Fireworks Simulator

The Conclusion first: Don't Buy it! The Idea would have had a lot of Potential, but was completely misused here. But well ... Would have, would have, Bike Chain ... Now a little more detailed: When you start the Program, you first get to see a small Window in which you can adjust the desired Graphics quality and Key Assignment. Since I wanted to look at what it has to offer, I put it on the highest Level. You then confirm the Whole thing with ' Ok ' And already start it. What you first see is a Menu that comes in an Eye Cancer-causing Pink and has probably been ' designed ' by a fifth-grader from a Graphical Point Of view. This can already be seen in the WECO logo, which consists simply of a white Font with a pink ... Well, let's call it ... Neon Lights. It looks like most Websites in the nineties and The Developers don't seem to have heard of Anti-aliasing. However, the higher-frequency click confirmation tone fits very well, because it is just as annoying for the Ear as the Menu design for the eye. Prestored are 3 Sample Fireworks that you can look at, which I did right away and the second Shock came. I had put the Graphics quality at the highest Level, but if that's all, I don't want to see the lowest in the first place. The Graphics of the Scenery and also the Fireworks Effects are about at their Current level 10 Years ago. There are such great (sometimes free) Particle engines and therefore I do not understand why you do not use such one if you are not Able to program a good one yourself. The ignition and Explosion sounds sound like they were taken by mobile phone at a real Fireworks display and it seemed to me as if they were not timed to the Explosions, but always came a little earlier. Unfortunately, I can't say Anything about the ambient sound (Voices from other Spectators, Street noise, Birdsong, etc.), because it simply does not exist. But that is exactly what could have contributed greatly to a realistic Atmosphere. Also, during the Fire Work you can not just fly around or walk in the Scenery by mouse and keyboard (as I would expect), but you get a, unfortunately undisposable, Kind of Slideshow from different Points of view. So Every few Seconds you change the Place from which you look at the virtual Fireworks. Not only do I find this disturbing, some Points of View are also so poorly chosen that the Fireworks only take place partly at the Edge of the Screen and the Rest of it is simply not visible. So graphically and implementation-wise, a Disappointment all along the Line. But you can not only look at the Fireworks, but also create your own. To do this, go into the Sequencer and place the desired Effects, which are specified from a Selection. Unfortunately, however, these can only be postponed freely. Better would have been here if they could have been adjusted in a Kind of grid with centimetre accuracy, but unfortunately that is not possible either. Once you have placed the Effects, you can adjust the Ignition Time of the Same in a Kind Of timeline. This is a good Possibility, but there is no Rest There either. Real Pyrotechnicians can accurately adjust each individual Ignition to a thousandth Of a second. Unfortunately, this Programme is not possible. Even the fact that you can't do your Fireworks indefinitely long is an absolute No-Go for me. If you want to create one of these virtual Fireworks, you always have to link that to a Background Music. So You are forced to either select one of two predetermined Pieces of music, or import one from the Hard Drive. Why this is compulsory and not optional, I cannot comprehend either. All in all, a wonderful Simulation could have been created here, but what the supposed Programming Beginners produced here is not worth a Penny, which is why I have reversed my Purchase. All-encompassing Conclusion: Well thought but poorly done.