Student seeking help...

Hello everyone!

I am a 3rd year Interactive Media Design student at the University of Dundee, Scotland. I am currently exploring the possibility of using Arduino and Flash 8 to create a simple remote control device that would allow a user to interact with a story. The story consists of various movie clips arranged in flash along the timeline and across 4 scenes with a point of interaction occurring in each scene where three buttons appear on screen; the users choice of button dictates which movie clip will play next. I wish to use Arduino to control these buttons by building a control unit consisting of 3 buttons (A,B,C), a play button and a restart button.

I use an iBook G4 and Flash 8 professional. I have not yet acquired any Arduino hard/software as this will be provided for me once i finalize my plans.

I am completely new to Arduino and i am using the Internet for reference and to find information. I was wondering if you could spare a few minutes to explain if you think this scenario is possible for me to achieve and if you could offer any advice?

That all sounds very possible to me :slight_smile:
I've not used it myself, but there's a library and firmware here for flash which should mean all you need to worry about is getting the videos sorted in flash and the arduino side will be pretty much done for you. There's a quick reference for you to see just how easy it (should...) be to get the button presses in to the app here.

Good luck!
Joe