In this project, you made an awesome parallax animation
using local variables.
Animators like you use parallax
to bring new worlds to life
in games, movies and shows.
You can even use this parallax effect
to make still photographs look almost three-dimensional.
Web designers use parallax
to give users a more fun and interactive experience
with their sites.
Sites like this one allow users
to move their computer mouse or touchpad
or tilt their mobile device
to feel as though they are moving around
inside a three-dimensional space.
Parallax makes that possible.
As you can see, the techniques you're learning in this club
are the same ones animators and computer scientists use
in the real world.
Computer scientists, like you, do amazing things
outside the animation world as well.
An example of this is in the non-profit Feeding America.
Feeding America works to feed hungry people
through a network of food banks.
To help in this mission, computer programmers
built an online marketplace
to connect food banks and businesses
that have extra food
to share with the people who don't have enough to eat.
The organization estimates that this technology
will lead to an additional 740 million meals
reaching hungry people each year.
That's an incredible impact.
In the next session, you will continue
adding to your animation toolkit
by building an animated side-scrolling game.
See you next time!
