In this final project assignment, you will conceive of, design and implement a GUI-based Python application of your choice. Examples include the following:

• An Animation Controller - Build a GUI controller for an animation of your choice.
• A Simple Game - Build a GUI controller for a simple game of your choice (e.g., a board game like memory or an image-based guessing game).

We will discuss the components and complexity required for this project. You can find some fully-implemented sample applications here: code/samples/* and some screen shots of past projects here: code/hall_of_fame/*.

Deliverables and Grading

The following project “deliverables” are required: (100 pts total)

1. Project Proposal - This is a brief, written proposal for your project.
   • Grading: 3 pts
   • Due: Submitted along with a weekly homework assignment (as specified by your instructor).
2. Project Design - This is a planning document for your project.
   • Grading: 4 pts
   • Due: Submitted along with a weekly homework assignment (as specified by your instructor).
3. Project Walkthrough - This is a walk-through of your project code with one of us.
   • Grading: 10 pts
   • Due: by 5:00pm of the reading recess day
4. Project Showcase - This is a showcase in which everyone exhibits their final project.
   • Grading: 3 pts
   • Due: by the beginning of your final exam period
5. Project Submission - This is your final submission of all your project code and resources.
   • Grading: 80 pts
   • 50 pts: correctness: program does not crash, program is complete, etc.
   • 20 pts: cleanliness/hospitality of code: good variable/function/class names, good use of whitespace, etc.
   • 10 pts: complexity: Code that is very similar to code that we used in lab or homework or code that I've given you in class will receive 0 of 10 pts. Code that is original and relatively complex with receive 10 of 10 pts.
   • Due: by 23:59:59 of the day of your final exam period

If you intend to use code from other people outside of the class, talk to us first, and remember that we'll grade you on the code you wrote, not on what other people wrote. If you do may make use of existing code and libraries, be sure to clearly indicate who wrote what parts of the code; using code without proper attribution is a form of plagiarism.

As a reminder (from the syllabus), you must work on your own. Feel free to discuss ideas with me or with your classmates, but don't copy code (i.e. plagiarise). Here are examples of what plagiarism looks like:

• You find a program online and copy the entire contents of the file into your submission without attribution.
• You find code online, and change the variable names.
• Your room mate writes some code, which you add to your program. You add documentation that shows you understand the code, but never indicate the source of the code.
• Your older sibling sends you a function that will help your program. You add it to your submission without attribution.

You may, on exceedingly rare occasions, reuse someone else’s code provided that you make it clear what code you’re reusing and what code you wrote yourself. You will be graded only on the code you write! Consider these rules of thumb:

• If it would be efficient to use copy/paste to write some portion of code, you must supply documentation that indicates the original source of the code.
• If the moment you figure out how to do something occurs while you are looking at a website, you should document that website.