Parallax Scrolling in E-Learning #115: Challenge | Recap
How Can E-Learning Designers Use the Parallax Effect in Courses?
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Here is my work in progress. It is rough but I think you can see where I am headed. I loved what Mark Bennett had done with sliders and it made me think about building an environment you can walk through. I don't have all the content in or instructions, but basically click anywhere and drag left to walk the character through: http://elearninglocker.com/storyline_files/fun/elh_challenge_115/story.html
Hi all, I've contacted David over his brilliant slider. I asked him if he could explain how the calculations were coded as I'm missing something. Does anyone know how the code actually works I know the theory that the current slider value is compared but how does it look in Storyline. Can anyone assist pls? Thanks
- I have replied to Alex in another message but here is what I had said to him: So the gif of the guy walking forward is in one state and walking the other way is in another state. The way you figure out which way to walk is based on the slider. Every slider has a variable associated and that variable is a number based on how many points you can move the slider to. So it might have 10 points along the way. You always know where you are using the variable. I am at 3, I am at 4, I am at 5, etc. What I also do is create a variable to keep track of where I was. I am at 3 and I was at 2 prior, for instance. Then the next time I move it forward it would be at 4 and I was previously at 3. Because I know this now I can do a simple calculation (4 - 3) and get 1. If I am at 4 and was at 5 it would be (4 - 5) or -1. So now I can say, if it is positive 1 show the forward walking and negative 1 show the backward walking. I will have to go back and remind myself where exactly I do this.
- That's awesome David! Tom Kuhlmann showed your amazing demo at the Articulate workshop here is Australia, and we were wondering how you get the guy to stop walking when the learner stops sliding??
- Sorry Veronica, I just saw this. I created a little timer layer that lasts maybe 1.5 seconds. At the end of the layer there is a trigger that says to change the state to the guy standing instead of walking. When you drag the background and the slider variable changes, I tell that timer layer to start over. So it is constantly starting over and never getting to the end of the layer unless it takes you 1.5 seconds to move the slider again. That is how I make the guy stop. Let me know if you need more info!
