Continuing on this random trend, from chaos comes order as we start to approach blitting with bitmap data. Chaos Theory is a good corollary to the philosophy of the Blitting SDK. By defining the behavior of systems, we can obtain an expected result with some threshold unique to each instance. To model this, a case [...]
For reference, source of Blitting’s ColorPalette class:
Let’s add color and combine a RGB color study. Blitting features a convenient ColorPalette class which contains an integer (hex) enumeration of default X11 RGB X colors. Each color name is defined as a String with a list of all possible colors available via the Colors static member: 1 2 3 import com.jasonsturges.labs.blitting.color.ColorPalette; var [...]
Extending RandomTimer is easy, with a handler for onTimerEvent built in. Let’s try an example – FunctionTimer, a class that inherits RandomTimer (therefore inheriting flash.utils.Timer) which maintains a collection of function pointers. At random intervals, all functions within the Vector of Functions is executed. Example class: FunctionTimer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [...]
Using the pattern demonstrated by RandomText, let’s implement Blitting’s randomized timer class RandomTimer. Inheriting from flash.utils.Timer, RandomTimer dispatches TimerEvent.TIMER and TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE at random delays. Example implementation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 [...]
Blitting offers many random generation routines. Let’s start with an example implementation of Blitting’s RandomText: 1 2 3 import com.jasonsturges.labs.blitting.text.RandomText; var char:String = RandomText.character(); Above, a random character is generated and returned as a String. Four character sets are native: Upper Case Alphabet Lower Case Alphabet Numbers Symbols These sets represent two things: Individual [...]
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