Animated optical illusion...can ya do it?!?

[ToddziLLa]

I know I have not the skills to create something like this...but I wanna see what you guys come up with. I'm looking for an animated optical illusion...no more than 40 or 50 lines. You can use lines, dots, or whatever your creative little brains can think of. I look forward to see what you all come up with!

[pom]

Errr... WHA'??

[annexion]

I second that Wha'??

Perhaps you could elaborate, and maybe even show us an example.

[webguy]

You are getting sleepy!! Very, very sleepy!

_global.levelCount=1;
function createBox () {
    newBox = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("box"+levelCount, levelCount++);
    newBox.lineStyle(1);
    newBox.lineTo(25,0);
    newBox.lineTo(25,25);
    newBox.lineTo(0,25);
    newBox.lineTo(0,0);
    newBox._x = Stage.width/2;
    newBox._y = Stage.height/2;
    newBox.onEnterFrame = function () {
        if(this._xscale == 1000) {
            this.removeMovieClip();
        } else {
            this._xscale+=10;
            this._yscale+=10;
            this._x-=1.2;
            this._y-=1.2;
        }
    }
}
createBoxID = setInterval(this, "createBox", 500);

[spot]

That cool? I will oneday be able to do things like that.

[farafiro]

may I add something to webguy code so it doesn't jump (for removing the MCs)

_global.levelCount=1;
function createBox () {
        newBox = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("box"+levelCount, levelCount++);
        newBox.lineStyle(1);
        newBox.lineTo(25,0);
        newBox.lineTo(25,25);
        newBox.lineTo(0,25);
        newBox.lineTo(0,0);
        newBox._x = Stage.width/4;
        newBox._y = Stage.height/4;
        newBox.onEnterFrame = function () {
                if(this._xscale == 1000) {
                        this.removeMovieClip();
                } else {
                        this._xscale+=10;
                        this._yscale+=10;
                        this._x-=1.2;
                        this._y-=1.2;
           this._alpha -=this._xscale*.005  //**** Just this
                }
        }
}
createBoxID = setInterval(this, "createBox", 500);

[webguy]

thats cool farafiro.. I would never have thought of that code. I really really suck at math..used to be good at it in high school, but I guess all the malted hops and bong resin killed those brain cells long ago . But I am learning once again, many thanks to the reply you posted to my Flash Math Thread. A little out of my league but if I read it 10x over I should understand it sooner or later.

[farafiro]

read the first line i wrote

[McGiver]

felt free to change your one, but it's still your idea

global.levelCount = 1;
function createBox() {
    newBox = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("box"+levelCount, levelCount++);
    newBox.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
    newBox.lineTo(-25, 0);
    newBox.lineStyle(1, 0x333333);
    newBox.lineTo(-25, -20);
    newBox.lineTo(0, -20);
    newBox.lineTo(0, 0);
    if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
        _root.c = _root.c+3;}
    if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
        _root.c = _root.c-3;}
    newBox._x = Stage.width/4+c;
    newBox._y = Stage.height/4;
    newBox.onEnterFrame = function() {
        if (this._xscale == 3000) {
            this.removeMovieClip();
        } else {
            this._xscale += 10
            this._yscale += 10
            this._x += 1.4
            this._y += 0.9
            this._alpha -= this._xscale*.001;}}}
createBoxID = setInterval(this, "createBox", 200);

when I first saw it i thought of driving through a tunnel! I just made the road not that straight as it was!

<edit> the first one was a bit buggy! so I changed the code! Press Left and right, to move the road </edit>

[magicwand]

global.levelCount = 1;
var neg=1
function createBox() {
        newBox = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("box"+levelCount, levelCount++);
        newBox.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
        newBox.lineTo(-25, 0);
        newBox.lineStyle(1, 0x333333);
        newBox.lineTo(-25, -20);
        newBox.lineTo(0, -20);
        newBox.lineTo(0, 0);
        newBox.onEnterFrame = function() {
                if (Math.abs(this._xscale) > 200) {
                        this.removeMovieClip();
                        neg=(-1)*neg;
                } else {
                    trace(Number(neg)*4)
                    this._xscale =this._yscale +=Number(neg)*4;
                }
                        this._x += Math.ceil(Math.random()*10-3)
                        this._y += Math.ceil(Math.random()*10-3)
                        this._rotation+=Math.ceil(Math.random()*10)
                        }}
createBoxID = setInterval(this, "createBox", 100);

i tried to change the code but...didnt get much..
my failure.