Jordan Martin

I just published this on my portfolio and thought I should share it here as well.  It’s not finished, and probably will never be, but it’s still a fun little physics experiment.  So go JOUST!

Flash, Programming

I used to be a fan of the video game Joust.  So I started making a clone of it.  I didn’t complete the game, but I finished collisions and a very basic, poorly playing, AI.  It was a good exercise in object oriented Flash.  I had a World object that all physical objects were “children” of.  Then they could be children of each other or of World.  There were two types of physical objects, static and moving, that all physical objects extended.  This would tell whether gravity or physics should push them around.  I would have eventually made a third for effects that are non-colliding.  Anyways, I still like the idea and contemplate making a whole game out of it.  You can go play it now if you like.

Flash, Portfolio, Programming

Here’s a few examples of Flash projects I’ve done.  Some of the links still work but they won’t take you anywhere important, however do make sure to hover your mouse over anything that looks like a button.

http://jordan-martin.com/Flash_Examples/1week_sale.php

http://jordan-martin.com/Flash_Examples/top_menu.php

http://jordan-martin.com/Flash_Examples/rug_flippin.php

http://jordan-martin.com/Flash_Examples/antique_banner.php

Flash, Portfolio, Programming

http://www.asiantraderugcompany.com/

So for the first example of my work here’s a site I made while working for Asian Trade.  It’s an example I often like to point out.  It is just a standard e-commerce site, but what makes it special is that I made everything in it from the ground up.  All of the functionality including: Searching, Sorting, Paging, Categories, Secure Shopping Cart, Contact Forms, even the cool Flash on the front page I made from scratch.  Now making a shopping cart from scratch is not something I would suggest someone else do if they wanted one.  Nor would I choose to do it again unless specifically requested.  But it was great experience in completing a large project in PHP/MySQL.

Flash, MySQL, PHP, Portfolio, Programming

Have you figured out who I’ve done a lot of work for yet?  I’ll give you two guesses.  This piece I was just as proud of as the rest, not because it was complicated, but because I thought it looked professional.  I guess that’s what Flash is there to help you accomplish.

1week_sale

Flash

This was a prototype for side-hanging banner that originally was supposed to promote antique rugs but kept growing/changing as time went on.  It eventually got forgotten and just left as it is.  Still seems like the idea could be useful.

antique_banner

Flash

This was a project I didn’t really want to do.  It was totally a rip off of someone else’s site.  They were under construction and never finished their page, but I felt like a sell-out.  Also, I didn’t know how to go about the effect, so I was convinced I wouldn’t get it down or it would take me a year.  Sadly, I had it done in a day and my boss was very happy.

rug_flippin

Flash

This was pretty much my first Flash project.  I thought I was so awesome, then it never got used.  Oh well, I thought it was cool. 

top_menu

Flash