Math.getRandomNumber = function(min, max)
{
   return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}

Math.getRandomInteger = function(min, max)
{
   return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}
Requester = function(path, query, text)
{
   this.path = path;
   this.query = query;
   this.text = text || false;
   this.build();
}

Requester.prototype.build = function()
{
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
   {
      this.request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   }
   else
   {
      this.request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHttp");
   }
}

Requester.prototype.execute = function()
{
   var url = this.build_url();
   this.request.open("GET", url, false);
   this.request.send();
   return this.text ? this.request.responseText : this.request.responseXML;
}

Requester.prototype.build_url = function()
{
   var url = this.path + "?" + +new Date;
   if (!!this.query)
   {
      url += "&" + this.query;
   }
   return url;
}

Requester.prototype.toString = function()
{
   return "[object Requester]";
}
PerformanceTest = function(methodName)
{
   var args = arguments;
   this.incomingMethodName = methodName;
   this.incomingArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(args, 1, args.length);
}

PerformanceTest.prototype.run = function()
{
   var methodName = this.incomingMethodName;
   var args = this.incomingArgs;
   var startTime = Date.now();
   this.response = window[methodName].apply(null, args);
   this.executionTime = Date.now() - startTime;
}

PerformanceTest.prototype.buildResults = function(showResponse)
{
   var results = this.incomingMethodName + "(), " + this.executionTime + "ms";
   if (showResponse)
   {
	 results += ", " + this.response;
   }
   return results;
}
Animation=function(b,a,c){this.rate=b;this.playing=false;this.deviation=0;this.skip_frames=a||false;this.buffer=c||false};Animation.prototype.play=function(b,a){if(b==null){b="sequence"}var c=this.extract_parameters(arguments);var d=this;this.reset_last_ms(a);this.interval=window.setTimeout(function(){d.playing=true;d.loop(b,c)},a)};Animation.prototype.reset_last_ms=function(a){if(this.skip_frames){this.last_ms=+new Date-this.rate;if(a){this.last_ms+=a}}};Animation.prototype.loop=function(a,c){var e=1;if(this.skip_frames){e+=this.measure_deviation()}var d=this;for(var b=0;b<e;b++){d[a].apply(d,c)}if(this.playing){this.interval=window.setTimeout(function(){d.loop(a,c)},this.rate-this.buffer)}};Animation.prototype.measure_deviation=function(){var a=0;var b=+new Date;var d=b-this.last_ms;var c=d-this.rate;this.deviation+=c;this.last_ms=b;if(this.deviation<-this.rate){this.deviation+=this.rate;a--}else{while(this.deviation>this.rate){this.deviation-=this.rate;a++}}return a};Animation.prototype.stop=function(){window.clearInterval(this.interval);this.playing=false};Animation.prototype.extract_parameters=function(a){if(a.length>2){a=Array.prototype.slice.call(a);return a.slice(2)}return[null]};Animation.prototype.toggle=function(){if(this.playing){this.stop()}else{this.play()}};Animation.prototype.toString=function(){return"[object Animation]"};
window.getSize=function(){if(window.innerWidth!=undefined){return{width:window.innerWidth,height:window.innerHeight}}var a=document.body;var b=document.documentElement;return{width:Math.max(a.clientWidth,b.clientWidth),height:Math.max(a.clientHeight,b.clientHeight)}};
Color=function(){this.setRGB.apply(this,arguments)};Color.prototype.setRGB=function(){if(arguments.length>1){this.rgb=[arguments[0],arguments[1],arguments[2]]}else{if(arguments.length>0){var a=arguments[0];if(a instanceof Array){this.rgb=a}else{if(a.slice(0,3)=="rgb"){this.rgb=this.extractRGBFromTuple(a)}else{this.rgb=this.extractRGBFromHexString(a)}}}else{this.randomize()}}};Color.prototype.extractRGBFromTuple=function(a){var b=a.match(/\d+/g);return[+b[0],+b[1],+b[2]]};Color.prototype.extractRGBFromHexString=function(c){var e=parseInt(c.slice(1,3),16);var d=parseInt(c.slice(3,5),16);var a=parseInt(c.slice(5,7),16);return[e,d,a]};Color.prototype.randomize=function(b,a){this.rgb=this.buildRandomRGB(b,a)};Color.prototype.buildRandomRGB=function(d,c){var d=d||0;var c=c||255;var f=this.getRandomInteger(d,c);var e=this.getRandomInteger(d,c);var a=this.getRandomInteger(d,c);return[f,e,a]};Color.prototype.getRandomInteger=function(b,a){return Math.floor(Math.random()*(a-b+1))+b};Color.prototype.getString=function(){var d=parseInt(this.rgb[0]);var c=parseInt(this.rgb[1]);var a=parseInt(this.rgb[2]);return"rgb("+d+","+c+","+a+")"};Color.prototype.changeBrightness=function(a){for(var b=0;b<this.rgb.length;b++){this.rgb[b]+=a}};Color.prototype.toString=function(){return"[object Color]"};
Math.getRandomNumber=function(b,a){return Math.random()*(a-b)+b};Math.getRandomInteger=function(b,a){return Math.floor(Math.random()*(a-b+1))+b};
Requester=function(b,a,c){this.path=b;this.query=a;this.text=c||false;this.build()};Requester.prototype.build=function(){if(window.XMLHttpRequest){this.request=new XMLHttpRequest()}else{this.request=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHttp")}};Requester.prototype.execute=function(){var a=this.build_url();this.request.open("GET",a,false);this.request.send();return this.text?this.request.responseText:this.request.responseXML};Requester.prototype.build_url=function(){var a=this.path+"?"+ +new Date;if(!!this.query){a+="&"+this.query}return a};Requester.prototype.toString=function(){return"[object Requester]"};
PerformanceTest=function(b){var a=arguments;this.incomingMethodName=b;this.incomingArgs=Array.prototype.slice.call(a,1,a.length)};PerformanceTest.prototype.run=function(){var c=this.incomingMethodName;var b=this.incomingArgs;var a=Date.now();this.response=window[c].apply(null,b);this.executionTime=Date.now()-a};PerformanceTest.prototype.buildResults=function(b){var a=this.incomingMethodName+"(), "+this.executionTime+"ms";if(b){a+=", "+this.response}return a};
#!/usr/bin/python

from distutils.core import setup

SUMMARY="Assign arbitrary order to a directory's contents"
DESCRIPTION = "\n" + file("description").read()
CLASSIFIERS = [
    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
    "Environment :: Console",
    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
    "License :: Public Domain",
    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
    "Programming Language :: Python",
    "Topic :: System :: Filesystems",
    "Topic :: Utilities",
    ]

setup(
    name="Itemize",
    version="0.3",
    description=SUMMARY,
    long_description=DESCRIPTION,
    author="Frank DeMarco",
    author_email="frank.s.demarco@gmail.com",
    url="http://cyclops.asia/",
    packages=["itemize"],
    scripts=["src/itemize"],
    package_dir={"itemize" : "src"},
    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS
    )
import os
import sys
import re
from optparse import OptionParser
from Album import *

class Itemizer:
    
    OPTIONS = [
        ("-d", "destination", "destination directory", "DIR", "./"),
        ("-i", "index", "item index", "INT"),
        ("-f", "file_path", "input file", "PATH"),
        ("-s", "silent", "suppress messages", None, False, "store_true"),
        ("-v", "verbose", "verbose output", None, False, "store_true"),
        ("--delimiter", "delimiter", "field delimiter", "CHAR", "_"),
        ("--copy", "copy", "copy files", None, False, "store_true"),
        ("--deitemize", "deitemize", "deitemize", None, False, "store_true"),
        ("--sim", "simulate", "simulate itemization", None, False,
         "store_true"),
        ("--regroup", "regroup", "order items consecutively", None, False,
         "store_true"),
        ("--no-name", "no_name", "rename file to only item number", None, False,
         "store_true"),
        ]
    USAGE_MESSAGE = "Usage: %prog [options] PATH_1..PATH_n"

    def __init__(self):
        self.init_input()
        if len(sys.argv) > 1:
            self.add_file_contents_to_item_list()
            self.album = Album(self.options.destination, self.options.delimiter,
                               self.options.copy, self.options.simulate,
                               self.verbosity, self.options.regroup,
                               self.options.no_name)
            if self.options.deitemize:
                self.album.remove(self.item_paths)
            else:
                self.album.add_items(self.item_paths, self.options.index)
            self.album.commit()
        else:
            self.parser.print_help()

    def init_input(self):
        self.parser = OptionParser(self.USAGE_MESSAGE)
        self.parse_arguments()

    def parse_arguments(self):
        for option in self.OPTIONS:
            default = option[4] if len(option) > 4 else None
            action = option[5] if len(option) > 5 else None
            self.parser.add_option(
                option[0], dest=option[1], help=option[2],
                metavar=option[3], default=default, action=action)
        self.options, self.item_paths = self.parser.parse_args()
        self.set_verbosity(self.options.silent, self.options.verbose)

    def set_verbosity(self, silent, verbose):
        if verbose:
            self.verbosity = 2
        elif silent:
            self.verbosity = 0
        else:
            self.verbosity = 1

    def add_file_contents_to_item_list(self):
        if self.options.file_path != None:
            for line in file(self.options.file_path):
                line = line.rstrip()
                line = line.strip("\"")
                if line[0] != "#":
                    self.item_paths.append(line)

    @staticmethod
    def is_item(path):
        if os.path.isfile(path):
            file_name = os.path.basename(path)
            if re.match("^[0-9]+.*", file_name):
                return True
        return False

    @staticmethod
    def extract_item_number(path):
        file_name = os.path.basename(path)
        match = re.match("^([0-9]+).*", file_name)
        if match:
            return int(match.group(1))
        return None
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August 12, 2013

I've been researching tartan/plaid recently for decoration in my updated version of Ball & Cup, now called Send. I want to create the atmosphere of a sports event, so I plan on drawing tartan patterns at the vertical edges of the screen as backgrounds for areas where spectator ants generate based on player performance. I figured I would make my own patterns, but after browsing tartans available in the official register, I decided to use existing ones instead.

I made a list of the tartans that had what I thought were interesting titles and chose 30 to base the game's levels on. I sequenced them, using their titles to form a loose narrative related to the concept of sending. Here are three tartans in the sequence (levels 6, 7 and 8) generated by an algorithm I inferred by looking at examples that reads a tartan specification and draws its pattern using a simple dithering technique to blend the color stripes.


Acadia


Eve


Spice Apple

It would be wasting an opportunity if I didn't animate the tartans, so I'm thinking about animations for them. One effect I want to try is making them look like water washing over the area where the ants are spectating. I've also recorded some music for the game. Here are the loops for the game over and high scores screens.

Game Over

High Scores