SimTor is an easy authoring tool for creating interactive
application-courses.
It supports the development-workflow (scripting, capturing and adding
interaction). The result is an xml-database, bitmaps
and a flash-engine. The tool is writen in python, apart
from the flash-engine, which will be available in swf
and actionscript code. The current release is 0.4
and
is usable to create content.
The project deliverables are a tool (simtor) that
supports the workflow in creating (application)
simulation trainings and an engine that interpeters the
data generated with this tool, so the simulation is
playable (showme and practise cases) via the Internet
or stand alone (with flash player). The supported
workflow can be devided in four steps:
1. Creating a step by step description of the interaction steps of the
simulation (caseflows).
2. Add specific
data to the created caseflows (cases) 3. Capture the
screens, which are described in the case(flow)s
4. Specify the hotspots, adding interaction, which results in an almost
reality feeling of the simulated
application.
As described earlier the tool is written in Python and the
interpreter is written in actionscript (compiled into
flash).