CSc 101: X-Wing and Tie-Fighter

In this assignment, you will write a Processing program that generates a drawing of an x-wing and tie-fighter from Star Wars. Below is an example image, in case you haven’t seen the movies.

You will write a program in Processing that draws a front-view picture of these two spaceships in space. Your program should generate a window that looks very similar to below:

This rendered image must have the following characteristics:

The canvas should be 700 pixels by 400 pixels
A dark/black background
A drawing of an x-wing that closely resembles the one in the image on the left-hand side of the panel. The pixels do not have to line up exactly, but it should be placed in a similar location and have a similar look. You should use at least two lines, two rectangles, one triangle, and eight ellipses. All of the shapes, colored lights, etc should appear in the same place.
A drawing of a tie-fighter that closely resembles the one in the image on the right-hand side of the panel. The pixels do not have to line up exactly, but it should be placed in a similar location and have a similar look. You should use three rectangles and two ellipses to draw it.
16 white stars, all of which should be visible (not behind any of the other drawings)
- 4 stars should be 5 pixels wide
- 4 stars should be 4 pixels wide
- 4 stars should be 3 pixels wide
- 4 stars should be 2 pixels wide

Ultimately, the image does not have to be pixel-for-pixel identical to the example. You may take some creative liberty, but it must be similar and fulfill all of the above requirements.

You should name your code file x_wing_tie_fighter.pde. You should only use the features of Processing we’ve discussed in class so-far (files using features that we have not covered in lecture will be flagged as cheating). If you have questions about whether or not a particular feature can/should be used, ask us in Piazza!

Comments

Each program file should have a header comment at the top that has roughly the following format:

//
// Author: Student Name
// Description:
//    A short description of what this program does!
// Algorithm:
//    Describe in plain English the program steps 
//

All of your programming should be well-formatted and easy for the graders to read and comprehend. To help with readability, separate the code that creates the main shapes in your program with a blank line and include a comment that describes the shape(s) being created. For example,


// 5x5 stars
ellipse(...);

Submission and grading

It is due on Friday, 9/13/2023, at 11:00pm.

Upload the file described in the spec (1 pde file total) to Gradescope before the deadline. Make sure to name the file exactly as this document specifies. In general, make sure to follow these instructions precicely. If you don’t, we will deduct points!!!