass Drum Cowbell All notes are in the C scale. Enjoy!

simon fancy

Click the "New Game" button to start. Click on a color to repeat the note. Remember the sequence of notes and play them back in the right order. The game starts out with one note and then keeps adding notes. Each time you get the pattern correct, your score increases by 1. You can change the instrument making the notes by changing the instrument slider at the top left. Change speed with the "Speed" slider. 1=Faster and 5=slower Click the "Random Play" button to play notes randomly. Special thanks to MrWhiskers and MrWhiskers2 for their help in completing this project. Enjoy!

simon

Click the "New Game" button to start. Click on a color to repeat the note. Remember the sequence of notes and play them back in the right order. The game starts out with one note and then keeps adding notes. Each time you get the pattern correct, your score increases by 1. You can change the instrument making the notes by changing the instrument slider at the top left. Special thanks to MrWhiskers and MrWhiskers2 for their help in completing this project. Enjoy!

Flying Pizza Game

Help me eat all the flying pizzas. Move my mouth up and down using the up/down arrows. Turn my mouth left and right using the left/right arrows. My mouth needs to be facing the pizza to get a good bite out of it. I can't eat backwards! The lower the score the better. A good score is anthing under 75. A great score is under 50. Enjoy.

Spinning Lines and Bouncing Balls

Music machine inspired by the "spinning drum machine" project of MartinWollenweber. Use the speed slider to speed up or slow down the spinning lines. A random note in the key of C is played when a ball touches a line. Enjoy!

Automated Bouncing Ball Piano Machine

Watch the balls bounce on the piano keys to make strange music. Drag the black paddles to a new position to change the timing of the bouncing balls. Balls can be turned on or off by clicking on them. You can do this while the machine is playing - which is a little tricky or by turning the machine off and then clicking on them. Slowing the balls down or trapping them close to the keys makes it easier to turn the balls on or off. Drag the two ball alignment icons along the right side of the display to align the balls to a new position. You can turn the machine off and play each key manually by clicking on it if you like. Lastly, you can change the speed of the balls using the slider at the top left. Download and modify this project and make your own music machine! Enjoy.

Bouncing Ball Piano Machine - Draggable Keys

Watch the balls bounce on the piano keys to make strange music. Click and drag any key to a new position for different musical effects. Click Rebound/Through icon to change how the balls interact with the piano keys. Rebound makes the balls bounce off the keys, whereas Through lets the balls pass through the keys. Click on the number icon to change the number of balls in motion. Click on the background to randomly change the direction of the bouncing balls. Download and modify this project and make your own music machine! Enjoy.

Bouncing Ball Piano Machine

Watch the balls bounce on the piano keys to make strange music. Click Rebound/Through icon to change how the balls interact with the piano keys. Rebound makes the balls bounce off the keys, whereas Through lets the balls pass through the keys. Click on the number icon to change the number of balls in motion. Click on the background to randomly change the direction of the bouncing balls. Download and modify this project and make your own music machine! Enjoy.

bothersome fly

This fly really bothers me! Watch what happens when it lands on my face.

crazy eyes

My eyeballs follow every move your mouse pointer makes.

spider scare

Dan is very hungry. Help Dan get to the cheese puffs for a tasty treat. But, poor Dan hates spiders! Use left-arrow and right-arrow to keep Dan away from those nasty spiders and give him something to eat. Each meal is +1 point. Every spider bite is -1 point. Post high scores here. Enjoy!

Double Colliding-Bouncing Ball Demo

Demo project to show how to bounce two balls off off each other and against the sides of the stage. The speed sliders control how fast the balls move. Clicking on the background will cause both the balls to pick a new random direction. Note: real world physics is not properly modeled. All collisions make the balls reverse direction - which is not so in the real world.

Single Bouncing Ball Demo

Demo project to show how to bounce a single ball off the sides of the stage. The speed slider controls how fast the ball moves. Clicking on the background will cause the ball to pick a new random direction. 13 June 2007 - Added the Pen Up/Down button to leave a pen trail and a Clear button to clear all pen trails.

Percussion Groove

Click on the buttons to turn on or turn off particular percussion instruments. Feel free to download and modify this and lay down a groove of your own. Credit to my good friend and great drummer Erik Mintz for this sample groove.

Mouse Position Music

The x-axis (left and right) sets the note. The y-axis (up and down) sets the instrument. To clear the screen press the space bar. For continous play, hold the mouse button down as you drag across the stage. For better quality sound on the web, download a higher quality soundbank from ... http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbanks.html