Comic Maker

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Comic Maker .xo Bundle – Comic Maker.xo Avallain, Teshkeel

see also Cartoon Builder

The Comic Maker activity is being developed by Avallain Basic Skills, with input from publisher Teshkeel.

Contents 1 summary 2 pygame version 2.1 todo 2.2 future improvements 2.3 features 2.4 screenshot 3 javascript version

[edit] summary

with comic maker you can build comic strips. stages can be created with a background. on the stages characters and speech balloons can be aranged.

there exists a javascript version which is not yet properly implemented as an activity. a python/pygame version is in development

[edit] pygame version

the pygame version is unfinished but you can already experiment with the most features.

[edit] todo

• show balloon tab only if balloon selected (.set_sensitive())
• if resuming from journal when activity is running, activity is not loading correct document
• selection lists with captions... (does it really make sense? should be self explantory enough)
• help button above selection lists with popup window containing help text (help ok? window ok?)
• do proper layout of the interface
• add suport for selecting actors behind another actor
• rewrite balloon render code
• maybe toolbar for selection modes

[edit] future improvements

• flip actors
• performance improvements
• add support for rotated view
• full screen view
• in balloon text editing
• font color/size support for balloons
• svg actors

[edit] features

• add/ reorder/ delete stages
• set background of stage fields
• add/ order/ scale/ delete actors
• add/ edit/ order/ delete balloons
• journal support
• change size and angle of balloon arrows

[edit] screenshot

[edit] javascript version

You can see the source here and run it on your XO.

• Status: needs to be bundled more cleanly as an activity; currently a content bundle running in Javascript.
• Source: zip and xol

  Preview: comicmaker online