Underwood

This text input movie is intended to provide an experience similar to an old manual typewriter.

Click on the white 'paper' and then type a few lines. Be sure to use the backspace a bit too, so you can see the overstrike effect.

To make this movie, I started with a simple script that triggered movies that play sound effects, as shown below.

paper_mc.onKeyUp = function()
{
  switch (Key.getCode()) {
  case Key.SHIFT: shift_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); break;
  }
}

paper_mc.onKeyDown = function()
{
  switch (Key.getCode()) {
  case Key.SHIFT: shift_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); break;
  case Key.ENTER: ding_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); break;
  default: thunk_mc.gotoAndPlay(2); break;
  }
}

Key.addListener(paper_mc);

Because of the overstrike effect, I couldn't use a single text field. Instead each letter is a separate text field. I added a script that keeps track of the current position on the paper, and adds the individual letters.