Basic Static-Frames Animation

What I call "static-frames" animation is the type of animation you see in my little demo AnimatedDialogue.nlogo  (right-click and save this)

Watch this model in action, and then analyze the code that drives it

It's really like a slide show, consisting of:

  • draw something
  • wait (some amount of time)
  • draw something else
  • wait (some amount of time .. maybe the same as before... or not... depending upon the pause you want)
  • draw another thing
  • etc.

This is a "tell a story, with text (or without)" through a series of slides.

Remember, you can show text by using a turtle's label, or a patch's plabel.  In the Settings dialogue box (the place where you can set the max-pxcor, etc.) is the font size setting that controls the size of all labels and plabels.
HOMEWORK:  Create a small static-frames animation to tell a little story.  It can't be just dialogue, otherwise it gets boring.  Asume you want to entertain a child who can read but who (thankfully) falls asleep quickly.

This is a technique you can make use of in your final project.