This weekend’s Flash project ran long, so I will be posting a short entry tonight as I continue to work on it.

The project is a ground-up re-write of the Design-a-Tron using what I have learned on Radial-Solo-Ball project.

Goals for the new version:

Redesign of the underlying database to support categories and subcategories

Launched term searches include parent category tag

Would launch a Google search for Novel She, which will be much more likely to pull up a relevant entry for H. Rider Haggard novel “She” than just searching for “She.”

A preferences page for including/excluding categories from the engine (will need to set a local cookie)

Less kludgey overall implementation

There was originally a game database and a pop culture database. These will be merged in the new revision.

The basic construction will be:

Specific Domain meets Constellation of Domains as Human Endeavor

Previously, it was hardwired so that the specific domain was always games. The new database structure will allow any domain from the pop culture list to be used as the specific domain. This way, you can use the Design-a-Tron to help generate ideas for Broadway Musicals or the next Great Novel as easily as video games.

See you tonight!