class: center, middle .title[Creative Coding and Software Design 2] <br/><br/> .subtitle[Intro to real-time systems] <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> .date[Feb 2024] <br/><br/><br/> .note[Created with [Liminal](https://github.com/jonathanlilly/liminal) using [Remark.js](http://remarkjs.com/) + [Markdown](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet) + [KaTeX](https://katex.org)] ??? Author: Grigore Burloiu, UNATC --- name: toc class: left # ★ Table of Contents ★ <!-- omit in toc --> 1. [Semester overview](#semester-overview) 2. [Interactive programming](#interactive-programming) 3. [Max \& Pd](#max--pd) 4. [Unity](#unity) 5. [TouchDesigner](#touchdesigner) <!-- Comment out the next slide if you don't want the Table of Contents link --> --- layout: true .toc[[★](#toc)] --- name: semester-overview class: left # Semester overview [Syllabus](https://www.notion.so/rvirmoors/Creative-Coding-and-Software-Design-2-b6cab9fba18a4e5c85f97fc3f0364aa7) | 2h lab | ~ | assignments work. practice w/ new concepts | | --- | | --- | | 2h lecture | ~ | new concepts. assignments / readings | Python & TouchDesigner [version control](01-03-fsm.md#version-control) Max / Pure Data Arduino, RPi, [Daisy](https://www.electro-smith.com/daisy/daisy), sensors --- ## Semester objective create **layered** interaction -- - beyond "[Mickey Mousing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mousing)" - not just purely reactive -- how? -- what are YOUR objectives? --- ## Assignments complete 2 interactive projects - 40% each - see [resources](../resources#academic) - topics on [Classroom](https://classroom.google.com/) weekly "dev diary" - 2% each, total up to 20% - simple assignment to get you started - any work counts (aside from the 2 projects above) --- name: interactive-programming class: left # Interactive programming [@wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_programming) data **flow** program **state** -- | | visual | free | Linux | |-|--------|------|-------| |Max|✅|❌|❌| |Pure Data|✅|✅|✅| |TouchDesigner|✅|❌|❌| |vvvv|✅|✅|❌| |Python notebooks|❌|✅|✅| |Supercollider|❌|✅|✅| |Unity*|❌|❌|✅| -- *not actually interactive --- name: max--pd class: left # Max & Pd [Max](//cycling74.com/products/max/): created by [Miller Puckette](//msp.ucsd.edu/) in the 80s at IRCAM 90s: M.S.P. → [Pure Data](//puredata.info/) 1997: MSP / Max Signal Processing 2003: Jitter 2011: [Max](https://cycling74.com/products/maxforlive) [for](https://maxforlive.com/) [Live](https://www.ableton.com/en/live/max-for-live/) [also](https://cycling74.com/products/extendmax): C/C++, Gen, JavaScript + Node for Max, many *external* [packages](https://cycling74.com/packages/) meanwhile: - Pd-Extended → [Purr Data](https://agraef.github.io/purr-data-intro/) - [libpd](https://github.com/libpd/libpd) : [Raspberry Pi](https://puredata.info/docs/raspberry-pi), [Unity](https://github.com/LibPdIntegration/LibPdIntegration) etc --- ## Max commercial software / Cycling ‘74 runs on Win & OSX documentation : *Help > Reference* [hundreds of objects](https://docs.cycling74.com/max8/vignettes/thesaurus) learning by practice → 💡 → intuition dataflow programming / real-time prototyping / interaction design **js**, **node**, java, c/c++... --- ## Pure Data open source / copyrighted but free runs on Win, OSX, Linux [documentation](http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/index.htm) : *Help > HTML manual* [hundreds of objects](https://puredata.info/docs/faq/listofobjects) learning by practice → 💡 → intuition dataflow programming / real-time prototyping / interaction design **libpd**, [js](https://github.com/mganss/pdjs), c/c++... --- class: center ## UI comparison <img style="width:100%" src="../attachments/max-pd-purr.png"> --- name: unity class: left # Unity commercial software / Unity Technologies runs on Win & OSX, compiles to Linux & many more [documentation](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/index.html) [C# API](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ScriptingImportantClasses.html) learning by googling & rtfm imperative programming / iterative prototyping / experience design [plug-ins](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Plugins.html) -- alternatives - [Godot](https://godotengine.org/features), [PICO-8](https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php) --- name: touchdesigner # TouchDesigner commercial software / Derivative runs on Win & OSX [documentation](https://docs.derivative.ca/Main_Page) [Python scripting](https://docs.derivative.ca/Category:Python) learning by practice → 💡 → intuition (*not the same* as Max/Pd)