So, this “finish line tracy” thing, yeah? It wasn’t some grand plan, not at all. Just one of those afternoons, you know, staring at the screen, and I thought, “Hey, what if I just try to make this little stick figure, let’s call her Tracy, get to a finish line?” Sounds dead simple, right? Well, that’s what I thought too.
Getting My Hands Dirty
First off, I just grabbed the simplest drawing thing I could find on my computer. Nothing fancy. My idea was just to get Tracy, this little pixel person, to kinda shuffle across the screen. Easy peasy, or so I hoped. I spent a good hour just trying to make her take a single step. It looked more like she was having a seizure, to be honest. My first few attempts were, let’s just say, not pretty.
- Figuring out how to even draw Tracy.
- Then making her move. One pixel at a time.
- And the finish line? Just a straight line at first. Looked a bit sad.
I remember thinking, “Why am I even doing this?” It felt a bit pointless, but there was this stubborn part of me that just wanted to see Tracy actually cross that line.
The Annoying Middle Bit
Okay, so Tracy was moving. Sort of. But then came the real fun. Making it look like she was actually trying to get somewhere, not just glitching out. I wanted her to speed up a little, maybe look a bit determined. That was a whole other can of worms.
There were days I’d just stare at it, change one tiny thing, and it would all go completely bonkers. Tracy would fly off the screen, or the finish line would disappear. I nearly binned the whole project a couple of times, I tell ya. I even walked away from it for a whole week ’cause I was that fed up. My coffee consumption definitely went up during this phase. It’s funny how these little personal challenges can get under your skin, isn’t it?
Seeing that Finish Line for Real
Then, one evening, after fiddling around for what felt like forever, something just clicked. I changed how I was calculating her movement, just a small tweak, and suddenly, Tracy was moving smoothly! Not like a pro athlete, mind you, but like a determined little stick figure. That felt good, real good.
After that, adding the actual finish line, making it look a bit more like a proper finish, was almost fun. I even gave Tracy a tiny little jump animation when she crossed it. Nothing spectacular, but it was my spectacular.
So, Tracy Made It!
And there she was. Tracy, my little pixel champion, crossing her finish line. It’s not gonna win any awards, that’s for sure. It’s clunky, it’s basic, but it’s done. I actually sat back and watched her run her little race a few times. Kinda proud, you know?
This whole “finish line tracy” exercise, it wasn’t about creating the next big thing. It was just about starting something and seeing it through. Proving to myself I could figure stuff out, even when it got annoying. And sometimes, that’s all you need, right? Just a little project to remind you that you can build something, bit by bit, even if it’s just getting a stick figure to a line. Learned a bit, got frustrated a lot, but hey, Tracy made it. And I guess I did too, in a way.
