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KOsunero
4 years agoCommunity Member
My design for this week's demo was inspired by some snow flurries we got earlier this week. This example features both accordion and drag-and-drop interactions.
Link to demo: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/21b51917-9721-4ec8-a506-ae35ff783659/review
Link to demo: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/21b51917-9721-4ec8-a506-ae35ff783659/review
- JodiSansone4 years agoCommunity MemberThat made me smile! Very cute. I don't know why I never think of using drag and drop...I have a mental block about it, but when I see you use it I feel bad that I don't think of it. Great demo!
- KOsunero4 years agoCommunity MemberI remember there was a conversation on a previous ELHC a few weeks back about drag-and-drop and how it can present some accessibility issues, so I wouldn't feel too bad about not using it! Alternatively, I was thinking about making this so that you just had to click on each article of clothing to make it appear on the snowman but I wanted to feature two common interactions. Just goes to show that there's no one way to design an interaction!
- KatelinJordan4 years agoCommunity MemberI love this! You always inspire me! I have no idea how you programmed all that though!
- KOsunero4 years agoCommunity MemberThanks!!
The background was made in Vyond and it's a looping video.
The accordion interaction was done by having three layers, one for each tab. Movement was done through line motion paths.
For the drag-and-drop, all of the clothing options are all hidden on the base layer. The items you can drag are on each of the layers with a target hotspot to drop it on. Triggers were added to make the clothing appear on the base layer (and hiding the rest of them) depending on which item you dragged and dropped.
The tricky part was figuring out how to make an undo button since the clothing option disappears once you dragged and dropped it on the hotspot, plus I wanted to avoid completely undoing all of the options (i.e., the "restart course" trigger). This was done by setting triggers so that when you select the undo button, the layer is hidden (which will reset the options for the items you can drag) and hiding everything on the base layer depending on the clothing item.
I just added the Storyline file to the comments panel on the right-hand side of the demo if you want to check it out.- KatelinJordan-24 years agoCommunity MemberThank you! I am always learning!
- ED4 years agoCommunity MemberToo much fun! Love the animated snow flurries and snow lift in the back!!
- SamuelApata-95b4 years agoCommunity MemberNeatly done, as usual!
- JenniferEdgerto4 years agoCommunity MemberAdorable and fun! I was very impressed with your drag and drop when the articles of clothing sized correctly for the snowman. Nice work!
- RichardHill-4f34 years agoCommunity MemberNicely done! and cute too. Great Job Kimberly.
- Ange4 years agoCommunity MemberVery cute. The resize and repositioning to clothe the snowman was great.
- JoanneChen4 years agoSuper HeroBeautiful and cute and a good background music. Good job, Kimberly.