Processing exam in 3 days: I can't finish my project

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Hello, I’m having really big troubles trying to figure out how to finish my project for my exam; here it is how I imagened it: in the first 10 seconds the screen should display the opening credits, after that part music and animation start; every 10 to 15 seconds i would like to play sound files and three image wich rapresent a conversation between two people ( 2 .png silhouette, one sound file for each person, and turn the background from black to an Image of a room) , while in the foreground the animation of the pulsing sound remain visible and in the same position.
At the moment I’m completely stuck because I can’t find a way to display images behind the sound animation and then display each character line from their dialogue.

Here it is the code I wrote until now:


import ddf.minim.*;
import ddf.minim.analysis.*;

PFont f;    //Dichiarazione del font 
Minim minim;
AudioPlayer player;
AudioMetaData meta;
BeatDetect beat;
int  r = 100;    //Valore di partenza del raggio del cerchio 
float rad = 70;
int m =  millis();
PImage Stanza; //room
PImage Uomo1; //man1
PImage Uomo2; //man2




void settings(){
  size(1080, 720);
  smooth();

 


}




void setup(){
  
 
   
    background(0);
    PFont myFont = createFont("Arial-ItalicMT-48", 48);
    textFont(myFont);
    textSize(50);
    textAlign(CENTER);
    text("PROGETTO PROCESSING", width/2, 360);      //Titolo del progetto //opening credits
    fill(255);
    
    textSize(30);
    textAlign(CENTER);
    text(".....................................", width/2, 500);   //opening credits
    fill(255);

   

 minim = new Minim(this);    //Inizializzazione del player

  player = minim.loadFile("loop midi.Wav");    //Carica file "loop midi.Wav" dalla cartella data dello sketch
  meta = player.getMetaData();
  beat = new BeatDetect();    //Rileva i battiti più rilevanti della canzone
  player.loop(); //La canzone gira in loop 
  //player.play();
 

   
    
  
}


void draw(){ 

  

  

  
  background(0);    //Colore dello sfondo
  
  beat.detect(player.mix);
  fill(#1A1F18, 20);
  noStroke();
  rect(0, 0, width, height); //Grandezza della finestra della composizione 
  translate(width/2, height/2); //Posiziona la figura al centro della composizione 
  fill(-1, 10);
  if (beat.isOnset()) rad = rad*0.9;
  else rad = 70;
  ellipse(0, 0, 2*rad, 2*rad);
  stroke(-1, 50);
  int bsize = player.bufferSize();
  for (int i = 0; i < bsize - 1; i+=5)
  {
    float x = (r)*cos(i*2*PI/bsize);
    float y = (r)*sin(i*2*PI/bsize);
    float x2 = (r + player.left.get(i)*100)*cos(i*2*PI/bsize);
    float y2 = (r + player.left.get(i)*100)*sin(i*2*PI/bsize);
    line(x, y, x2, y2);
  }
  beginShape();
  noFill();
  stroke(-1, 50);
  endShape();
  
  
          for ( int m = 0; m > 1000; m++){  *strong text*
     if (player.length() > m){
       background(255);
   Stanza = loadImage("castle-european-interiors-68389.jpg");
   image(Stanza, 0, 0, 1080, 720);
   
     Uomo1 = loadImage("figura uomo 1.png");
   image(Uomo1, 200, 400, 138, 415);
  }
 }

I Hope someone could help me.
Thanks.

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In my opinion you can use a variable state of type int (declare state before setup())

This state tells you the state / screen you are on

In draw() use switch(state) { } to evaluate state; nothing in draw() is allowed outside this switch () {.....} .

Say state = 0; in setup().

How to go to the next state

  • In the state 0 display an intro message in draw(). Timer runs, then when it’s over say state++;

  • When e.g. a song is over say once state++; (in minim use if(!song.isPlaying).... iirc)

  • When you display an image use a timer and when it’s over say state ++;

Chrisir

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