My Multimedia Scripting assignment is due in two weeks, which should be plenty of time to finish it! Or at least would be, if it wasn’t for an Oracle assignment due in a week, and the fact that I’ve just started the project again from scratch!

Why am I starting again? Well, the way I look at it, the previous editions of the game were all just practice editions, designed to help me understand ActionScript 3.0 and what it’s capable of. Unfortunately, due to the trial and error method of development, i.e. trying new things and hoping they work, I’ve ended up with something which works, but is very confusing to navigate though the code and understand, which could result in a poor grade.

As a large part of the assignment is based around OOP principles, and “cohesive object design”, I need to make sure that everything makes logical sense. As a result of this, I’ve spend most of the past two days using UML to design and plan out my classes and how they all fit together. (more…)