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Hunted 6 - adding sound

This activity has the following desired goals:

  • Using mp3 files to add background music (A, M)
  • Using mp3 files to add action music (A, M)
  • Applying the above ideas to the hunted game (M, T)

Step 0

Download the zip file with the image assets for this lesson - hunted6-assets.zip. This zip file contains the following image files:

player_run0.png
player_run1.png
player_run2.png
player_run_sheet.png
robot_walk_sheet.png
Cave.mp3
DrumBeats.mp3

Uncompress this zip-file and put it under any folder on your computer. Let’s call this folder full/path/to/assets.

So now the above images will be in the folder full/path/to/assets/hunted6-assets.


Step 1

Type in the following code and run it:

cleari()
drawStage(ColorMaker.hsl(120, 1.00, 0.08))
val cb = canvasBounds

val env = Picture {
    right(90)
    hop(10)
    left(90)
    forward(100)
    right(90)
    forward(80)
    right(90)
    forward(100)
    right(90)
    forward(80)
}
drawAndHide(env)

// change the following line as per the location of the assets folder on your computer
val assetsDir = "full/path/to/assets/hunted6-assets"

playMp3Loop(s"$assetsDir/Cave.mp3")

val sheet = SpriteSheet(s"$assetsDir/player_run_sheet.png", 96, 128)
val pic1 = Picture.image(sheet.imageAt(0, 0), env)
val pic2 = Picture.image(sheet.imageAt(1, 0), env)
val pic3 = Picture.image(sheet.imageAt(2, 0), env)

val player = picBatch(pic1, pic2, pic3)
player.setPosition(cb.x + cb.width / 2, cb.y + 20)
draw(player)

val speed = 5
animate {
    if (isKeyPressed(Kc.VK_RIGHT)) {
        player.translate(speed, 0)
        player.showNext(200)
    }
    if (isKeyPressed(Kc.VK_LEFT)) {
        player.translate(-speed, 0)
        player.showNext(200)
    }
    if (isKeyPressed(Kc.VK_UP)) {
        player.translate(0, speed)
        player.showNext(200)
    }
    if (isKeyPressed(Kc.VK_DOWN)) {
        player.translate(0, -speed)
        player.showNext(200)
    }

    if (player.distanceTo(stageBorder) < 50) {
        if (!isMp3Playing) {
            playMp3(s"$assetsDir/DrumBeats.mp3")
        }
    }
    else {
        stopMp3()
    }
    
}
activateCanvas()

Q1a. Which line in the above code plays the background music?

Q1b. Which lines in the above code play and stop the action music?


Explanation

Command/Function description:

  • pic1.distanceTo(pic2) - tells you the distance between pic1 and pic2.
  • playMp3Loop(music.mp3) - plays the given music.mp3 in a loop. This command is used for playing background music.
  • playMp3(sound.mp3) - plays the given sound once.
  • stopMp3() - stops a sound played with playMp3.
  • isMp3Playing - tells you whether a sound played with playMp3 is currently playing.

Exercise

Use the ideas above to improve the version of hunted from the previous lesson.


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